Section Manager election results

In the only contested Section Manager race this Winter, Steve Early, AD6VI, was elected ARRL San Diego Section Manager with 332 votes; his opponent, Pat Bunsold, WA6MHZ, received 264 votes. Election ballots were counted at ARRL Headquarters on February 19, 2008.

Early, whose two-year term begins on April 1, 2008, said that he is looking forward to the opportunity to serve. He has been active in several Amateur Radio clubs and ARES, as well as providing public service support to agencies such as the American Red Cross and CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). He is also president of the Palomar Amateur Radio Club (PARC). Early takes over from Harry Hodges, W6YOO, who was appointed to fill the vacant position in November 2007.

Louisiana will also be getting a new Section Manager on April 1. Gary Stratton, K5GLS, of Shreveport, the Louisiana Section Emergency Coordinator for the last three years, will be taking the reins from Mickey Cox, K5MC. Cox, who has served as Section Manager for the past eight years, decided not to run for another term of office.

Carl Clements, W4CAC, of Portsmouth, Virginia, returns to the Virginia Section Manager's post on April 1. He had previously served as Virginia Section Manager from May 2001 to March 2006. Glen Sage, W4GHS, the outgoing Virginia Section Manager, did not seek a new term of office.

he following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their next terms of office beginning April 1, 2008: Pete Cecere, N2YJZ, Eastern New York; Eric Olena, WB3FPL, Eastern Pennsylvania; Tim Slay, N4IB, North Carolina; Richard Beebe, N0PV, South Dakota, and Bob Schneider, AH6J, Pacific