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DEPARTMENT HOSTED THE EVENT.  SEVERAL HQ STAFF MEMBERS LED TRAINING
SESSIONS DURING THE WEEKEND WORKSHOP, GIVING THE NEW SECTION MANAGERS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LEAGUES FIELD ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS
DISCUSS THE VARIETY OF ARRL PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE FROM
HEADQUARTERS WITH STAFF EXPERTS.  WESTERN WASHINGTON SECTION MANAGER JIM
PACE, K7CEX, SAID HE HAS ATTENDED MANY CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER
AND FOUND THAT SOME ARE NOT SO GOOD, SOME ARE SORT OF GOOD AND SOME ARE
JUST A WASTE OF TIME HOWEVER, THE SECTION MANAGER WORKSHOP WAS BEYOND WHAT
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.  THE INFORMATION, QUALITY OF PRESENTERS AND
THE ABILITY TO CONVERSE, ARGUE AND RESOLVE ISSUES WITH OTHER SECTION
MANAGERS MADE IT A GREAT EVENT.  LOUISIANA SECTION MANAGER GARY STRATTON,
K5GLS, AGREED I HAD A GREAT TIME IN NEWINGTON, AS WELL.  IT WAS A PLEASURE
TO MEET ALL OF THE OTHER SECTION MANAGERS AND INTERACT WITH THEM DURING THE
MEETINGS.  I THINK THAT STEVE AND THE REST OF THE HEADQUARTERS STAFF DID A
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1,244 MN Faulkner Co ARC W5AUU KD4TA 204 2 32 1,242 AR ICARC W9RWX 89 2 12
1,242 IL NHRC ARS W1CUM 326 2 8 1,234 NH DCS 22 Lost Hills / Malibu Group
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