1. Section Manager Report To Your Local Radio Club
Thursday May 4th Springfield

2. The Five Pillars

3. Emergency Communications
Training
Radio Clubs
Instructors and Examiners
ARRL Field Organization

4. Radio Clubs Joining of like minded individuals
Combining resources for Repeaters
Hamfests
Technical Activities (Fox Hunts, etc)
Special Service Organization

5. Emergency Communications
Helping Served Agencies
Weather Spotting
Who knows your group?
Common need, Common goals
Technical readiness

6. Instructors & Examiners
Initiation to operate (Club or Personal)
Demonstrations of Techniques
Operating Practices
New Mode Introduction
Introductory Classes
Testing Sessions

7. Spectrum Defense
Interference Resolution
Wireless Industry Cooperation
FCC Rules Enforcement
International Amateur Radio Union

8. Books, Videos and CDs
Online Training
Recruitment, Mentoring and Licensing
Ham Radio News
Youth Activities

9. Advancing the Radio Art Experimentation and Education
Digital Communications
The ARRL Laboratory
– Technical Information Service
– Trusted Product Reviews
– Radio Spectrum and RFI/EMC Engineering

10. QST Magazine
Operating Awards and Contests
Technical and Regulatory Information
Equipment Insurance
Find it all Online!

11. Section Goals Build an organization that communicates
Recruit those that have ideas for growth
Attend a few Hamfests, events and club meetings
Ensure that voices are heard State wide
IL ARRL Membership at 4,854 Amateurs
Central Division Membership at 10,572

12. Ron Morgan, AD9I IL/SM Activated in 1975 Lives in Tazewell County
Member of PAARC, SVRC, SMC, CIDXCA
Learned to use CW at 64 years old.
Multiple DXCC’s
Brought the 1996 ARRL Convention to Peoria

13. Section Manager www.ad9i.com
Retired from Caterpillar as a Senior Engineer
Trained as an electrician
Taught High School STEM at ICCS
Received 2 Patents in Chemistry with Cat Research
Currently Education & Training Manager at MMS, Inc