= NOW 15 WPM = TEXT IS FROM OCTOBER 2021 QST PAGE 70 = SECTION MANAGER FROM 2016 UNTIL 2018. ACTIVE IN ARES, HE IS A FORMER ARRL INDIANA SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR AND ALSO SERVED AS MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, EMERGENCY COORDINATOR. HE IS AN ARRL VEC VOLUNTEER EXAMINER. CARLSON SERVED AS VICE DIRECTOR AND THEN DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL DIVISION FOR A TOTAL OF 12 YEARS. HE SAID HIS RESIGNATION STEMMED FROM AN INTRACTABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN BOARD AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS THAT WOULD IMPINGE UPON HIS TRAVEL ON BEHALF OF ARRL. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO = END OF 15 WPM TEXT >