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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Folks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to Andy Wallace for distributing this to BARS. Unfortunately, in my opinion, the original press release was not clear to its origin. I appreciate Andy posting it as he received it so this is in no way criticism of Andy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The origin of this Press Release is not “ARRL NE Director”. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The origin of this Press Release is not Phil Temples, K9HI who is ARRL NE Division Vice Director.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are many people and New England clubs already distributing the Press Release because it is new worthy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The origin of the Press Release is Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC who is President of the Nashua NH ARS. AB1OC has a web site if anyone wants further information <a href="https://ab1oc-4-director.org/ab1oc-run-arrl-director/">https://ab1oc-4-director.org/ab1oc-run-arrl-director/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suggest anyone forwarding it further just send as shown below. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom K1TW<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC - <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://ab1oc-4-director.org/ab1oc-run-arrl-director/">https://ab1oc-4-director.org/ab1oc-run-arrl-director/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/11/2021<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>NASHUA, NH: Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, has announced his intention to run<br>for the position of ARRL New England Division Director. Kemmerer has a<br>long history of helping individuals to become licensed, learn new<br>skills, and become active in the Amateur Radio Service. Fred has also<br>served as President of the Nashua Area Radio Society, a club that has<br>provided many hams licensing and development programs over the past<br>six years.<br><br>“I believe that Amateur Radio clubs and interest groups play an<br>essential role in bringing new hams into the Amateur Radio Service and<br>in helping hams to develop new skills,” said Kemmerer. “As New England<br>Division Director, I will work with clubs and individuals in New<br>England to help them expand their role as mentors and create a<br>world-class environment for learning based upon Amateur Radio.”<br><br>Fred, AB1OC, also serves as an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the<br>International Space Station) Mentor and Ground Station, helping<br>schools around the world to participate in STEM learning based upon<br>Amateur Radio. “I will help groups and individuals in New England to<br>create projects and programs to bring Amateur Radio to young people<br>across the division,” said Kemmerer. “Amateur Radio provides a<br>tremendous opportunity for youths to learn about technical topics and<br>to develop valuable skills that they can use throughout their lives.”<br><br>Kemmerer has been an active amateur for over 10 years with a broad<br>range of Amateur Radio interests. “I enjoy many aspects of the hobby,<br>including DXing, contesting, EmCom activities and Field Day,<br>satellites, station building, and weak signal operating on the VHF and<br>higher bands. One of Amateur Radio’s most important strengths is its<br>tremendous diversity and range of interests and activities. We need to<br>work across New England and the ARRL to grow our hobby and protect our<br>spectrum by encouraging our hobby’s broad use.”<br><br>Fred, AB1OC, continues to devote considerable time and energy to<br>license new hams and help all hams to upgrade their licenses and get<br>on the air. “I’ve had the pleasure to lead a team of hams who have<br>taught license classes, enabling over 350 people to earn a license or<br>upgrade over the past five years.” Kemmerer has created some<br>innovative approaches to new ham development and getting hams on the<br>air. “We created a very popular program called Ham Bootcamp, designed<br>to help both new and experienced hams get on the air, build their<br>stations, and participate in new operating activities.” The last Ham<br>Bootcamp drew over 480 participants from across the United States. “I<br>hope to help clubs and individuals around New England and across the<br>ARRL to develop successful programs to license and assist hams to get<br>on the air and have fun in new activities,” he added.<br><br>Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, is an electrical engineer by training and holds<br>bachelor’s and master’s degrees in EE. He has served in many business<br>leadership roles, including Chief Technology Officer, VP and General<br>Manager of a large data networking and communication business, and a<br>Project Leader at Bell Laboratories in the development of wireless and<br>wired data communications technologies. Fred has also served on the<br>FCC’s Technical Advisory Committee where he assisted the FCC in<br>developing public policy related to wireless and broadband<br>communications. Fred holds an Amateur Extra license and has been quite<br>active on the air logging over 90,000 contacts on the HF and higher<br>bands over the past 10 years.<br><br>--- End ---<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Wallace<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 16, 2021 10:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> bars@w1hh org <bars@w1hh.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [bars] ARRL NE Director press release<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarded from Phil K9HI - important news. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Andy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>KA1GTT<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/11/2021<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>NASHUA, NH: Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, has announced his intention to run<br>for the position of ARRL New England Division Director. Kemmerer has a<br>long history of helping individuals to become licensed, learn new<br>skills, and become active in the Amateur Radio Service. Fred has also<br>served as President of the Nashua Area Radio Society, a club that has<br>provided many hams licensing and development programs over the past<br>six years.<br><br>“I believe that Amateur Radio clubs and interest groups play an<br>essential role in bringing new hams into the Amateur Radio Service and<br>in helping hams to develop new skills,” said Kemmerer. “As New England<br>Division Director, I will work with clubs and individuals in New<br>England to help them expand their role as mentors and create a<br>world-class environment for learning based upon Amateur Radio.”<br><br>Fred, AB1OC, also serves as an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the<br>International Space Station) Mentor and Ground Station, helping<br>schools around the world to participate in STEM learning based upon<br>Amateur Radio. “I will help groups and individuals in New England to<br>create projects and programs to bring Amateur Radio to young people<br>across the division,” said Kemmerer. “Amateur Radio provides a<br>tremendous opportunity for youths to learn about technical topics and<br>to develop valuable skills that they can use throughout their lives.”<br><br>Kemmerer has been an active amateur for over 10 years with a broad<br>range of Amateur Radio interests. “I enjoy many aspects of the hobby,<br>including DXing, contesting, EmCom activities and Field Day,<br>satellites, station building, and weak signal operating on the VHF and<br>higher bands. One of Amateur Radio’s most important strengths is its<br>tremendous diversity and range of interests and activities. We need to<br>work across New England and the ARRL to grow our hobby and protect our<br>spectrum by encouraging our hobby’s broad use.”<br><br>Fred, AB1OC, continues to devote considerable time and energy to<br>license new hams and help all hams to upgrade their licenses and get<br>on the air. “I’ve had the pleasure to lead a team of hams who have<br>taught license classes, enabling over 350 people to earn a license or<br>upgrade over the past five years.” Kemmerer has created some<br>innovative approaches to new ham development and getting hams on the<br>air. “We created a very popular program called Ham Bootcamp, designed<br>to help both new and experienced hams get on the air, build their<br>stations, and participate in new operating activities.” The last Ham<br>Bootcamp drew over 480 participants from across the United States. “I<br>hope to help clubs and individuals around New England and across the<br>ARRL to develop successful programs to license and assist hams to get<br>on the air and have fun in new activities,” he added.<br><br>Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, is an electrical engineer by training and holds<br>bachelor’s and master’s degrees in EE. He has served in many business<br>leadership roles, including Chief Technology Officer, VP and General<br>Manager of a large data networking and communication business, and a<br>Project Leader at Bell Laboratories in the development of wireless and<br>wired data communications technologies. Fred has also served on the<br>FCC’s Technical Advisory Committee where he assisted the FCC in<br>developing public policy related to wireless and broadband<br>communications. Fred holds an Amateur Extra license and has been quite<br>active on the air logging over 90,000 contacts on the HF and higher<br>bands over the past 10 years.<br><br>--- End ---<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>