[LARC-CQ] New Section Manager for ARRL West Central Florida Section

[Jimmy Russ]

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73,
Jimmy Russ, AB4KA
Public Information Officer
Lakeland Amateur Radio Club

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On Sep 7, 2020, 2:09 PM, ARRL Members Only Web site wrote:

> WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-47 - 9/07/20: NEW SECTION MANAGER ELECTED
> FOR THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
>
> Mike Douglas W4MDD, the ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator for the ARRL
> West Central Florida Section, has been elected as the 4th Section
> Manager for the ARRL West Central Florida Section. The nomination
> period ended on Friday September 4th, and Douglas was the only candidate
> to submit a nomination form and to be received by ARRL HQ by the end of
> the nomination period. Darrell Davis KT4WX, the current Section
> Manager for the ARRL West Central Florida Section decided not to seek
> re-election for the 2020-2021 term. Davis made the following comment
> concerning the election of Douglas as the new Section Manager, "After
> praying and thinking about it, I decided not to seek re-election as
> circumstances in my personal life have changed over the last two
> years. I appreciate all of the support that I have received from all
> of you and I am not 'riding off into the sunset'. My role in the ARRL
> West Central Florida Section will simply be in a supportive role and
> different. Mike will do a fine job as our new Section Manager and has
> traveled all over the ARRL West Central Florida Section with me over the
> last three years and has gotten to know many of you. Please give him
> the same support you have given me."
>
> Douglas has been a licensed radio amateur since 1991, first holding the
> callsign of N9OEV, and was previously almost a lifelong resident of the
> Chicago, Illinois area. Douglas relocated to Florida in the summer of
> 2016, following his retirement, and obtained his current callsign of
> W4MDD. Douglas became an Assistant Emergency Coordinator with Hardee
> County ARES in late 2016 after coming to Hardee County from the east
> coast of Florida. Douglas then became the ARRL Affiliated Club
> Coordinator in late 2017. Douglas in his professional career was
> commercial tour bus driver, was in commercial bus sales, and for 20
> years of his career was with Educational Tours, a tour bus company
> devoted to providing tours for school age children of educational sites
> in places all over the United States.
>
> Douglas' term as Section Manager will begin on January 1, 2021. Davis
> has served as Section Manager since January 1, 2015 and his current term
> as Section Manager will end on December 31, 2020.
>
> END OF PRESS RELEASE
>
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> ARRL West Central Florida Section
> Section Manager: Darrell Davis, KT4WX
> kt4wx at arrl.org
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