[nrv-hams] Fwd: Greeting from your new Section Manager Feb 27, 2015

[Danny Wylam]

For those interested in Emcomm and the status of ARES in VA
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  Danny
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From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:50 PM
Subject: Greeting from your new Section Manager Feb 27, 2015
To: dannywylam at gmail.com


Greetings:
My name is Joe Palsa and I am your new Virginia Section Manager. The
Virginia Section is home to many great hams, clubs, contesters,
dxer’s, and of course EMCOMM organizations.  Virginia is the largest
section within the Roanoke Division of the ARRL.  This is our
section’s family. Just like our personal family, we have
disagreements, arguments, help each other in times of need, and make up
at family reunions.  Just like our families, we have ancestry; ours is
the ARRL.  Our ancestry defines who we are.  We are this mix of persons
that have many talents;  extensive  experience (both hands-on and
educational),  great dedication, great intellect, and finally a great
affinity to learn, teach, and help others.  With this said, we will
work to offer and inform about the best and most recent educational
courses, both online and in print to all members, be they ARRL or
federally originated.  This not only applies to fellow hams, but to the
general public as well.

With the above note of my philosophy, we are going to work hard
together to make our section the  showcase section for the ARRL .
There are a few points that I would like to start off with for our
family reunion. While we have subjects like EMCOMM that are very
visible, we also have other subject areas as important, but just less
visible.  Remember, this is our section and this report is always
subject to change because families communicate with each other.  My
email address and cell are available to anyone.  I promise to listen to
anyone and everyone, as well as respond to every email I receive.

The ARRL section website will become active once again, so you may
obtain the latest and  greatest  information:

Section Hamfest listing and information
Reports from Section Cabinet Officials
Accomplishments of Section clubs and members
Information relative to ham radio, locally, nationally, and world
wide.
Governmental information related to ham radio
Technical information of interest

As your new Section Manager, I will be putting together a cabinet that
will assist me in my efforts to coordinate the ARRL Field Services of
our Section.  This will include the Section Emergency Coordinator,
Section Traffic Manager, Public Information Coordinator, Technical
Coordinator, State Government Liaison, and Assistant Section Managers.

The ARRL maintains an appointment database for all sections.  Our
section database is out of date, with many inactive volunteers listed,
and many active volunteers not listed.  I must work to get our ARRL
appointment database up to date.  To this end, all current Virginia
Section Appointments will expire on March 31, 2015.  Should you wish to
continue your appointment, please contact me prior to that time.
I look forward to serving you as your Section Manager,

Joe Palsa  K3WRY
K3WRY at ARRL.ORG
(804) 350-2665

ARRL is seeking member input on new draft HF band plan, please review.
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-seeks-member-input-on-draft-hf-band-plan-proposals

Virginia Hamfest’s for 2015

Winterfest  03/22/2015, Vienna Wireless Society,
http://viennawireless.org

Culpeper Amateur Radio Swapfest  04/11/2015, Culpeper Amateur Radio
Association, http://www.w4cul.org

Spring Hamfest  04/12/2015, Chesapeake Amateur Radio Society,
http://w4car.org

Manassas Hamfest & Maker Technology Show 06/14/2015, Ole Virginia Hams
Amateur Radio Club, http://manassashamfest.org

Roanoke Hamfest 2015,  Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club,
http://w4ca.com
65th Annual Berryville Hamfest, Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club,
http://www.shenvalarc.org/hamfest

Virginia Beach Hamfest (Virginia Section Convention) 09/12/2015,
Tidewater Radio Conventions,  http://vbhamfest.com

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ARRL Virginia Section
Section Manager: Dr Joseph G Palsa, K3WRY
k3wry at arrl.org
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