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NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Two Pool Questions From Use
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators Question
Pool Committee has removed one Extra Class pool question and one
General Class pool question from use. Both Extra pool question E2A13
and General pool question G8C01 have been deleted from use on
examinations as the two questions each have more than one correct
answer. The deleted questions must be removed from examinations as
soon as possible.  Updated question pool files, including the errata
and new information, have been posted on the NCVEC Extra Class
question pool web page at, //www.ncvec.org/ .  The current Element 4
Extra question pool became effective on July 1, 2024, and it is
valid through June 30, 2028.  Updated General Class question pool
files, also including the errata and new information, have been
posted on the NCVEC General Class question pool web page at,
//www.ncvec.org/ .  The current Element 3 General question pool
became effective on July 1, 2023, and it is valid through June 30,
2027.  The ARRL VEC advises the community to regularly check the
NCVEC website at //www.ncvec.org/ for updates to the question pools,
which may include errata and withdrawn questions.  ARRL, The
National Association for Amateur Radio, announces the results of the
2024 ARRL Division elections.  In the ARRL New England Division, Tom
Frenaye, K1KI, with 1593 votes, of West Suffield, Connecticut, was
declared the winner, defeating current Director Fred Kemmerer,
AB1OC, with 1452 votes.  Frenaye has previously served on the ARRL
Board of Directors in several capacities, including as Director from
1985 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2018. He was named Director Emeritus
in 2019. He served as ARRL Vice President from 1992 to 1996.  In the
ARRL Hudson Division, incumbent Division Director Ed Wilson, N2XDD,
with 949 votes, of Shirley, New York, was declared the winner,
defeating John Crovelli, W2GD, with 719 votes. Wilson ascended to
Director in July 2024, after the previous Director resigned. He had
been Vice Director since 2023, a position to which he was appointed
to fill a vacancy created when the previous Vice Director ascended
to Director.  In August, the following incumbents and candidates
were declared elected without opposition, In the Central Division,
current Vice Director Brent Walls, N9BA, will be the next Director,
and candidate Josh Long, W9HT, will be the next Vice Director.  In
the Hudson Division, Vice Director David Galletly, KM2O.  In the New
England Division, Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI.  In the
Northwestern Division, Vice Director Michael Sterba, KG7HQ.  In the
Roanoke Division, Director Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, and Vice Director Bill
Morine, N2COP.  In September, Northwestern Division Director Mark
Tharp, KB7HDX, was declared elected.  Winners will assume their
roles for terms beginning January 1, 2025.  Members voted online or
could request paper ballots. The election was conducted by third
party Election Services Co., of Melville, New York, the same company
that has conducted ARRL elections in 2022 and 2023. The tabulation
was observed by Ethics and Elections Committee Chair, ARRL
Southeastern Division Director Mickey Baker, N4MB.

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