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PLANNING STAGES.  MONTANA HAM ASSISTS IN RESCUE OF FELLOW AMATEUR 600 MILES
AWAY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, BOB WILLIAMS, N7ODM, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, WAS
JUST TUNING AROUND ON 40 METERS, GIVING HIS RIG A TEST JUST BEFORE A
SCHEDULED QSO WITH HIS BROTHER RICH, K7U
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SFL Madison Co ARC KE8RV 162 2 15 1,210 OH TARA K3TAR KB3PSN 438 2 10 1,206

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

FOURTEEN NEW SECTION MANAGERS VISIT ARRL HQ THE 16TH ANNUAL NEW SECTION
MANAGER WORKSHOP ON OCTOBER 10 12 AFFORDED 14 NEW SMS A CHANCE NOT ONLY TO
VISIT ARRL HEADQUARTERS AND GAIN SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THEIR NEW LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS.  DURING THE WEEKEND GATHERING, PARTICIPANTS NOT ONLY GOT TO MEET
MANY HQ STAFFERS BUT LEARNED SOME OF THE INS AND OUTS OF HOW TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE SECTION LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.  THE WORKSHOP ALSO PROVIDED
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE TAKING PART TO CHAT AMONG THEMSELVES OR WITHIN THE
GROUP, SHARING THEIR OWN VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES AND EXCHANGING IDEAS.
THROUGH TRAINING AND ORIENTATION SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY ARRL STAFF MEMBERS
AND BY MEETING WITH OTHER SECTION MANAGERS, PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO
EXPLORE WHAT WORKS AS WELL AS WHAT DOES NOT AND TO BRING HOME SOME FRESH
IDEAS, PLUS SOME ENCOURAGEMENT.  FIELD ORGANIZATION SUPERVISOR STEVE EWALD,
WV1X, LED THE SECTION MANAGERS ON A TOUR OF HEADQUARTERS WHERE THEY MET
STAFF AND VISITED W1AW, THE HIRAM PERCY MAXIM MEMORIAL STATION.  THE
VISITING SECTION MANAGERS ENJOYED THE CHANCE TO OPERATE FROM W1AW IN THEIR
SPARE TIME DURING THE WEEKEND.  ARRL MEMBERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES
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W9DUK 252 2 21 1,288 IN WD3E 329 2 7 1,278 MDC Wright Co ARS W0WCR KC0IOG
254 2 20 1,258 MN Yellowknife ARC VE8RAC 54 2 19 1,246 NWT Theodore
Roosevelt ARC K0ND 238 2 19 1,246 ND ARA of Bloomington WC0AAA 257 2 20
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