SB QST @ ARL $ARLB030 ARLB030 New Section Managers Take office July 1 in Four ARRL Sections ZCZC AG30 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 30 ARLB030 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 22, 2002 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB030 ARLB030 New Section Managers Take office July 1 in Four ARRL Sections ARRL members in Oregon have made their choice for a new Section Manager. Marshall D. Johnson Sr, KK7CW, of Albany defeated Lewis N. Williams, WB7NML, 582 to 417, in the only contested race in the current SM election cycle. Ballots were counted May 21 at ARRL Headquarters. Johnson replaces SM William Sawders, K7ZM, who did not seek another term. He'll be among four new ARRL Section Managers who will take office July 1. The other three candidates ran unopposed and were declared elected. Incumbent Section Managers were re-elected in four other ARRL sections. In Indiana, James S. Sellers, K9ZBM, of Middlebury, will succeed Peggy Coulter, W9JUJ, as Section Manager. Coulter has held the office since 1990. An ARRL Life Member, Sellers has been Indiana's Section Emergency Coordinator since 1991. In Vermont, the new SM is Paul N. Gayet, AA1SU, of Colchester. He is the president of the Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont, an ARRL Special Service Club. Gayet succeeds Bob DeVarney, WE1U, who did not run for another term. In Illinois, Sharon Harlan, N9SH, of Rockford, takes the reins as Section Manager from Bruce Boston, KD9UL, who has served as SM since 1994. Harlan was SM from 1990 to 1994. Incumbent section managers re-elected without opposition were William Woodhead, N1KAT, Maine; Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP, Northern Florida; Glenn Thomas, WB6W, Santa Clara Valley; and Donald Michalski, W9IXG, Wisconsin. NNNN /EX