From Newsgroup: rec.radio.amateur.dx

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and that you and your
families are doing well.

Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, has been our Division representative on the ARRL
Contest Advisory Committee. After a long involvement, he decided it was
time for him to step down and let someone else pick up the reins. I
sincerely thank him for his service to the CAC and to the ARRL.

After looking at possible appointees and reviewing them with Glenn and
the CAC Chair, Craig Thompson, K9CT, I selected Drew Vonada-Smith, K3PA,
to be the Midwest Division CAC representative.

Drew has been licensed since 1972. He is an active contester and a
member of the Kansas City Contest Club. Although contesting is his
first love, Drew is also a DXCC Honor Roll member. He lives in
Tonganoxie, KS, near Kansas City, with his wife, Denette.

Congratulations, Drew. Thanks for taking on this role for our
community.

As 2025 draws to a close, it is good to reflect on some of the good
things that the ARRL accomplished.
- On the Air Live was launched and was so successful that platforms
needed to be expanded to accommodate all the attendees.
- The Youth Licensing Grant Program is very popular. From its launch
in 2022 to today, over 1,000 young people have had their FCC application
feeds reimbursed. Over 1,700 youths benefited from the $5 reduced VEC
fee.
- Over 1,200 students of teachers who graduated from the Teachers
Institute have taken license exams at no charge facilitated by the ARRL Education and Learning Department.
- The Dream Station Sweepstakes was launched. While it is difficult
to ascertain the impact on membership numbers, donations to the Diamond
Club have increased by 58%.
- The "Salty Walt's Portable Antenna Sketchbook" and other new
titles have done very well in sales.
- ARES group locator map and webpage went live.
- The Midwest Division had a very successful Division Convention in
Sedalia, MO. The event was supported, in part, by a grant from the ARRL Foundation.
- The online magazines continue to be well received and there was an
uptick in the number of members subscripting to print versions of those magazines.
- VEC has been working to move all VE teams to electronic testing
using ExamTools.
- A strong effort, including a letter writing campaign, increased the
chances of getting a law passed to help hams who are constrained by HOA restrictions.

Let me close by wishing all of you a wonderful, healthy, prosperous, and accomplished New Year. I'll be on the air on SSB, FT8, FreeDV, and
sometimes CW. I hope to get a chance to connect with you.

73, Art K0AIZ

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ARRL Midwest Division
Director: Arthur I Zygielbaum, K0AIZ
k0aiz@arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------


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