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Subject: CAC Appointment and Happy New Year
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&lt;html&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and that you=
 and your&lt;br&gt;
families are doing well.  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Glenn Johnson, W=C3=98GJ, has been our Division representative on the ARRL&lt;=
br&gt;
Contest Advisory Committee.  After a long involvement, he decided it was&lt;br&gt;
time for him to step down and let someone else pick up the reins.  I&lt;br&gt;
sincerely thank him for his service to the CAC and to the ARRL.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
After looking at possible appointees and reviewing them with Glenn and&lt;br&gt;
the CAC Chair, Craig Thompson, K9CT, I selected Drew Vonada-Smith, K3PA,&lt;br&gt;
to be the Midwest Division CAC representative.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Drew has been licensed since 1972. He is an active contester and a&lt;br&gt;
member of the Kansas City Contest Club.  Although contesting is his&lt;br&gt;
first love, Drew is also a DXCC Honor Roll member.  He lives in&lt;br&gt;
Tonganoxie, KS, near Kansas City, with his wife, Denette.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Congratulations, Drew.  Thanks for taking on this role for our&lt;br&gt;
community.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
As 2025 draws to a close, it is good to reflect on some of the good&lt;br&gt;
things that the ARRL accomplished.  &lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	On the Air Live was launched and was so successful that platforms=
&lt;br&gt;
needed to be expanded to accommodate all the attendees.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	The Youth Licensing Grant Program is very popular.  From its laun=
ch&lt;br&gt;
in 2022 to today, over 1,000 young people have had their FCC application&lt;br&gt;
feeds reimbursed.  Over 1,700 youths benefited from the $5 reduced VEC&lt;br&gt;
fee.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	Over 1,200 students of teachers who graduated from the Teachers&lt;b=
r&gt;
Institute have taken license exams at no charge facilitated by the ARRL&lt;br&gt;
Education and Learning Department.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	The Dream Station Sweepstakes was launched.  While it is difficul=
t&lt;br&gt;
to ascertain the impact on membership numbers, donations to the Diamond&lt;br&gt;
Club have increased by 58%.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	The =E2=80=9CSalty Walt=E2=80=99s Portable Antenna Sketchbook=E2=
=80=9D and other new&lt;br&gt;
titles have done very well in sales.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	ARES group locator map and webpage went live.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	The Midwest Division had a very successful Division Convention in=
&lt;br&gt;
Sedalia, MO.  The event was supported, in part, by a grant from the ARRL&lt;br&gt;
Foundation.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	The online magazines continue to be well received and there was a=
n&lt;br&gt;
uptick in the number of members subscripting to print versions of those&lt;br&gt;
magazines.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	VEC has been working to move all VE teams to electronic testing&lt;b=
r&gt;
using ExamTools.&lt;br&gt;
=E2=80=A2	A strong effort, including a letter writing campaign, increased t=
he&lt;br&gt;
chances of getting a law passed to help hams who are constrained by HOA&lt;br&gt;
restrictions.  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Let me close by wishing all of you a wonderful, healthy, prosperous, and&lt;br&gt;
accomplished New Year.  I=E2=80=99ll be on the air on SSB, FT8, FreeDV, and=
&lt;br&gt;
sometimes CW.  I hope to get a chance to connect with you.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
73, Art K=C3=98AIZ&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
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ARRL Midwest Division&lt;br&gt;
Director: Arthur I Zygielbaum, K0AIZ&lt;br&gt;
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