Per Rules and Regulations Concerning American Radio Relay League Division and Section Manager Elections: * Noon -- 3rd Friday of August -- Deadline for receipt of completed nominating petition forms by Secretary * Monday after 3rd Friday of August -- The Secretary notifies each candidate of the names and callsigns of other candidates * 4th Friday of August -- Deadline for Election Committee to determine eligibility and notify candidates The following petitions were received by the Secretary's office by the deadline of Noon on Friday August 17, 2018: Central Division: Director: Kermit Carlson W9XA Valerie Hotzfeld NV9L Vice Director: Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA Hudson Division: Director: Ria Jairam N2RJ Mike Lisenco N2YBB Vice Director: Bill Hudzik W2UDT New England Division: Director: Tom Frenaye K1KI Fred Hopengarten K1VR Vice Director: Mike Raisbeck K1TWF Northwestern Division: Director: Bonnie Altus AB7ZQ Horace Hamby N7DRW Mike Ritz W7RO Vice Director: Delvin Bunton NS7U Daniel Stevens KL7WM Mark Tharp KB7HDX Roanoke Division: Director: James Boehner N2ZZ George Hippisley W2RU Vice Director: John Humphrey W4IM Bill Morine N2COP All petitions have been transmitted to the Ethics and Elections Committee, which is finishing its deliberations on the final petition, with notification due by this coming Friday August 24. All candidates will be notified this afternoon of the names of the other candidates filing for the election in which the filed. All that have been certified by the E&E have been notified and received instructions on their 300-word statements and photographs, as well as for requesting mailing labels/information. The information will be given to the various ARRL news outlets after the E&E have completed their certification responsibilities. 73 Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary - American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio 860-594-0236 dhenderson@arrl.org<mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org>