SB QST @ ARL $ARLB018 ARLB018 ARRL San Francisco Section Manager Re-elected ZCZC AG18 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 18 ARLB018 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 21, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB018 ARLB018 ARRL San Francisco Section Manager Re-elected In the only contested Section Manager race this summer, Bill Hillendahl, KH6GJV, was re-elected as the ARRL San Francisco Section Manager. He received 237 votes and his opponent, Warren "TR" Reese, WB6TMY, received 134 votes. Election ballots were counted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at ARRL Headquarters. Hillendahl, of Santa Rosa, California, begins his third two-year term of office on October 1, 2007. The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their next terms of office beginning October 1, 2007: Jeff Ryan, K0RM, Colorado; Mark Tharp, KB7HDX, Eastern Washington; Susan Swiderski, AF4FO, Georgia; Phineas Icenbice, W6BF, Los Angeles; Ray Taylor, N5NAV, South Texas; Ann Rinehart, KA8ZGY, West Virginia. Ron Murdock, W6KJ, who already had been declared elected as the new Sacramento Valley Section Manager as of October 1, began his term a little early on July 2. Murdock was appointed to fill in for Casey McPartland, W7IB, who stepped down because of a planned upcoming move out of the section. NNNN /EX