Joe Knight, W5PDY (SK), at W1AW during a visit to ARRL Headquarters to take part in an orientation workshop for new SMs.
Joe Knight, W5PDY (SK), at W1AW during a visit to ARRL Headquarters to take part in an orientation workshop for new SMs. |
NEWINGTON, CT, Jun 22, 2006--The ARRL invites nominations for the Joe Knight Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes "exceptionally notable contributions by a Section Manager to the health and vitality of the League." The ARRL Board of Directors created the award in 2003 to honor former ARRL New Mexico SM Joe Knight, W5PDY, who was its first recipient. He died in December of that year. Until ill health forced him to step down as SM in July 2003, Knight had guided the New Mexico Section for nearly 27 years--longer than any of his peers.
Knight was honored not only for his more than a quarter-century of service as an SM but for repeatedly volunteering to share his leadership knowledge and skills each year to help orient new SMs. Knight also headed a section that values public service and emergency preparedness, and he helped to maintain the WA5IHL Megalink Repeater System that opened up statewide communication to anyone with a handheld.
The ARRL Board of Directors may from time to time designate a recipient of the Knight Distinguished Service Award to an individual who distinguishes himself or herself in accordance with these ideals:
Recipients of the Knight Distinguished Service Award will be presented with a plaque commemorating the award.
Any ARRL member - past or present - may nominate a Section Manager for the Knight Distinguished Service Award. A narrative of the nominee's accomplishments identifying the individual's long-term contributions to the ARRL and its Field Organization should accompany the nomination.
Submit nominations to ARRL Field and Educational Services
Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111 or via e-mail.
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