[NCC] ARRL Contest Branch shake up

[Ray Fallen]

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> Date: January 25, 2014 at 12:00:04 PM EST
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> Subject: RTTY Digest, Vol 133, Issue 57
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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Fyi  ARRL Contest Branch (Jay WS7I)
>   2. Thanks to Jim AD1C and Roland NA5Q (Don Hill AA5AU)
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> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:18:12 -0800
> From: Jay WS7I <ws7ik7tj at gmail.com>
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] Fyi  ARRL Contest Branch
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> On 1/24/2014 5:07 PM, Kutzko, Sean, KX9X wrote:
> The following announcement has gone out to the contesting community:
> ********
> To the Amateur Radio Contesting Community:
> 
> Mike DeChristopher, N1TA, has resigned as ARRL Contest Branch Manager to 
> pursue other opportunities.
> 
> Duties of the Contest Branch
> shall be assumed immediately by a committee of current ARRL staffers,
> including former Contest Branch Managers Sean Kutzko, KX9X and Dan
> Henderson, N1ND. Ward Silver, N0AX, will also provide
> support to the group. The committee will be directed by ARRL Membership
> and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N.
> 
> The search for a new Contest Branch Manager will be announced as soon as 
> possible.
> **********
> 
> Three general priorities exist at this point:
> 
> 1) Deal with the backlog of uncompleted tasks, awards fulfillment, 
> results data, etc.
> 
> 2) Keep on track with the 2014 Contest Branch calendar as much as possible.
> 
> 3) Restore the "customer service" side of the Contest Branch to a 
> credible level.
> 
> A to-do list has been written up and tasks are being assigned to a few 
> staffers to help deal with the backlog. Adjudication and results 
> authoring tasks will remain on schedule to meed current deadlines.
> 
> Medium and long-term visions and direction planning of the Contest 
> Branch will be addressed after the immediate needs have been dealt with.
> 
> 
> Sean Kutzko, KX9X
> Media and Public Relations Manager
> ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:48:50 -0600
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> To: "'rtty-contesting.com'" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] Thanks to Jim AD1C and Roland NA5Q
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> I received my 2013 ARRL RTTY Roundup plaques for W/VE and Delta Division Single Operator, Low Power, this week. Thanks to Jim for
> sponsoring the W/VE plaque and Roland for the Delta Division plaque.
> 
> 73, Don AA5AU
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