‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2006 QST PAGES 72, 74 AND 43 ‰ DIRECTOR, ARRL PRESIDENT JIM HAYNIE, W5JBP, SAID. IVE WORKED WITH GREG FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I KNOW HE WAS CONSCIENTIOUS AND TRIED TO DO THE BEST FOR AMATEUR RADIO, AND ITS GOING TO BE A REAL LOSS ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NORTHWESTERN DIVISION VICE DIRECTOR JIM FENSTERMAKER, K9JF, OF VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, ASSUMED THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR AND WILL FILL THE REMAINDER OF MILNES TERM, WHICH RUNS THROUGH 2006. HAYNIE APPOINTED FORMER OREGON SECTION MANAGER BILL SAWDERS, K7ZM, TO COMPLETE THE FENSTERMAKERS TERM AS VICE DIRECTOR. SAWDERS SERVED AS OREGON SM FROM 1998 UNTIL 2000. AN ARRL LIFE MEMBER AND A RETIRED OREGON CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, MILNES HAD SERVED AS NORTHWESTERN DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR SEVEN YEARS. HE ACCEDED TO THE POST IN DECEMBER 1998 AFTER THEN DIRECTOR MARY LOU BROWN, NM7N, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY, AND HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RE ELECTED TO NEW TERMS. MILNES WAS ‰ FROM PAGE 43 ‰ K7BHB K7LWC N7VH W8IM KC8TKB WU9F K9ZBM KC0NXJ W5GM W5TZX K6KMT KE7BLY ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ