‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2014 QST PAGE 77‰ YOU DURING THIS DISASTER. THANKS TO JIM LINTON, VK3PC, AND THE ITU NOMINATIONS DUE DECEMBER 31 FOR 2013 ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 31, 2013 FOR THE 2013 ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD WWW. ARRL. ORG/ INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD. THIS AWARD IS CONFERRED UPON A RADIO AMATEUR OR AMATEURS WHO DEMONSTRATE DEVOTION TO HUMAN WELFARE, PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH AMATEUR RADIO. THE LEAGUE ESTABLISHED THE ANNUAL PRIZE TO RECOGNIZE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WHO HAVE USED HAM RADIO TO PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO OTHERS IN TIMES OF CRISIS OR DISASTER. A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT IS NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FROM AMATEUR RADIO, GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE RENDERED BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR OR GROUP. AMATEUR RADIO IS ONE OF THE FEW TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES THAT ALLOW PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO MEET AND TALK WITH EACH OTHER, THEREBY SPREADING GOODWILL ACROSS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES. THE ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECOGNIZES AMATEUR RADIOS UNIQUE ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ