RSGB Board Changes

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RSGB Board Changes

The RSGB Board plays an important role in the strategic direction of the Society

To ensure that it is able to continue to do this efficiently, it has co-opted two experienced RSGB Members to assist the Board until the AGM in April 2020.

This follows recent Board changes when Mark Jones G0MGX, Simone Wilson M0BOX and Chris Callicott, G4DJJ resigned from the Board.

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UK University Amateur Radio

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A new group has been formed to promote Amateur Radio and wireless activities in universities across the United Kingdom

The President of the Swansea Radio Society Peter Barnes M0SWN says he's working on a Wiki to build a useful resource - https://github.com/ukuar/wiki/wiki

UK University Amateur Radio - https://groups.io/g/ukuar
UK University Amateur Radio (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/uk_uar

Saudi Arabia and Seychelles join IARU

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The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) and Seychelles Amateur Radio Association (SARA) to membership

SARS was founded on 25th June 2018 and is legally registered/recognized to represent the amateurs of Saudi Arabia. As of January 2019 there were 66 members out of a total of 479 licensed radio amateurs in the country.

SARS - https://arsr.sa/en/

SARA was founded in December 2018 and was registered with the Seychelles government on 31 December. SARA has six members, two of whom are licensed. It is believed that there are four licensed amateurs in Seychelles, a number that SARA hopes to increase.

Saudi Arabia and Seychelles are located in ITU Region 1 which also corresponds to IARU Region 1. Their IARU membership became effective on 9th October 2019 upon completion of the voting procedure set out in the IARU Constitution.