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   ARLB025 Fall Section Manager Election Results   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 25  ARLB025   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  November 23, 2011   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB025   
   ARLB025 Fall Section Manager Election Results   
      
   ARRL members in New Mexico, Tennessee, and Michigan will have new   
   Section Managers, beginning January 1, 2012. Members in Kansas also   
   re-elected their Section Manager in a balloted race that concluded   
   when ballots were counted and verified at ARRL Headquarters on   
   Tuesday, November 22.   
      
   In New Mexico, Bill Kauffman, W5YEJ, received 365 votes, and his   
   opponent Edward James, KA8JMW, of Albuquerque, received 255 votes.   
   Kauffman, of Rio Rancho, has been New Mexico's Section Emergency   
   Coordinator for more than 21 years. He will be taking the reins from   
   Don Wood, W5FHA, who is completing his second term as New Mexico   
   Section Manager at the end of the year.   
      
   In Tennessee, current Section Manager Glen Clayton, W4BDB, was   
   declared elected as the Vice Director of the ARRL's Delta Division;   
   his term begins at noon on January 1, 2012. Clayton's ascendency to   
   the Vice Director position created a vacancy for Section Manager in   
   the Tennessee Section. There were three candidates for the Section's   
   top slot: Keith Miller, N9DGK, of Rockvale; R. Lowell Bennington,   
   WD4DJW, of Harrison, and Jack R. Green, AD4LP, of Sale Creek. Miller   
   won the election with 417 votes. Bennington came in second with 341   
   votes, and Green received 196 votes. Miller has been active as an   
   officer of the Stones River Amateur Radio Club for several years and   
   has served as an Emergency Coordinator, District Emergency   
   Coordinator and Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator in the   
   Tennessee Section.   Ron Cowan, KB0DTI, of LaCygne, was re-elected   
   as the Kansas Section Manager with 375 votes. His opponent, Brian   
   Short, KC0BS, of Olathe, received 238 votes. Cowan has been Section   
   Manager since 2003.   
      
   The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face   
   opposition and were declared elected for their new two-year terms of   
   office beginning January 1, 2012: David Drummond, W4MD, Alabama; Jim   
   Larsen, AL7FS, Alaska; Frank Filipkowski, AD3M, Delaware; Jim   
   Latham, AF6AQ, East Bay; Robert Griffin, K6YR, Santa Barbara, and Ed   
   Emco, W1KT, Western Massachusetts.   
      
   In West Texas, Bill Robert, W5NPR, will continue as Section Manager   
   on January 1. His term, however, is for 18-months. Roberts has been   
   Section Manager since July when he was first appointed after John   
   Dyer, AE5B, the previous West Texas SM, completed his term of office   
   on June 30. Since there were no nominations received as of the   
   springtime receipt deadline, nominations were re-solicited in the   
   summer. Roberts, W5NPR, was officially nominated by the September 9   
   nominations deadline, and he did not face opposition. Therefore,   
   Bill was declared elected for the new term.   
      
   Michigan will have an Interim Section Manager, beginning January 1.   
   Larry Camp, WB8R, has been appointed as the Interim Michigan Section   
   Manager starting on January 1. He will take over for Dale Williams,   
   WA8EFK, who was declared elected as the new Vice Director of the   
   Great Lakes Division. Williams' term begins at noon on January 1,   
   2012. A lifelong resident of Coldwater, Camp has been an Amateur   
   Radio operator since 1978. He has a wide experience in the ARRL   
   Field Organization as Emergency Coordinator for Branch County, a   
   past Section Traffic Manager and a past QMN Net Manager. He is also   
   a past multi-year president of the Branch County Amateur Radio Club   
   and also enjoys teaching Amateur Radio licensing classes for new   
   hams.   
      
   Section Manager Nomination Petition Resoliciation   
      
   Since no nominations were received for the Michigan Section Manager   
   election by the nomination deadline of September 9, 2011,   
   nominations are hereby re-solicited. Nomination petitions need to be   
   received at ARRL Headquarters by 4 PM (EST) on March 9, 2012. If   
   more than one member is nominated in the section, ballots will be   
   mailed from Headquarters on or before April 2, 2012, to full members   
   of record as of March 9, 2012, which is the closing date for   
   nominations. Returns will be counted on May 22, 2012. A Section   
   Manager elected through re-solicitation will serve a term of 18   
   months and take office on July 1, 2012.   
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