[SEDXC] SE Division Director candidate Greg Sarratt, W4OZK...some insights...

[MAllphin at aol.com]

SEDXC members and other interested parties.....
 
   Recently there was some discussion on this reflector about  who/which 
candidates for ARRL Director would  best represent the interests  of not only the 
general amateur population in the SE Division, but DXers in  particular.
   I contacted Fred Duran, W4NKI, President of the Birmingham DX  Club in 
order to get his opinion of Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, one of the candidates  who lives 
in Huntsville.
   Below is a copy of his recent comments:
 
This is in further regard to our recent telephone discussion 
on the  election of a new ARRL Director for the Southeastern 
Director.  We in  the Birmingham DX Club (BDXC) feel strongly 
that Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, from Harvest, AL is the best  candidate
for the position.

Many of us have had an opportunity to get to  know Greg over 
the past few years.  As you may know, for a number of  years the 
BDXC has hosted both formal and informal dinners with various  
ARRL officials during the BirminghamFests in the Spring of each  
year.  These have usually included Frank Butler, W4RH, the 
retiring  Director; Bill Moore, NC1L, the DXCC Manager and Larry 
Price, W4RA, the IARU  President who both have attended most 
recent BirminghamFests; and Sandy  Donahue, W4RU, the Vice 
Director.  For about the past five years Greg,  W4OZK, has also 
attended these dinners.  During these affairs, he has  had the 
opportunity to get to know many of our local DXers, to learn  
about their interests and become knowledgeable of many DX  
activities.

>From the other side of the coin, many of us had the  
opportunity to get to know Greg well, and we all believe he has 
acquired  a lot of DX knowledge and that he would be very 
effective in representing  our DX interests within ARRL.  He 
personally is not an avid DXer, but  we think he would be 
receptive to inputs and suggestions from active DXers  in his 
Division and that he would actively promote these views within  
the ARRL.

Greg is a very active ham operator and works professionally  in 
the technical electronics field in Huntsville.  He is well  
respected in the ARRL for leading the Emergency Communications 
effort  from Montgomery for several weeks during the Katrina 
storm emergency.   This past work should give him some extra 
clout in performing the Director's  job at ARRL Headquarters.

Summarizing, we highly recommend Greg voting  for Greg for the 
Director's position for the reasons discussed.  We  believe he 
would do a good job in representing the DXers in his Division.  
In addition, it would be nice to have a Director who is only 
100-150  miles away from most Alabama/Georgia DXers, rather than 
being several  hundred miles away as are the other candidates. 
Also, we are confident the  members of the North Alabama DX Club 
in Huntsville share our support for  Greg.

73, Fred, W4NKI
President
Birmingham DX  Club





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