The following information is presented to assist those seeking information about Section Manager terms of office and nomination procedures.

For further information or questions please contact Leona Adams at ARRL HQ (ladams@arrl.org).

• Section Manager Eligibility Form (FSD-191) PDF | Word
• ARRL Section Manager Nomination Form (FSD-129): PDF | Word
• Sample Election Notice
• Election Cycle Timeline for Terms Beginning: July, Oct, Jan, April
• Term End Dates

Sample Section Manager Election Notice:

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To all ARRL members in the (SEE END DATES OF SECTION MANAGER TERMS) Sections. You are hereby solicited for nominating petitions pursuant to an election for Section Manager (SM).

To be valid, a petition must contain the signatures of five or more full ARRL members residing in the sections concerned.  Photocopied signatures are not acceptable. No petition is valid without at least five signatures, and it is advisable to have a few more than five signatures on each petition. Petition forms (FSD-129) are available on request from ARRL Headquarters but are not required. 

 

Nominating petitions may be made by facsimile or electronic transmission of images, provided that upon request by the Field Services Manager, the original documents are received by the Manager within seven days of the request.

It is acceptable to submit signatures that have been sent via e-mail or mail under the following guidelines:

·        The petition copies must be made from the original form sent to you by ARRL (or downloaded from the ARRL Web site).

 

·        The form must be exact on both sides (meaning your autobiographical information should appear exactly the same on all copies).

 

·         All forms/copies must be submitted together.

The candidate may use any of the available electronic signature platforms such as Docusign, Hellosign, PDF sign, etc. 

Candidates who use an electronic signature platform to be nominated (as described above) do not have to send in original paper copies of the nominating documents.  

It is important that the nomination packet sent to ARRL Headquarters is complete.  ARRL will not accept multiple files or e-mails for a single petition.

 

We suggest the following format:

 

ARRL Section Manager Nomination Form
Date: _________________________
To:   Field Services and Radiosport Manager, ARRL
        225 Main Street
        Newington, CT 06111

We, the undersigned full members of the ________________ ARRL Section of the _____________ Division, hereby nominate _____________________ as candidate for Section Manager of this section for the next two-year term of office.   His/her mailing address, e-mail address and phone numbers (home and work) are:
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
                                                        

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Note: It is advisable to submit 8 or 10 signatures of ARRL members to be sure that at least five can be checked out.    The Rules and Regulations of the ARRL Field Organization require that candidate for the office of Section Manager must be a resident of the section, a licensed amateur of Technician class or higher, and a Full member of the League for a continuous term of at least two years immediately preceding receipt of a petition for nomination and throughout the subsequent term of office.  A Section Manager shall not simultaneously serve as an Officer, Director or Vice Director.  See the Rules and Regulations of the ARRL Field Organization for further details. 

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Any candidate for the office of Section Manager must be a resident of the section, a licensed amateur of Technician class or higher and a full member of the League for a continuous term of at least two years immediately preceding receipt of a petition for nomination. Petitions must be received at Headquarters by 4 PM Eastern Time on (SEE ELECTION CYCLE TIMELINE).  Whenever more than one member is nominated in a single section, ballots will be mailed from Headquarters on or before (SEE ELECTION CYCLE TIMELINE), to full members of record as of (SEE ELECTION CYCLE TIMELINE) which is the closing date for nominations. Returns will be counted (SEE ELECTION CYCLE TIMELINE). Section Managers elected as a result of the above procedure will take office (SEE ELECTION CYCLE TIMELINE).

If only one valid petition is received from a section, that nominee shall be declared elected without opposition for a two-year term beginning (SEE ELECTION CYCLE TIMELINE). If no petitions are received from a section by the specified closing date, such section will be resolicited in QST six months after the first solicitation. A Section Manager elected through the resolicitation will serve a term of 18 months. Vacancies in any Section Manager's office between elections are filled by the ARRL Field Services and Radiosport Manager.

 

Election Cycle Timeline for Balloting

Terms beginning July 1
1st notice, January QST
2nd notice, February QST
Closing Date for nominations: the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to March 10, 4 PM
Ballots mailed April 1^*
Deadline for returns: the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to May 20, 4 PM and counted the following Tuesday.

Terms beginning Oct 1
1st notice; April QST
2nd notice; May QST
Closing date for nominations; the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to June 10, 4 PM
Ballots mailed July 1^*
Deadline for returns; the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to August 20, 4 PM, counted the following Tuesday

Terms beginning Jan 1
1st notice; July QST
2nd notice; August QST
Closing date for nominations; the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to September 10, 4 PM
Ballots mailed October 1^*
Deadline for returns; the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to November 20, 4 PM, counted the following Tuesday

Terms beginning April 1
1st notice; October QST
2nd notice; November QST
Closing date for nominations; the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to December 10, 4 PM
Ballots mailed January 2^*
Deadline for returns; the Friday PRIOR or CORRESPONDING to February 20, 4 PM, counted the following Tuesday
*If the mailing date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then ballots will be sent out no later than the following Monday.

 

End Dates of Section Manager Terms:

December 31, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding July issue of QST)

Eastern Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New York City-Long Island, Northern New York, South Carolina, Southern New Jersey, Western Pennsylvania, and West Central Florida

March 31, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding October issue of QST)

Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Texas, Orange, and Wyoming.

June 30, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding January issue of QST)

Maryland-DC, Nevada, New Hampshire, Northern New Jersey, Rhode Island, San Joaquin Valley, Utah, and West Texas

September 30, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding April issue of QST)

Colorado, Eastern Washington, Georgia, Los Angeles, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco, South Texas, West Virginia, and Western Washington

December 31, odd-numbered years (first notice in preceding July issue of QST)

Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, East Bay, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, Santa Barbara, Tennessee, and Western Massachusetts

March 31, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding October issue of QST)

Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pacific, San Diego, South Dakota, and Virginia

June 30, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding January issue of QST)

Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Northern Florida, Oregon, Santa Clara Valley, Vermont,  and Wisconsin

September 30, even-numbered years (first notice in preceding April issue of QST)

Connecticut, Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Southern Florida, and Western New York