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Hello Northwestern Division

Hello Northwestern Division

As many of you know, but some may not, at the last ARRL BOD meeting our
very own Director Ritz was elected to the position of 2nd Vice
President. As result of that move, I advanced to the Director chair.
But that was not enough for the other board members as they also elected
me to the seat on the ARRL Foundation that Mike occupied.

I ended up with two new jobs all within 10 minutes. It is an honor to
hold both positions.

Needless to say I’m running a bit ragged this week but things should
calm down soon.

Mike and I are planning to put out another newsletter early next month
and we will have more information from the meeting.

A snapshot was sent out to all members so I’ll assume most of you have
read that. If not, it can be found here:
http://www.arrl.org/member-bulletin?issue=2024-01-21

I would like to thank Mike for all his hard work the past five years. He
was a great Director, and is a great friend.

For you current Assistant Directors, I’ll be reaching out to you all
later this week as well.

One other outcome of the elections resulted in a vacant Vice-Director
position. I do not have a timeline on when this position needs to be
filled; however, I would like to find a person sooner rather than later.
I have talked to a few about this already but I don’t think it would be
fair to not ask all in the Division. This is our normal election year so
the position would be initially appointed for the remainder of this year
but we will have an election this fall.

Look for more next month as Mike and I both take some time to settle
into our new roles.

As always, email is the best way to contact me if you need to.

73..
Mark, KB7HDX

Mark J. Tharp
KB7HDX
ARRL NW Div. Director
kb7hdx@arrl.org
509-952-5764


ARRL Northwestern Division
Director: Mark J Tharp, KB7HDX
kb7hdx@arrl.org

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