= NOW 13 WPM = TEXT IS FROM OCTOBER 2021 QST PAGE 70 = PROCESS HAS ENJOYED EARLY SUCCESS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MUCH GREATER INTERACTION WITH MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE. TWO MAJOR INITIATIVES CAME TO FRUITION IN JANUARY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF ON THE AIR MAGAZINE, AND IN FEBRUARY WITH THE INAUGURATION OF THE ARRL VOLUNTEER MONITOR PROGRAM. 2020 MARKED THE FIRST TIME WHEN BOTH QEX AND NCJ WERE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY. THE 56 PAGE ANNUAL REPORT RECOUNTS AND SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL ARRL DEPARTMENTS AND INCLUDES A COMPLETE 2020 FISCAL REPORT. ARRL ENDED 2020 < QST DE W1AW = WITH 158,494 MEMBERS, WHICH WAS AHEAD OF ITS GOAL FOR THE YEAR. ARRL ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OF ARRL CENTRAL DIVISION DIRECTOR KERMIT CARLSON, W9XA, IN JULY, ARRL PRESIDENT RICK RODERICK, K5UR, APPOINTED BRENT WALLS, N9BA, AS THE CENTRAL DIVISION VICE DIRECTOR. WALLS SUCCEEDED THE VICE DIRECTOR, WHO ASSUMED THE DIRECTORS CHAIR. AN ARRL LIFE MEMBER, WALLS SERVED AS INDIANA = END OF 13 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <