See below<br><br>73,<br>Jimmy Russ, AB4KA<br>Public Information Officer<br>Lakeland Amateur Radio Club<br><br><br>Sent from ProtonMail mobile<br><br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>On Sep 7, 2020, 2:09 PM, ARRL Members Only Web site < memberlist@www.arrl.org> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote"><br><p dir="ltr">WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-47 - 9/07/20: NEW SECTION MANAGER ELECTED<br>
FOR THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mike Douglas W4MDD, the ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator for the ARRL<br>
West Central Florida Section, has been elected as the 4th Section<br>
Manager for the ARRL West Central Florida Section. The nomination<br>
period ended on Friday September 4th, and Douglas was the only candidate<br>
to submit a nomination form and to be received by ARRL HQ by the end of<br>
the nomination period. Darrell Davis KT4WX, the current Section<br>
Manager for the ARRL West Central Florida Section decided not to seek<br>
re-election for the 2020-2021 term. Davis made the following comment<br>
concerning the election of Douglas as the new Section Manager, "After<br>
praying and thinking about it, I decided not to seek re-election as<br>
circumstances in my personal life have changed over the last two<br>
years. I appreciate all of the support that I have received from all<br>
of you and I am not 'riding off into the sunset'. My role in the ARRL<br>
West Central Florida Section will simply be in a supportive role and<br>
different. Mike will do a fine job as our new Section Manager and has<br>
traveled all over the ARRL West Central Florida Section with me over the<br>
last three years and has gotten to know many of you. Please give him<br>
the same support you have given me."</p>
<p dir="ltr">Douglas has been a licensed radio amateur since 1991, first holding the<br>
callsign of N9OEV, and was previously almost a lifelong resident of the<br>
Chicago, Illinois area. Douglas relocated to Florida in the summer of<br>
2016, following his retirement, and obtained his current callsign of<br>
W4MDD. Douglas became an Assistant Emergency Coordinator with Hardee<br>
County ARES in late 2016 after coming to Hardee County from the east<br>
coast of Florida. Douglas then became the ARRL Affiliated Club<br>
Coordinator in late 2017. Douglas in his professional career was<br>
commercial tour bus driver, was in commercial bus sales, and for 20<br>
years of his career was with Educational Tours, a tour bus company<br>
devoted to providing tours for school age children of educational sites<br>
in places all over the United States.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Douglas' term as Section Manager will begin on January 1, 2021. Davis<br>
has served as Section Manager since January 1, 2015 and his current term<br>
as Section Manager will end on December 31, 2020.</p>
<p dir="ltr">END OF PRESS RELEASE</p>
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Section Manager: Darrell Davis, KT4WX<br>
kt4wx@arrl.org<br>
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