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New Idaho and North Dakota Section Managers to Take Office October
1.  On August 19, members of the ARRLs Membership and Volunteer
Programs Department counted ballots for contested Section Manager
races in Idaho and Western New York.  Section Managers serve two
year terms.  In Idaho, Edward Stuckey, AI7H, of Post Falls, was
elected Section Manager of Idaho with 155 votes.  Chuck Robertson,
KX7ID, of Nampa, received 150 votes.  Stuckey will be stepping into
the office that has been held by Doug Rich, W7DVR, of Boise, since
the fall 2003.  Rich decided not to run for another term of office.
In Western New York, current Section Manager Scott Bauer, W2LC, of
Baldwinsville, was re elected with 639 votes.  Challenger Kevin
Romer, KC2MLC, of Trumansburg, received 273 votes.  The ARRL North
Dakota Section will also get a new Section Manager come October 1.
Lynn Nelson, W0CQ, of Minot, will be taking over from Kent Olson,
KA0LDG.  Olson, who has served as Section Manager since 2001, did
not run for another term of office.  The following incumbent ARRL
Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected
for the next two year terms of office beginning October 1, 2008.
Betsey Doane, K1EIC, Connecticut.  Skip Jackson, KS0J, Minnesota.
Joe Phillips, K8QOE, Ohio.  John Thomason, WB5SYT, Oklahoma.
Roberto Jimenez, KP4AC, Puerto Rico.  Sherri Brower, W4STB, Southern
Florida.  And, John Ellis, NP2B, US Virgin Islands.  New Wyoming
Section Manager Appointed.  Lee Anne Allen, WY7DTW, of Devils Tower,
has been appointed Section Manager of the Wyoming Section to
complete the term of office that has been held by Chris Pritchard,
WX7B, of Green River.  Pritchard is moving out of the Section to
take a new job.  The present term of office continues through March
31, 2009.  Dave Patton, NN1N, Manager of the Membership and
Volunteer Programs Department, made the Section Manager appointment
effective August 15 in consultation with Rocky Mountain Division
Director Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT‚ Sunspot numbers were 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, and 0 with a mean of 0.  10R7 cm flux was 66R1, 65R5, 65R5,
65R6, 65R7, 65R2, and 65R3 with a mean of 65R6.  Estimated planetary
A indices were 4, 4, 18, 13, 7, 6 and 5 with a mean of 8R1.
Estimated mid latitude A indices were 3, 3, 16, 9, 6, 6 and 3 with a
mean of 6R6‚

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