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INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS BY US REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE LESKO OF ARIZONA TO
DECLARE APRIL 18 AS NATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS DAY.  DIRECTOR
STRATTON ALSO ADVISED THE EC THAT THE LEGAL STRUCTURE REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS
REVIEWING THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, BY LAWS, AND STANDING ORDERS WITH AN
EYE TOWARD RECOMMENDING ANY NEEDED CHANGES AT THE JANUARY 2022 BOARD
MEETING.  THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN ON DECEMBER
13.  FALL ARRL SECTION MANAGER ELECTION RESULTS THE ONLY CONTESTED SEAT FOR
SECTION MANAGER SM IN THE FALL ELECTION CYCLE WAS IN KANSAS, WHERE
INCUMBENT RON COWAN, KB0DTI, OF LA CYGNE, CAME OUT ON TOP IN THE TWO PERSON
RACE.  COWAN OUTPOLLED CHALLENGER LLOYD COLSTON, KC5FM, OF ARKANSAS CITY,
260 TO 225.  BALLOTS WERE COUNTED ON NOVEMBER 23 AT ARRL HEADQUARTERS.
COWAN HAS SERVED AS KANSAS SM SINCE 2003.  HIS NEW 2 YEAR TERM BEGAN ON
JANUARY 1, 2022.  IN ALABAMA, ROGER PARSONS, KK4UDU, OF MULGA, BECAME THE
NEW SM ON JANUARY 1, 2022.  PARSONS WAS THE ONLY NOMINEE FOR THE POSITION.
HE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT SECTION MANAGER AND A DISTRICT EMERGENCY
COORDINATOR.  INCUMBENT SM JVANN MARTIN, W4JVM, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE
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