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ARRL Bulletin 26  ARLB026
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  December 27, 2017
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLB026 New ARRL Section Manager Appointed in North Dakota

Nancy Yoshida, KG0YL, has been appointed as the ARRL North Dakota
Section Manager, starting on January 1, 2018. Yoshida, an ARRL Life
Member who resides in Thompson, will take the North Dakota Field
Organization leadership reins from Lynn Nelson, W0ND, who was
elected last month as ARRL Dakota Division Vice Director. Nelson, of
Minot, has served as the North Dakota Section Manager since 2008.

ARRL Radiosport Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, appointed Yoshida after
consulting with Nelson. Yoshida, who has been the North Dakota
Section Emergency Coordinator since 2011, will fulfill the present
term of office that continues through September 2018.

An active physician, Yoshida, 67, has raced sled dogs since 2002,
and in 2009 she ran the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska. She became
interested in Amateur Radio after volunteering for Iditarod in
communications in 2006 and continues to be involved with Iditarod
communications.