ROANOKE DIVISION NEWS

ARRL Board Elects 15th President: Kay Craigie, N3KN

As its first order of business at the 2010 Annual Meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors elected ARRL First Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN, of Blacksburg, Virginia, as the organization's new President. She will take over the reins from outgoing President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, at the close of the Annual Meeting. In October, Harrison advised the Board that he would not seek re-election.

First licensed in 1983, Craigie has been a Volunteer Examiner for more than 20 years, now working with the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club's team. In 1986, she became ARRL Section Manager for Eastern Pennsylvania, moving up to Atlantic Division Vice Director in 1990. Six years later, she became Atlantic Division Director; in 2000 she was elected Vice President and in 2006 First Vice President of the ARRL. She has served on all the standing committees of the ARRL Board of Directors and also worked on the League's Enforcement Task Force, the committee whose pressure finally resulted in the FCC's assigning Riley Hollingsworth to clean up the ham bands.

On the air, Craigie enjoys DXing -- that's what attracted her to ham radio in the first place -- award-hunting and contesting. She holds VUCC on 6 meters, 5BDXCC (endorsed for 12, 17 and 30 meters), the DXCC Challenge award, WAZ and WAE Class 1 CW. She enjoys digital modes such as RTTY and PSK31, as well as CW and phone. She is involved with SKYWARN through the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Craigie's husband Carter, N3AO, is a retired college professor. He has served as a Section Traffic Manager and as an ARES® Emergency Coordinator. He especially enjoys QRP and operating outdoors on the Appalachian Trail. He is also a SKYWARN volunteer. Their daughter Jenny Riffe, KA3WVD, also lives in Virginia with her husband and two children.

Raleigh Amateur Radio Society Hamfest

Left to Right: Roanoke Division Vice Director, James Boehner, N2ZZ; North Carolina Section Manager, William Morine, N2COP; Roanoke Division Director, Dennis Bodson, W4PWF; ARRL Youth Editor, Duncan MacLachlan, KU0DM

Photo from Roanoke Division Convention at the Charlotte, NC Hamfest on March 13-14, 2010

Left to Right: Dr. Jim Boehner N2ZZ, Roanoke Division Vice Director, Dennis Bodson, W4PWF, Roanoke Division Director

FAR Scholarships Awards for the Roanoke Division for 2009

Photo from the SC state convention in Charleston, SC on February 6, 2010

Left to right: Dr. Jim Boehner N2ZZ, Roanoke Division Vice Director; Katie Besley, KI4LSZ, SC Assistant Section Manager -Youth; Marc Tarplee, N4UFP, SC Section Manager

Board Ramps Up Focus on EmComm Issues, Looks to League's Centennial

The ARRL Board of Directors held its 2010 Annual Meeting on January 15-16 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, to consider and act on a number of recommendations from committees, as well as motions by Directors. In attendance, Roanoke Division Director, Dennis Bodson, W4PWF and newly elected Roanoke Division Vice Director, James Boehner, N2ZZ.