[VHFcontesting] ARLB002 Joel Harrison, W5ZN, elected ARRL'S 14th president

[Kenneth E. Harker]

     W5ZN enters lots of VHF+ contests and has been a member of the ARRL's
Ad Hoc VHF/UHF Contest/Awards Study Subcommittee that is being converted into
a standaing VHF/UHF Advisory Committee.

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> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 2  ARLB002
>  From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 20, 2006
> To all radio amateurs
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB002
> ARLB002 Joel Harrison, W5ZN, elected ARRL'S 14th president
> 
> ARRL First Vice President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, of Judsonia,
> Arkansas, will be the League's president for the next two years.
> He'll succeed Jim Haynie, W5JBP, who chose not to run for a fourth
> term in the uncompensated, volunteer post. Gathering in Windsor,
> Connecticut, for its annual meeting, the Board voted 10 to 5 to
> choose Harrison over ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isely,
> W9GIG, the only other nominee. Harrison, 47, said he believes
> Amateur Radio is looking at a different society--and pool of
> potential licensees--in the 21st century than in the past.
> 
> ''One of the things we need to do over the next few years is realize
> that Main Street USA is not the Main Street USA it was years ago,''
> Harrison commented after the vote. ''We all remember those days when
> we became interested in radio and the magic that it provided to us.
> The magic is still there, but Main Street has changed.''
> 
> Harrison says this means that the League needs to focus on doing a
> better job of attracting the average person on the new Main Street
> of today ''into the magic of Amateur Radio.''
> 
> First licensed in 1972 as WN5IGF, Harrison says he's interested in
> virtually all aspects of Amateur Radio, from HF DXing and contesting
> to VHF/UHF/microwave and moonbounce. He's an ARRL Life Member. His
> wife, daughter and son all are Amateur Radio licensees. He'll become
> the League's 14th president since its founding in 1914.
> 
> Harrison said the ARRL's initiative to create an improved
> entry-level license also will be among his top priorities as he
> assumes office.
> 
> ''It is imperative for the Amateur Radio Service that we have an
> entry-level license that provides a wide variety of privileges for
> an individual to get into radio and learn a little bit about all of
> it,'' Harrison said, adding that the League believes this approach
> will keep new licensees interested in ham radio.
> 
> Harrison also says he will promote the League's Petition for Rule
> Making (RM-11306) to have the FCC regulate Amateur Radio allocations
> by bandwidth. ''Right now we do that by mode, and we're one of the
> few countries in the world that does that,'' he pointed out. ''We need
> to change that and move forward with this initiative of regulation
> by bandwidth instead of mode.''
> 
> Harrison said he will continue and build upon the League's emphasis
> on Amateur Radio's emergency communication role--especially in
> improving its response to catastrophic disasters like Hurricane
> Katrina--and on Haynie's ''The Big Project'' initiative to get ham
> radio into schools, known formally as the ARRL Education and
> Technology Program (ETP).
> 
> ''Whether or not it generates a large number of radio amateurs, it
> provides an introduction to Amateur Radio to kids,'' Harrison said of
> the ETP. ''Having that awareness of Amateur Radio and what it
> provides is vital,'' because it imparts a broad-based knowledge of
> the service to tomorrow's citizens and policymakers.
> 
> The ARRL Board also elected Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN, as
> First Vice President, succeeding Harrison, and Delta Division
> Director Rick Roderick, K5UR, to Vice President, succeeding Craigie.
> Both were unopposed.
> 
> ARRL Delta Division Vice Director Henry Leggette, WD4Q, will become
> Division Director. A new Delta Division Vice Director will be
> appointed.
> 
> In addition, the Board re-elected ARRL CEO and Executive Vice
> President David Sumner, K1ZZ, COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Chief
> Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, Chief Financial Officer
> Barry Shelley, N1VXY, Treasurer Jim McCobb, K1LU, Chief Technology
> Officer Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, and International Affairs Vice President
> Rod Stafford, W6ROD.
> 
> All those elected will officially begin their new terms when the
> Board of Directors adjourns its current session.
> 
> The Board of Directors annual meeting is expected to conclude
> January 21. The Board will meet again in July.
> NNNN
> /EX

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Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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