Biographical Information

George was born and raised in Worcester and moved to the Berkshires in 1990.

George was first licensed in New Lebanon NY in 1994, and was appointed Berkshire County Skywarn Coordinator in 2001.

George interests involve satellite communications, public service and Skywarn.

Assistant Section Manager Appointment Description

The ASM may serve as a general assistant to the Section Manager or as a specialist. That is, the ASM may assist the Section Manager with general leadership matters as the Section Manager's understudy, or the ASM may be assigned to handle a specific important function that does not fail within the scope of the duties of the Section Manager's other assistants.

At the Section Manager's discretion, the ASM may be designated as the recommended successor to the incumbent Section Manager, in case the Section Manager resigns or is otherwise unable to finish the term of office.

The ASM should be familiar with the "Guidelines for the ARRL Section Manager," which contains the fundamentals of general section management.

The ASM must be an ARRL Full Member, holding at least a Novice class license.

Recruitment of new hams and League members is an integral part of the job of every League appointee. Appointees should take advantage of every opportunity to recruit a new ham or member to foster growth of Field Organization programs, and our abilities to serve the public.

Affiliated Club Coordinator Appointment Description

The ACC is the primary contact and resource person for each Amateur Radio club in the section, specializing in motivating, providing assistance and coordinating joint activities of radio clubs. The ACC is appointed by, and reports to, the Section Manager. Duties and qualifications of the ACC include the following:

Get to know the Amateur Radio clubs' members and officers person to person in his section. Learn their needs, strengths and interests and work with them to make clubs effective resources in their communities and more enjoyable for their members.

Encourage affiliated clubs in the section to become more active and, if the club is already healthy and effective, to apply as a Special Service Club (SSC).

Supply interested clubs with SSC application forms.

Assist clubs in completing SSC application forms.

Help clubs establish workable programs to use as SSCs.

Approve SSC application forms and pass them to the SM.

Work with other section leadership officials (Section Emergency Coordinator, Public Information Coordinator, Technical Coordinator, State Government Liaison, etc.) to insure that clubs are involved in the mainstream of ARRL Field Organization activities.

Encourage new clubs to become ARRL affiliated.

Ensure that annual reports (updates officers, liaison mailing addresses etc.) are forthcoming from all affiliated clubs

Recruitment of new hams and League members is an integral part of the job of every League appointee. Appointees should take advantage of every opportunity to recruit a new ham or member to foster growth of Field Organization programs, and our abilities to serve the public.