[SFDXA] Happy New Year to the Southeastern Division Members!

[Bill]

> Happy New Year from your incoming Southeastern Division Director Doug
> Rehman, K4AC,and incoming Vice Director, Mike Lee, AA6ML!
> 
> We would like to thank Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, and Jim Millsap, WB4NWS,
> for their representation of the Division as Director and Vice Director
> respectively.
> 
> The new year has brought some new tools to help keep you informed of
> what is going on within the Division and at the headquarters level of
> the ARRL. They will also help keep our Division staff informed of what
> is going on at the Section and the local level. The Division now has a
> Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/arrlse, and a new website,
> http://arrlse.org/. Please be patient with us as we continue to develop
> both.
> 
> * ARRL Centennial (http://www.arrl.org/centennial)
> 
> 2014 is the ARRL's Centennial year and there is a lot planned, as well
> as already underway. There will be a 3-day National Centennial
> Convention in Hartford, CT July 17-19. In addition there will be six
> Regional Centennial Events, two of which are in our Division—the
> Orlando Hamcation, February 7-9, and the Huntsville Hamfest, August
> 16-17.
> 
> A year-long Centennial QSO Party
> (http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party) began at midnight this
> morning. W1AW will be operating portable in each state and most
> territories. There will be  a special Worked All States (WAS) award for
> contacts with W1AW in all fifty states. The FCC has granted the ARRL HQ
> station the callsign W100AW for use in the celebration, certain to be a
> sought after QSL card. 
> 
> There is also a Points Challenge where the Top Scorer from each ARRL
> Section, Canadian Province and DXCC entity will receive a First Place
> certificate. The Top five overall point scorers will receive awards.
> 
> Points are awarded for contacts with any ARRL member. Contacts with
> members holding a position within the ARRL structure (Volunteer
> Examiners, Emergency Coordinators, Section Managers, etc.) are worth
> greater points, all the way up to a contact with the President which is
> worth 300 points. Plaques and certificates are available for reaching
> designated point levels.
> 
> * Upcoming Events in the Division (http://arrlse.org/?page_id=46) 
> 
> There are numerous ARRL Hamfests and Conventions scheduled around the
> Division in January and February. The link above lists them in date
> order. The upcoming Conventions are:
> 
> 01/25/2014 | Georgia ARES Convention
> Location: Forsyth, GA
> Sponsor: Georgia ARES
> Website: http://GAARES.org
> 
> 01/25/2014 | Puerto Rico State Convention
> Location: Hatillo, PR
> Sponsor: Puerto Rico Amateur Radio League & Caribbean Amateur Radio
> Group
> Website: http://www.arrlpr.org
> 
> 01/31/2014 | Southern Florida Section Convention (48th Annual South
> Florida Tropical Hamboree)
> Location: Miami, FL
> Sponsor: Dade Radio Club of Miami
> Website: http://miamihamfest.net
> 
> 02/07/2014 | Northern Florida Section Convention (Orlando HamCation®)
> – “REGIONAL ARRL CENTENNIAL EVENT”
> Location: Orlando, FL
> Sponsor: Orlando Amateur Radio Club
> Website: http://www.hamcation.com
> 
> 03/01/2014 | Alabama Section Convention (BirmingHAMfest 2014)
> Location: Birmingham, AL
> Sponsor: Birmingham ARC
> Website: http://BirminghamFest.org
> 
> * Contacting Your Director and Vice Director
> 
> Beginning with the January 2014 issue for Director Rehman and the
> February 2014 issue for Vice Director Lee, our contact information is
> in every issue of QST on page fifteen. As neither of us is retired,
> please be patient with us. Email is generally the best method of
> communication, especially if you have a question or issue as we can
> look for the answer or solution before responding.
> 
> * Upcoming Division Emails
> 
> As this email has already grown lengthy, we will bring it to a close.
> Vice Director Lee and I are committed to keeping you informed, hearing
> opinions and recommendations, and keeping up with what is going on
> throughout the Division. We will be spending much of January learning
> about our new responsibilities and preparing for the January Board
> Meeting. We will also be sending out an occasional email and regularly
> posting on both Facebook and the new website. Please share this email
> and the websites with other amateurs that are not receiving ARRL
> emails.
> 
> May your New Year be joyous, fulfilling, and prosperous!
> 
> 73 de
> 
> Doug Rehman, K4AC
> Director
> 
> &
> 
> Mike Lee, AA6ML
> Vice Director
> 
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> ARRL Southeastern Division
> Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC
> k4ac at arrl.org
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