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N5OK and K5RAV Win by Exceptional Margins!

West Gulf Division Director Coy Day, N5OK, of Union City, Oklahoma, received 2649 votes to defeat Ed McGinley, W5ETM, of Fort Worth, Texas, who received 751 votes. Incumbent Vice Director for the West Gulf Division, Dr David Woolweaver, K5RAV, of Harlingen, Texas, received 2592 votes to defeat Dr John Teer, AK5Z, also of Harlingen, who received 780 votes.

President Harrison said, “I am so pleased to see such a large turn-out of voters in these elections, and the interest and desire of the candidates to serve. It is through this electoral process that the members truly have a voice in the growth and advancement of the ARRL and the Amateur Service. I look forward to welcoming our new and returning Board members in January.”

ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, said, “It is always a pleasure to see literally tens of thousands of ARRL members participating in the electoral process. It’s from the participation of these members that our elected Directors derive the authority to act for the benefit of Amateur Radio.”

ARRL Delta Division Director and member of the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee Henry Leggette, WD4Q, said he could sum up today’s experience in one word: “Interesting. This was a new experience that I thoroughly enjoyed. Seeing how this process works from the inside makes me appreciate all the more the election process.”

The newly elected and returning Directors and Vice Directors will begin their new three year term at noon on Tuesday, January 1, 2008.

The next scheduled Division elections are next fall in the Atlantic, Dakota, Delta, Great Lakes and Midwest ARRL Divisions. According to League Bylaws, ballots will be counted on November 21, 2008.

Source:

The ARRL Letter Vol. 26, No. 46 November 16, 2007