[SFDXA] [DCARC] Campaign for ARRL Southeastern Division Director

Fri Sep 26 11:20:37 EDT 2025

Hi Folks,

I spoke to Mickey yesterday, asking if he was running.  He definitely is 
running.  I mentioned the 2 "snail mail" postcards that I had received.  
He said that those mailings had great costs, around 10,000 mailings at 
$.75 each!  That's a lot of money for a job that doesn't pay anything!

IMHO, Mickey is extremely qualified for the position, having extensive 
IT experience, which the ARRL needs.  He has been working with the 
closely with the ARRL technical guys, and he says that the work to 
secure LoTW and the DXCC programs is ongoing.  He is a past member of 
SFDXA and a past Fort Lauderdale neighbor.

My vote goes to Mickey N4MB!

 From Mickey's QRZ page:

*Who is N4MB?*

  * I’m an active amateur radio operator, licensed since 1970 as WN4PPI.
    I’m a Life Member of ARRL and have been a member 46 years. I’m a
    veteran of the US Army.
  * As a trustee for a number of repeaters, I have experience with FM,
    D-Star, DMR, Allstar, Fusion and other linking systems. I’ve built
    and operate a great HF station with antennas on a small farm in Palm
    Beach County, FL, where I have capabilities from 160m to 2.4GHz.
  * I was vice president and then president of the Broward Amateur Radio
    Club during a time when the club grew from 10 to 80 members. I
    restarted the Club’s Field Day tradition, raised money and replaced
    repeaters and installed links to other repeaters using RF and the
    Internet – AllStar Net and D-Star. I left Broward County and moved
    to Palm Beach County in 2015 and now have a great place for
    antennas, our three Labrador Retrievers and my grandsons to play.
  * I’ve worked in technology my entire career as an engineer, a
    manager, a director and CIO. About half my career I’ve worked for
    technology companies in development, marketing and sales
    organizations and about half as a consultant and an IT manager.
    Although I’m currently CIO for a municipal government, I’ve
    specialized in consulting for Continuity of Operations and have
    developed working DR and COOP plans for some of the largest
    organizations in the world.
  * I’ve worked in public service, often working with local governments
    in communities where there is activism and politics. I’ve navigated
    within these complex relationships to achieve significant change for
    the betterment of all. My style is non-confrontational and
    non-combative. I use respect for experience, intellect, knowledge
    and hard work to achieve respect from others and cooperation to
    achieve common goals.
  * I have a wonderful wife, two millennial (now in their 30’s)
    offspring, three grandsons and am an energetic 69 years old. We have
    Labrador Retrievers at home, AKC Champions that have a couple of
    puppy litters every year.

Thanks for looking me up. If we've known one another over the years, or 
if you'd like to know more about me and my thoughts about ARRL, send me 
an email at n4mb at arrl.org.

73,

Mickey N4MB

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

On 9/26/2025 8:01 AM, Fred - WB4BAG wrote:
> *[Sorry -- images failed to upload on previous post.]*
> *Here is another piece of ARRL Southeastern Division Director campaign 
> literature that I received.
> It's a postcard from Tom Schaefer NY4I.*
> *[As of now, the only candidate I haven't heard from is the incumbent, 
> Mickey Baker N4MB.*
> *If someone else received campaign literature or a statement from 
> Mickey, please forward it to*
> *me and I'll post it on this thread.]*
> *Both sides of the postcard are shown below:*
> *I will pass along any other literature received from the candidates.*
> *73*
> *Fred*
> *WB4BAG*
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