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   ARLB023 Delta Division Sees Leadership Change; Midwest, Atlantic    
   Divisions Unchanged   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 23  ARLB023   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  November 18, 2011   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB023   
   ARLB023 Delta Division Sees Leadership Change; Midwest, Atlantic    
   Divisions Unchanged   
      
   On November 18, ballots were counted in the races for Director in   
   the Atlantic, Delta and Midwest Divisions. This year, there were   
   only three contested races for Director or Vice Director in the five   
   Divisions holding elections. In the Delta Division, Vice Director   
   David Norris, K5UZ, defeated Director Mickey Cox, K5MC, for the top   
   slot in that Division. Bill Edgar, N3LLR, won re-election as the   
   Director in the Atlantic Division. Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, also was   
   re-elected in the Midwest Division. Terms for Directors and Vice   
   Directors begin at noon on January 1, 2012 and run for three years.   
      
   The following incumbents ran unopposed and were earlier declared the   
   winner of their elections by the League's Ethics and Elections   
   Committee: Atlantic Division Vice Director Tom Abernethy, W3TOM;   
   Dakota Division Director Greg Widin, K0GW, and Vice Director Kent   
   Olson, KA0LDG; Great Lakes Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE, and   
   Midwest Division Vice Director Rod Blocksome, K0DAS. The rules state   
   that if a candidate is running unopposed, he or she shall be   
   declared the winner without balloting.   
      
   With Norris running for Director in the Delta Division, the Vice   
   Director position was open. Tennessee Section Manager Glen Clayton,   
   W4BDB, was the only person nominated for the position, and as such,   
   was declared elected without balloting. In the Great Lakes Division,   
   Vice Director Gary Johnston, KI4LA, decided not to seek re-election.   
   As Michigan Section Manager Dale Williams, WA8EFK, was the only   
   nominee for this position, he, too, was declared elected without   
   balloting.   
      
   Atlantic Division   
      
   Incumbent Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR, of Bradford,   
   Pennsylvania, faced two challengers for his position: John Mueller,   
   K2BT, of Falconer, New York, and Philip Theis, K3TUF, of Ephrata,   
   Pennsylvania. Edgar was declared the winner, with 1628 votes. Theis   
   came in second with 1368 votes, and Mueller came in third with 755   
   votes. This will be Edgar's third term as Director. Before becoming   
   Director in 2006, he served two terms as Vice Director.   
      
   Delta Division   
      
   Incumbent Director Mickey Cox, K5MC, of Monroe, Louisiana, faced   
   incumbent Vice Director David Norris, K5UZ, in the election for   
   Director. After all votes were tallied, Norris was declared the   
   winner. He received 1313 votes to Cox's 1153. Both Norris and Cox   
   are serving their first term; they were elected in 2008.   
      
   Midwest Division   
      
   Current ARRL Midwest Division Director Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, of   
   Hannibal, Missouri, faced Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, of Kansas City,   
   Missouri, in the race for Midwest Division Director. With 1276   
   votes, Ahrens was declared the winner; Kaiser received 802 votes.   
   This will be Ahrens first full term as Director. He was appointed   
   Vice Director in 2006 after then-Midwest Division Vice Director   
   Bruce Frahm, K0BJ, moved up to the Director position when Wade   
   Walstrom, W0EJ, passed away.  When Frahm was elected ARRL Second   
   Vice President in 2010, Ahrens moved into the Director slot.   
      
   "It is great to see such an interest on the part of members in this   
   election," said ARRL New England Division Director Tom Frenaye,   
   K1KI. "I would like to thank everyone for running and also thank the   
   ARRL members in the Atlantic, Delta and Midwest Divisions who   
   participated. The big turnout shows the high level of interest our   
   members have in Amateur Radio and that they take the ARRL elections   
   very seriously."   
      
   Along with Frenaye, Roanoke Division Director Dennis Bodson, W4PWF   
   and ARRL Chief Financial Officer Barry Shelley, N1VXY, served as   
   election tellers; Frenaye and Bodson are members of the ARRL's   
   Ethics and Elections Committee. Tiffany Williams from the accounting   
   firm of J. H. Cohn LLP, served as the independent observer.   
      
   The next scheduled Division elections are next fall for the ARRL   
   Central, Hudson, New England, Northwestern and Roanoke Divisions. In   
   accordance with League's Bylaws, ballots will be counted on November   
   16, 2012.   
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