[SMCARA] ARRL Atlantic Division Vice Director

[petebutt at comfac.com]

> Fellow hams-
> I just received my ballot from ARRL. My important, I lost the info sheet
> about the three candidates.
>
> Is there any discussion on the qualities of these fellows. I know that
> N3LLR is incumbent, but that still doesn't tell me much.
>
> I just would like to make some informed vote.
>
> KE4RTJ
>


  One of the candidates e-mailed me some information last week.  This is
all I have at the moment - Vr, Pete (WA3UMY)

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Hello MDC members in the ARRL Atlantic Division. My name is Phil Theis,
K3TUF, and I'm running for the Atlantic Division Director position.

Directors serve on the corporation's Board of Directors, without
compensation, and are responsible for financial and administrative policy
decisions in the day to day, and long range operations of the League. 
They serve a three year term and are voted upon by the members in their
geographic division.  The Atlantic Division Director represents 13,000
such members.

Growing up in the Philadelphia EPA area I was licensed in 1962 as KN3TUF
and served in numerous ham radio positions along the way. You can check
out my website (k3tuf.com) for all the extremely interesting details of my
life :-)

My wish is to keep this hobby exciting and every move I make as Director
would take all of the many interests we have into account. We are a
diverse bunch of hobbyists and that's what makes it so much fun.

I want to have the input of all of the members in the Atlantic Division.
So I would publish the agenda prior to Board meetings to solicit your
feedback. I would also bring the ARRL into the modern communication age by
using the most popular forms of social media to reach particularly the
newer members of our hobby. We amateurs communicate extensively via the
Net and we need to reach those members who use social media but are not
club joiners.

In previous balloting for Director, the majority of ballots ended up in
the trash; I'd like to see a good turnout in this election process. Please
look for your ballot in the coming days and exercise your right to choose
your representative at the ARRL Board of Directors. It's your choice.

And please take a look at my website: k3tuf.com

Phil Theis K3TUF

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