SB QST @ ARL $ARLB060 ARLB060 Hudson director resigns ZCZC AG40 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 60 ARLB060 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 9, 1996 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB060 ARLB060 Hudson director resigns ARRL Hudson Division Director Paul Vydareny, WB2VUK, has resigned, effective September 5, 1996. In a fax to ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, Vydareny cited job and church obligations as preventing him from doing what he considers is a proper job of fulfilling his duties as director. Under the provisions of Article 7, Vice Director Richard Sandell, WK6R, of Scarsdale, New York, becomes director for the remainder of the term, which expires January 1, 1997. Last April, ARRL President Rod Stafford, KB6ZV, appointed Sandell, 58, as vice director of the Hudson Division to fill the seat left vacant when Stephen Mendelsohn, WA2DHF, was elected first vice president and Vydareny, then Eastern New York section manager, succeeded Mendelsohn as division director. Sandell is an ARRL life member and a past Hudson Division assistant director and Eastern New York section manager. He is president and CEO of Aura Technology Corporation. His wife, Phyllis, is KD2OG. The couple's three daughters, Alyssa, Karyn and Sylvie, also hold ham tickets. NNNN /EX