New AMSAT President Clayton Coleman (W5PFG)

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New AMSAT President Clayton Coleman (W5PFG)

At a special meeting held via teleconference, the AMSAT Board of Directors elected Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, President. Coleman previously served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2017-2019 and also served as AMSAT’s Secretary during this time. He has also volunteered in several other capacities for AMSAT, including chairing the 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium held aboard the cruise ship Carnival Liberty.

Coleman’s first introduction to amateur radio in space was with SAREX and Mir. An interest in setting up an AX.25 BBS and nodes led to him trying out the Mir Personal Message System (PMS) and digipeater to make contacts in the early 1990s. It wasn’t until a visit from a friend in 2011 that Coleman was bitten by the OSCAR bug and began his AMSAT journey chasing operating awards.

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Barry Shelley (N1VXY) - Interim ARRL CEO

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The ARRL Board of Directors did not elect Howard Michel, WB2ITX, as the ARRL Chief Executive Officer

Beginning Monday 20th January 2020, Barry Shelley, N1VXY, will become interim CEO.

Mr. Shelley was ARRL’s Chief Financial Officer for 28 years and CEO during 2018 before his retirement. The board has created a search committee to select the next CEO. More details on this and other matters which took place at the board meeting will be released shortly.

ARRL - https://www.arrl.org/news/barry-shelley-n1vxy-to-become-arrl-interim-ceo


Tony Jones, G7ETW Joins Exam and Syllabus Review Group

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Last year, the RSGB announced the formation of the new Examination and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG), and three vacancies within that Group.

The Society is now pleased to announce that Tony Jones, G7ETW, has joined the group.

Tony is an experienced tutor and will also be known to readers of Practical Wireless as a regular contributor to training-related articles.

There are still two vacancies to fill; you can find out more on the ESRG pages or at http://rsgb.org/volunteers