Its almost time for the Annual Meeting and the Election of Members. You can feel the excitment building! The nominating committee had met and has decided on the following canditates for your consideration for each open position. (President, Vice President and two Board Members)
For Club President:
Bill True, WA9ASD As you can tell from my call sign (originally WN9ASD) I have been licensed for many years and I have enjoyed a wide range of ham radio activities over the years. For more than half of the years I have been licensed I have been a member of this club. While my participation in club activities over the years has varied from none to a great deal my membership has always been important to me. The club provides a wonderful resource not only for the hams in the area but also does an excellent job of providing benefit to a number of government and private entities in the area. To continue and enhance this benefit I feel increasing the membership in the club is an important goal for the coming year.
For Club Vice President:
Justin Tabor, KE0BHP First licensed in 1993. I have always had an interest in electronics and building things since I was young. Always trying to think of ways to improve a process or build something to see if there was a better interface to the people that use it. Later, I graduated from the University of Nebraska as a Industrial Engineer deeply intrigued with systems and processes. After school, I worked at UPS in the Engineering dept and had a lot of experiences with many aspects of the package delivery business. My interest in ham radio began while listening to our local emergency radios on a scanner my Dad gave me for Christmas. Of course today I use a cell phone every day, but am intrigued by the fact that in an emergency situation, amateur radio operators dispatched into the field can be the only source of communication. I take part in APRS, AREDN (Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network) exercises with my local club.
Board of Director:
Barb Westcott, KC0HLB I am running for Board Member of the Aksarben Radio Club. I was elected to the board in December of 2012 and have had the good fortune to serve since that time. I sincerely wish to continue to work for the club in that capacity. I was initially licensed in March of 2000 with a tech license until passing my general in July of 2011. In 2002, I became an online mentor for the ARRL’s Emergency Communications Course and continue in that role today. In September of 2010, I took and successfully passed the “Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs” course
Board of Director:
Brian Sohl, KE0GKB Though relatively new to amateur radio (Just two years this month), I do have a very diverse background in radio from Bearcat scanners, GMRS, and SDR's. This passion has been used to support my work in community service and disaster preparedness. One of the events that I worked with AKSARBEN ARC has been the Market to Market Relay for the past 2 years. I started off on exchange 8 and this last year I took on exchange 9, the most remote site. I learned so much from this experience and I am anxious for next year when I can use these lessons learned to provide even more value to the event. In addition to Aksarben ARC I am also involved with REACT where I am a Storm Spotter and also work with Law Enforcement providing traffic control and road closures for special events, as well as 4 wheel drive patrol during bad weather. In my personal life I moved from the DC area back to Nebraska almost 4 years ago to be closer to family and friends and enjoy a more normal lifestyle. As for work, I spend my days at Offutt AFB where I am a Windows Server Administrator. My hope is that I can be of service to the organization and I look forward to learning so much more about Amateur radio from each and everyone here.
If you would like to see another active club member join the roster, remember that club members in good standing can nominate additional candidates who are also members in good standing by nominating them from the floor during the election process. Please approach your candidate before you submit them for a position, and if they are not present, please have proof that they are willing to serve.