= NOW 18 WPM transition file follows = ARRL Southeastern Division Director Mickey Baker, N4MB, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, overcame challengers for his position in the 2023 to 2025 election cycle. Ballots counted November 18 showed Baker with 2,785 votes, defeating challengers Vice Director James Schilling, KG4JSZ, with 1,000 votes, and John Willis, KB4DU, who had 673 votes. For the position of Vice Director, Jeff Beals, WA4AW, with 1,516 votes, of Loxahatchee, Florida, defeated challengers Andrew Milluzzi, KK4LWR, with 1,287 votes, Neal Sulmeyer, K4EA, with 859 votes, and Joseph Tiritilli, N4ZUW, with 763 votes. Baker and Beals have been declared elected for terms beginning January 1, 2023. Baker is finishing his first term as an ARRL Director. He currently serves on the Administrative and Finance Committee, and Logbook of The World Committee. Southeastern Division members had the option to vote using paper or electronic ballots. The election was conducted by third party Election Services Co., of Melville, New York, which had been selected by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee. The tabulation was observed by E and E Chair, Midwest Division Director Art Zygielbaum, K0AIZ. Those were the only contested races in this years election cycle for Director and Vice Director. In August, the incumbents in the other four Divisions, running unopposed in this election cycle, were declared winners. They are Pacific Division Director Kristen McIntyre, K6WX, and Vice Director Anthony Marcin, W7XM, Rocky Mountain Division Director Jeff Ryan, K0RM, and Vice Director Dan Grady, N2SRK, Southwestern Division Director Richard Norton, N6AA and Vice Director Edward Stearns, AA7A, and West Gulf Division Director John Robert Stratton, N5AUS, and Vice Director Lee Cooper, W5LHC. ARRL is governed by its Board of Directors. Elections are held for five of the 15 ARRL Divisions each year, for terms of 3 years. Jon McCombie, N1ILZ, will become Section Manager of the ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Section on January 1, 2023. McCombie, of Eastham, was the only nominee to submit a petition to run for office when the nomination period closed in early September. As the sole nominee, he has been declared elected. This past year, McCombie has been Assistant SM to Tom Walsh, K1TW, who has been the SM of the Eastern Massachusetts Section for the last 8 years. Walsh, of Bedford, decided not to run for a fifth 2 year term of office. There were no balloted elections during this Fall seasons SM election cycle. The following incumbent SMs ran unopposed, and they were declared reelected, beginning their new 2 year terms of office on January 1. Cecil Higgins, AC0HA, Missouri, Matt Anderson, KA0BOJ, Nebraska, Jim Mezey, W2KFV, New York City Long Island, Rocco Conte, WU2M, Northern New York, Marc Tarplee, N4UFP, South Carolina, Tom Preiser, N2XW, Southern New Jersey, Michael Douglas, W4MDD, West Central Florida, and Joe Shupienis, W3BC, Western Pennsylvania. = END OF 18 WPM transition file <