Organization
In the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), the section manager is an elected volunteer who implements and manages programs in the section. The section manager is elected by the members of the organization who reside in the Section and holds office for a two-year term. There are no term limits.
For each of the club's activities, the section manager appoints an officer to oversee the activities. These individuals are collectively referred to as the cabinet.
Cabinet positions include:
- Assistant section managers
- Affiliated club coordinator
- Bulletin manager
- Official Observer Coordinator
- Public information coordinator
- Section emergency coordinator
- Section traffic manager
- State government liaison
- Technical coordinator
The section manager also appoints volunteers to serve within these program areas. The volunteers in any given Section serve at the pleasure of the Section Manager. The section manager also assists members with questions, issues or problems dealing with the organization's products and services; maintains liaison with the frequency coordinating body in the jurisdiction; maintains a relationship with the local field office of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)(US only), and maintains communications with members in the Section via email bulletins, web pages and personal visits to Amateur Radio club meetings, hamfests and conventions.
There are currently 71 sections in the ARRL, (United States) and 12 sections in the RAC (Canada).
An affiliated club coordinator is the assistant to the section manager for radio club matters. One ACC is appointed in each section by the section manager to encourage club affiliation with the national organization on a section-wide basis.
The section traffic manager (STM) is appointed by the section manager to supervise traffic handling organization and to coordinate traffic efforts within the section.
The section emergency coordinator is the assistant to the section manager for amateur radio emergency communications preparedness. The SEC is appointed by the Section Manager.
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