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ALABAMA SM SINCE 2016, DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR A NEW TERM.  IN MICHIGAN, LES
BUTLER, W8MSP, OF GREGORY, BECAME THE NEW SM ON JANUARY 1, 2022.  HE WAS
THE ONLY NOMINEE TO SUBMIT A PETITION BY THE NOMINATION DEADLINE.  BUTLER
WILL SUCCEED INCUMBENT MICHIGAN SM JIM KVOCHICK, K8JK, WHOSE JOB WILL TAKE
HIM OUT OF THE STATE.  KVOCHICK HAS BEEN MICHIGAN SM SINCE 2018.  IN
DELAWARE, THE SM POSITION REMAINS OPEN, AND A RESOLICITATION FOR NOMINEES
WILL BE ISSUED THIS WINTER FOR AN 18 MONTH TERM BEGINNING ON JULY 1, 2022.
NO NOMINATING PETITIONS WERE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DEADLINE IN SEPTEMBER.
INCUMBENT SM MARK STILLMAN, KA3JUJ, IS LEAVING DELAWARE AFTER SERVING AS
ITS SM SINCE 2020.  THESE INCUMBENT SMS FACED NO OPPOSITION AND WERE
ELECTED TO NEW TERMS THAT BEGAN ON JANUARY 1, 2022 DAVID STEVENS, KL7EB
ALASKA MIKE PATTERSON, N6JGA EAST BAY BILL MADER, K8TE NEW MEXICO JOHN
KITCHENS, NS6X SANTA BARBARA DAVID THOMAS, KM4NYI TENNESSEE, AND RAYMOND
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