Mike Hardwick.
Begin forwarded message: > From: "ARRL Members Only Web site" <memberl...@www.arrl.org> > Date: October 16, 2019 at 12:39:42 PM CDT > To: n5...@att.net > Subject: West Gulf Division Director Ballot Delivery Delays > > Greetings ARRL South Texas Section Members, > > Some folks have not received their West Gulf Division Director Election > Ballot yet. > > The delays are related to damage at a US Postal Service sorting facility > in Houston caused by storms in late September. > > ARRL HQ released this statement addressing the delays and process to get > a replacement ballot... > > From: Henderson, Dan N1ND <dhender...@arrl.org> > Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:59 AM > Subject: RE: West Gulf Division Ballot > > Wednesday October 16, 2019 > > ARRL has become aware of a mail delivery problem affecting the ARRL > Board of Director election ballots sent to members in part of the West > Gulf Division. Recent flooding has affected some US Postal Service > distribution centers in the Houston region of the state, damaging some > sorting machines. This is delaying delivery to many members in that > area. They are processing mail out, but there are delays in processing > out bulk mail, which include the ballots. We are aware that ballots are > being processed as part of their work flow, but they cannot give us a > definitive date of when they will all be out for delivery. > > All ballots were mailed from Hartford on Monday September 30 as required > by the Articles of Association/By-Laws. Ballots to most of the West Gulf > Division were delivered in the usual time frame, which is generally 10 > to 14 days. > > We have received numerous requests for replacement ballots. We also have > member notifications sent after making the replacement ballot request to > inform us the ballot had arrived. We ask ARRL members to be patient. > > If you still do not receive your ballot by Monday October 21, 2019, > please send a request for a new ballot to n...@arrl.org. The ARRL HQ > will process out replacement requests on Tuesday October 22, 2019 via > first class mail and daily as later requests come in. That will allow 3+ > weeks (24 days) for the replacement to be delivered to you and allowing > for their return to ARRL’s accounting firm of CohnReznick LLP by the > noon on Friday November 15, 2019 deadline. > > There is no deadline for requesting a replacement ballot. Also, there is > no deadline for you to have received your ballot in order to be eligible > to vote. Please note that all replacement requests need to be in writing > (email is fine) but must directly come from the ARRL member. > Third-party requests cannot be processed. > > If you have already requested a replacement ballot but still haven’t > received the original ballot by October 21st, you will need re-confirm > your need for a replacement by email to n...@arrl.org. If your original > ballot is received before that time, we also ask you confirm that to > n...@arrl.org so that your request can be closed. > > We thank you for your patience in this unusual situation. If you have > any questions, please contact ARRL Assistant Secretary Dan Henderson, > N1ND, at n...@arrl.org or by phone at 860-594-0236. > > Dan Henderson, N1ND > Assistant Secretary – American Radio Relay League, Inc. > Regulatory Information Manager > ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio ® > 860-594-0236 > dhender...@arrl.org > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ARRL South Texas Section > Section Manager: Paul Z Gilbert, KE5ZW > ke...@arrl.org > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from messages, go to: > http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/b1f5e8a3de98c3551a32a82f25b8691f
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