New Section Managers Start April 1 in Arkansas, North Texas and Arizona
NEWINGTON, CT, Feb 23, 2005--The ARRL North Texas, Arkansas and Arizona sections will be getting new Section Managers this spring. Ballots cast in the two contested races of the current Section Manager (SM) election cycle were counted and verified February 22 at ARRL Headquarters. New terms of office for successful candidates begin April 1.
In the North Texas Section, Tom Blackwell, N5GAR, outpolled incumbent SM Roy Rabey, AD5KZ, 853 to 586. Rabey has served as SM since 2003. A resident of Dallas, Blackwell has served as State Government Liaison for eight years under previous SMs. He has had experience working on the Texas Amateur Radio antenna (PRB-1) law and with the US ambassador to a World Radiocommunication Conference. Blackwell also authored the original petition calling on the FCC to establish a new rule (§97.205[g]) governing repeater operation.
In Arkansas, David Norris, K5UZ, won the open SM slot 353 to 199 over Terry Busby, W5ARS. Norris, who lives in Batesville, has been a radio amateur for nearly 30 years and has served as an ARRL Assistant SM for eight years. He is active in ARES and RACES and an avid DXer and contester. He'll succeed incumbent Dennis Schaefer, W5RZ, who has served since 2003 and did not seek a new term.
In Arizona, Tom Fagan, WB7NXH, will take over the reins from Cliff Hauser, KD6XH, who did not seek a new term after serving for 12 years. Fagan, who had no opposition, now serves as Technical Coordinator and has served as Arizona Section Emergency Coordinator for the past two years. He also has held Emergency Coordinator and District Emergency Coordinator positions.
Incumbent SMs in four other ARRL sections also ran unopposed and will continue in office for new two-year terms. They are Jim Lasley, N0JL, Iowa; John Meyers, NB4K, Kentucky; Malcolm Keown, W5XX, Mississippi, and Carl Gardenias, WU6D, Orange.
Since no candidates have sought to run for the Montana, Puerto Rico and Wyoming SM positions, nominations will be resolicited in the April issue of QST.
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