ARRL Board meeting in Houston, Texas

The ARRL Board of Directors held their Annual January meeting January 18-19 in Houston, Texas. One of the first items on the agenda was the election of ARRL officers, as well as members of the Executive, Administration and Finance, and Programs and Services Committees.

All officers were re-elected to another two-year term without
opposition: Joel Harrison, W5ZN, ARRL President; Kay Craigie, N3KN, First Vice President; Rick Roderick, K5UR, Vice President; Rod Stafford, W6ROD, International Affairs Vice President; David Sumner, K1ZZ, Secretary, and James McCobb Jr, K1LU, Treasurer.

As ARRL President, Harrison also serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee; its members are Directors that are elected by their fellow Board members. The Executive Committee members for 2008 are Coy Day, N5OK, West Gulf; George Isely, W9GIG, Central; Tom Frenaye, K1KI, New England; Bill Edgar, N3LLR, Atlantic, and Henry Leggette, WD4Q, Delta.

Members of the Administration and Finance Committee and Programs and Services Committee are appointed by the ARRL President.

The Administration and Finance Committee members for 2008 are Chairman Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, Northwestern; Jim Weaver, K8JE, Great Lakes; Jay Bellows, K0QB, Great Lakes; Dennis Bodson, W4PWF, Roanoke; Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, Rocky Mountain, and Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, Midwest.

Members of the Programs and Services Committee for 2008 are Chairman Bruce Frahm, K0BJ, Midwest; Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, Southeastern; Dick Norton, N6AA, Southwestern; Frank Fallon, N2FF, Hudson; Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Pacific, and Howard Huntington, K9KM, Central.

Three members were also selected to sit on the Ethics and Elections
Committee: Coy Day, N5OK; Frank Fallon, N2FF, and Greg Sarratt, W4OZK. Members of this committee are Directors not up for re-election in 2008. Per the ARRL By-Laws, this committee applies guidelines for ethical conduct by ARRL officials, determines eligibility of candidates for Director and Vice Director, certifies a nominee's eligibility to fill a Vice Director vacancy and supervises the balloting for Director and Vice Director.

Further details on the 2008 Annual Meeting will soon be available on the ARRL Web site and in the April 2008 issue of QST.

Source: The American Radio Relay League