06/30/2021

Carl Gardenias, WU6D, of Perris, California, is retiring as ARRL Orange Section
Manager after serving in the position since 2003. His term of office had
expired at the end of March, but he agreed to continue serving as SM until a
successor was chosen.

A re-solicitation for Section Manager nominations in the Orange Section was
issued this past spring. The only nominee responding by the June 4 deadline was
Bob Turner, W6RHK, also of Perris, California. Turner's elected 2-year term of
office does not officially begin until October 1, and Gardenias has said he
wished to step down as Section Manager at the end of June.

In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the ARRL Field Organization,
ARRL Field Services Manager Mike Walters, W8ZY, has appointed Turner to start
his term of office as the Orange Section Manager earlier than scheduled, with
the appointment effective July 1. Walters made his decision after consulting
with ARRL Southwestern Division Director Dick Norton, N6AA, and Gardenias.
Turner has been the Section Emergency Coordinator for the past 10 years.

ARRL Eastern Washington Section Manager Jack Tiley, AD7FO, will be stepping
down early from his term of office that concludes on September 30, 2021. Tiley,
of Spokane Valley, has been Section Manager for 2 and a half years.

Jo Whitney, KA7LJQ, was the only nominee when the June 4 nomination deadline
arrived, and she was declared elected. Whitney initially was scheduled to start
her term of office on October 1, but because Tiley is stepping down before the
end of his term, Walters, after consulting with ARRL Northwestern Division
Director Mike Ritz, W7VO, has appointed Whitney to start her term of office on
July 1

Whitney, of Yakima, has been an ARRL Emergency Coordinator since 2003, and she
served as a District Emergency Coordinator in 2018 and 2019. 

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