SB QST @ ARL $ARLB051 ARLB051 Incumbent Section Manager re-elected in Puerto Rico ZCZC AG51 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 51 ARLB051 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 21, 2002 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB051 ARLB051 Incumbent Section Manager re-elected in Puerto Rico ARRL Puerto Rico Section Manager Victor Madera, KP4PQ, has been re-elected for another two-year term. He defeated challenger William T. Genter, KP3O, 173 to 48. Ballots were counted August 20 at ARRL Headquarters. Madera has served as Puerto Rico Section Manager since January 2000. He joins seven other incumbent ARRL section managers who ran unopposed and will continue in their present positions when new terms for the current election cycle begin October 1. Other incumbent SMs returning for new terms were Betsey Doane, K1EIC, Connecticut; John Cline, K7BDS, Idaho; Randy "Max" Wendel, KM0D, Minnesota; Kent Olson, KA0LDG, North Dakota; Joe Phillips, K8QOE, Ohio; John Ellis, NP2B, Virgin Islands; and Scott Bauer, W2LC, Western New York. Two newcomers will join the ranks of ARRL SMs on October 1. Sherri Brower, W4STB, of Vero Beach, will succeed Phyllisan West, KA4FZI as SM of Southern Florida. Brower was this year's ARRL Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award winner. In South Dakota, Richard Beebe, N0PV, of Sioux Falls, will take over for outgoing SM Roland Cory, W0YMB. West and Cory did not seek new terms. NNNN /EX