 An election will decide who will replace outgoing Southwestern Division Director Art Goddard, W6XD. |
 Rocky Mountain Director Walt Stinson, W0CP, won't be seeking a third term. |
 Current Rocky Mountain Vice Director Rev Morton, WS7W, will succeed Stinson January 1. |
NEWINGTON, CT, Aug 24, 2004--Two members of the ARRL Board of Directors are not seeking new terms this fall, and there will be an election to fill one of the vacancies. Southwestern Division Director Art Goddard, W6XD, who's held the seat since 2002, announced earlier this year that he would not run for the 2005-2007 term. Rocky Mountain Division Director Walt Stinson, W0CP, also has decided not to seek another term after serving since 1998.
"We will miss Art and Walt, who have contributed enormously to the League's success during their tenures," said ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, who is secretary of the Board of Directors.
Seeking to succeed Goddard is Southwestern Division Vice Director Tuck Miller, NZ6T, of National City, California, who will face off against Richard J. "Dick" Norton, N6AA, of Topanga, California. A DXer and contester, Norton competed at the 2002 World Radiosport Team Championship and is a pioneer in computerized contest log checking.
Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director Warren G. "Rev" Morton, WS7W, of Casper, Wyoming, is unopposed to replace Stinson in the top job. Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is unchallenged in his bid to succeed Morton. Mileshosky, who turns 25 this October, will be the youngest person in recent memory to serve as an ARRL Vice Director. He was the 1999 winner of the ARRL Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award.
Edward J. Stearns, AA7A, of Scottsdale, Arizona--a DXCC Honor Roll member and past chair of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee--is unopposed for the Southwestern Division Vice Director's seat that Miller is vacating to run for Director. Stearns and Miller faced off for the seat in 2001.
In the Southeastern Division, while 25-year veteran Director Frank Butler, W4RH, faces no opposition for a new term and has been declared re-elected, there is a contest for the division's second slot. Incumbent Vice Director Nelson E. "Sandy" Donahue, W4RU, faces a challenge from Sharon T. "Sherri" Brower, W4STB, of Vero Beach, Florida. Donahue, a former Georgia Section Manager who lives in Atlanta, was elected in 2001. Brower has served as Southern Florida SM since October 2002.
In the West Gulf Division, Director Coy C. Day, N5OK, of Union City, Oklahoma, has no opposition for a new term. Vice Director Dr David Woolweaver, K5RAV, of Harlingen, Texas, faces a challenge from Doug Loughmiller, W5BL (ex-KO5I and W5DAL), of McKinney, Texas. A past AMSAT-NA Board chairman and the author of more than a dozen QST and QEX articles on amateur satellites, Loughmiller's interests include VHF-UHF work, moonbounce and low-power operating.
In the Pacific Division incumbent Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, is unopposed in his bid for a new term in his own right. The Castro Valley, California, retiree took over the director's chair in February 2003 following the unexpected and untimely death of Jim Maxwell, W6CF. Vice Director Andy Oppel, N6AJO, of Alameda, California, also is running unopposed. He was appointed in 2003 to replace Vallio.
Ballots in contested seats will be mailed by October 1 to
all full ARRL members in good standing in the three affected divisions as of
September 10. The votes will be tallied November 19 at ARRL Headquarters, and
the results will be announced that day. Three-year terms for successful
candidates begin January 1, 2005.
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