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Four new ARRL Section Managers will take office on July 1. Ballots
were counted May 20 at ARRL HQ for contested races in the spring SM
election cycle.  In Indiana, Joseph Lawrence, K9RFZ, of Fort Wayne,
received 652 votes to top incumbent Section Manager Lou Everett Sr,
WA5LOU, of Cumberland, who polled 482 votes. Everett has been SM for
the past 2 years.  Lawrence previously served as Indianas Section
Emergency Coordinator, as Allen County ARES Emergency Coordinator,
and District 3 DEC. He is currently the Allen County RACES Radio
Officer and IDHS Digital Amateur Radio Advisory Council facilitator.
An aerospace and physics professional, hes also taught numerous
Technician license classes.  In Maine, Bill Crowley, K1NIT, received
258 votes, to defeat veteran incumbent Section Manager Bill
Woodhead, N1KAT, who got 156 votes.  Woodhead has served as Maines
SM since 1998.  Crowley, of Farmingdale, is currently Assistant
Section Manager and Public Information Coordinator, and he was a
former State Government Liaison. Hes the president of the Augusta
Amateur Radio Association, a past president of the Yankee Amateur
Radio Club, and chair of the WinterFest and Windsor Hamfest.  In
Northern Florida, Stephen Szabo, WB4OMM, polled 833 votes to 296
votes cast for Gary Alberstadt, KA3FZO, of Monticello. A retired
Daytona Beach Police captain, Szabo, of Port Orange, is currently
the Northern Florida Section Emergency Coordinator and District
Emergency Coordinator as well as an instructor/mentor and a
DXCC/WAS/VUCC card checker.  Current Northern Florida SM Paul Eakin,
KJ4G, decided not to run for a new term of office after serving
since 2008.  In Delaware, Bill Duveneck, KB3KYH, of Milton, received
142 votes to defeat Jerome Palmer, N3KRX, of Houston, who got 122
votes. Duveneck has been Delawares ARRL Emergency Coordinator since
2009, and a Volunteer Examiner of the ARRL and Laurel VECs. He is a
past president of the Sussex Amateur Radio Association and chaired
the 2012 to 2013 Delmarva Hamfest. He has developed and manages
SARAs weekend ham radio licensing classes.  Outgoing SM Frank
Filipkowski, AD3M, of Wilmington, who has served as SM in Delaware
since 2006, did not run for a new term. Because candidates in
Delaware had to be resolicited for this nomination/election cycle,
Duvenecks term of office will be 18 months instead of 24 months.
Five incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and
were declared elected for new 2 year terms beginning on July 1, Tom
Ciciora, KA9QPN, for Illinois, Everett Curry, W6ABM, for Oregon,
Brandon Bianchi, NI6C, for Santa Clara Valley, Paul Gayet, AA1SU,
for Vermont, and Gary Sorensen, W9ULK, for Wisconsin.


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