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VOTES.  REHMAN WAS AMONG CHALLENGERS WHO RAN AGAINST SARRATT IN 2010.
SARRATT HAS SERVED AS A DIRECTOR SINCE 2007.  THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE
VICE DIRECTOR POSITION.  INCUMBENT JIM MILLSAP, WB4NWS, OUTPOLLED
CHALLENGER GEORGE HAWRYSKO, K4AWA, 1429 TO 467 VOTES.  MILLSAP, OF ACWORTH,
GEORGIA, WAS APPOINTED IN 2012 TO COMPLETE THE TERM OF ANDREA HARTLAGE,
KG4IUM, WHO RESIGNED WHEN SHE MOVED OUT OF THE SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION.  ARRL
PRESIDENT KAY CRAIGIE, N3KN, INFORMED TH

YOU DURING THIS DISASTER.  THANKS TO JIM LINTON, VK3PC, AND THE ITU
NOMINATIONS DUE DECEMBER 31 FOR 2013 ARRL INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 31, 2013 FOR THE 2013 ARRL INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN AWARD WWW. ARRL. ORG/ INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD.  THIS
AWARD IS CONFERRED UPON A RADIO AMATEUR OR AMATEURS WHO DEMONSTRATE
DEVOTION TO HUMAN WELFARE, PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH
AMATEUR RADIO.  THE LEAGUE ESTABLISHED THE ANNUAL PRIZE TO RECOGNIZE
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WHO HAVE USED HAM RADIO TO PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY
SERVICE TO OTHERS IN TIMES OF CRISIS OR DISASTER.  A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY
THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT IS NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FROM AMATEUR RADIO,
GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM EXTRAORDINARY
SERVICE RENDERED BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR OR GROUP.  AMATEUR RADIO IS
ONE OF THE FEW TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES THAT ALLOW PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO MEET AND TALK WITH EACH OTHER, THEREBY
SPREADING GOODWILL ACROSS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES.  THE ARRL INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECOGNIZES AMATEUR RADIOS UNIQUE ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL

ANQUILAN SAID THE NEWS MEDIA WERE STARTING TO NOTICE HAM RADIO BUT FAILED
TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE HERO NETWORK HAD BEEN PLAYING IN THE
WAKE OF THE DISASTER.  ALTHOUGH THERES SOME VERY BRIEF TV EXPOSURE, THEY
ARE YET TO ADEQUATELY REPORT ON THE VOLUNTARY SERVICE IT PROVIDES, AND THE
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF
DISASTER, HE SAID.  THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ITU DEPLOYED
SATELLITE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TO THE PHILIPPINES TO HELP REESTABLISH
COMMUNICATIONS VITAL FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE IN AREAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY
TYPHOON HAIYAN.  ITU IS PREPARED TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE IN THEIR HOUR OF NEED, AND TO DEAL WITH
THE COLOSSAL TRAGEDY THAT HAS OVERWHELMED THE COUNTRY WITH UNIMAGINABLE
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY, ITU SECRETARY GENERAL DR HAMADOUN I. TOURI,
HB9EHT, SAID.  THE ITU A SPECIALIZED UN AGENCY SAID IT HOPED THE EQUIPMENT
WOULD HELP IN ASSESSING THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE AS WELL AS
ENABLE MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES AS WELL AS THE
NEED FOR FAMILIES TO RE ESTABLISH CONTACTS.  ARRL PRESIDENT KAY CRAIGIE,
N3KN, IN A LETTER TO PHILIPPINE AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT EDUARDO
VALDEZ, DU1EV, SAID, WE PRAISE THE EFFORTS OF YOUR HERO ORGANIZATION IN
ASSISTING THE RELIEF AND RECOVERY EFFORT.  OUR THOUGHTS AND HOPES ARE WITH
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