A Section Manager Election Notice:

To all ARRL members in the Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Texas, Orange, and Wyoming Sections. You are hereby solicited for nominating petitions pursuant to an election for Section Manager (SM).

To be valid, a petition must contain the signatures of five or more full ARRL members residing in the section concerned. Photocopied signatures are not acceptable. No petition is valid without at least five signatures, and it is advisable to have a few more than five signatures on each petition. Petition forms (FSD-129) are available on request from ARRL Headquarters but are not required. We suggest the following format:

(Place and Date)

Field & Educational Services Manager, ARRL

225 Main St

Newington, CT 06111

We, the undersigned full members of the ______ ARRL section of the ______ division, hereby nominate ______ as candidate for Section Manager for this section for the next two-year term of office.

(Signature ______ Call Sign ______ City _____ ZIP ______)

Any candidate for the office of Section Manager must be a resident of the section, a licensed amateur of Technician class or higher and a full member of the League for a continuous term of at least two years immediately preceding receipt of a petition for nomination. Petitions must be received at Headquarters by 4 PM Eastern Time on December 8, 2000. Whenever more than one member is nominated in a single section, ballots will be mailed from Headquarters on or before January 2, 2001, to full members of record as of December 8, 2000, which is the closing date for nominations. Returns will be counted February 20, 2001. Section Managers elected as a result of the above procedure will take office April 1, 2001.

If only one valid petition is received from a section, that nominee shall be declared elected without opposition for a two-year term beginning April 1, 2001. If no petitions are received from a section by the specified closing date, such section will be resolicited in the April 2001 QST. A Section Manager elected through the resolicitation will serve a term of 18 months. Vacancies in any Section Manager's office between elections are filled by the Field & Educational Services Manager. You are urged to take the initiative and file a nomination petition immediately.

Election Cycle Timeline for Balloting

Terms beginning July 1

1st notice, January QST
2nd notice, February QST
Closing Date for nominations: Friday prior to corresponding to March 10, 4pm
Ballots mailed April 1*
Deadline for returns: the Friday prior or corresponding to May 20, 4pm and counted the following Tuesday.

Terms beginning Oct 1

1st notice; April QST
2nd notice; May QST
Closing date for nominations; Friday prior or corresponding to June 10, 4pm
Ballots mailed July 1*
Deadline for returns; Friday prior or corresponding to August 20, 4pm, counted the following Tuesday

Terms beginning Jan 1

1st notice; July QST
2nd notice; August QST
Closing date for nominations; Friday prior or corresponding to September 10, 4pm
Ballots mailed October 1*
Deadline for returns; Friday prior or corresponding to November 20, 4pm, counted the following Tuesday

Terms beginning April 1

1st notice; October QST
2nd notice; November QST
Closing date for nominations; Friday prior or corresponding to December 10, 4pm
Ballots mailed January 2*
Deadline for returns; Friday prior or corresponding to February 20, 4pm, counted the following Tuesday

*If the mailing date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then ballots will be sent out no later than the following Monday.

End Dates of Section Manager Terms:

December 31, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding July issue of QST)

March 31, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding October issue of QST)

June 30, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding January issue of QST)

September 30, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding April issue of QST)

December 31, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding July issue of QST)

March 31, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding October issue of QST)

June 30, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding January issue of QST)

September 30, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding April issue of QST)