[LeArc] ARLB045 Great Lakes Division leadership changes

[Tony Coniglio]

> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB045
> ARLB045 Great Lakes Division leadership changes
> 
> ZCZC AG45
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 45  ARLB045
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  July 23, 2002
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB045
> ARLB045 Great Lakes Division leadership changes
> 
> George Race, WB8BGY, of Albion, Michigan, stepped down as Great
> Lakes Director during the ARRL Board of Directors meeting on July
> 20. Race, 66, had served on the Board for 12 years. Prior to that,
> he'd held numerous other field organization positions over the
> years, including several terms as Michigan Section Manager.
> 
> Race said that while a Board vote to shift ''Section News'' from QST
> to the Web did play a small part in his decision to resign, it was
> not the primary factor and he harbors ''no bad feelings'' that the
> vote went the other way. ''My wife Barb and I just decided we needed
> some time for ourselves,'' said Race, who resigned in a letter to
> ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, the Board
> secretary. ''There's life beyond the League,'' Race added.
> 
> Legendary within the ARRL field organization for his travels around
> the Great Lakes Division, Race said he's spent some 45,000 to 50,000
> miles a year on the road on the League's behalf and ''wore out three
> cars.''
> 
> ''I've enjoyed so much working with the membership and with the
> Board,'' said Race, who is the technical services supervisor at
> Albion College, where he's worked for nearly 35 years.
> 
> Great Lakes Vice Director Gary Johnston, KI4LA, was declared the new
> director. ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, has appointed Michigan
> Section Manager Dick Mondro, W8FQT, to be the new Great Lakes Vice
> Director.
> 
> A successor to Mondro as Michigan SM is expected to be named soon.
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