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ARRL Board Dumps CEO

Posted: 19 Jan 2020 02:06 PM PST
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This morning, a post inaptly (ineptly?) titled, Barry Shelley, N1VXY, to
Become ARRL Interim CEO, appeared on the ARRL website. It reads:

At its meeting this weekend, the ARRL Board of Directors did not elect
Howard Michel, WB2ITX, as the ARRL Chief Executive Officer. Beginning
Monday, January 20, Barry Shelley, N1VXY, will become interim CEO. Mr.
Shelley was ARRL’s Chief Financial Officer for 28 years and CEO during 2018
before his retirement. The board has created a search committee to select
the next CEO. More details on this and other matters which took place at
the board meeting will be released shortly.

Howard Michel, WB2ITX, who was dumped by the ARRL board at the January 2020
meeting.

My first reaction to this was, WTF? (Ask me privately if you dont get the
acronym.) I dont know about you, but I saw no reason to fire WB2ITX. I
thought he was doingÂ* a pretty good job, especially compared to the
previous CEO. And, in fact, I was getting ready to contact him about the
national club coordinator position that he proposed in his January 2020 QST
column.

According to some, his selection was not without controversy. I hadnt heard
about this, but one ARRL director that I emailed today about this matter
said, Unfortunately we cannot comment on personnel matters. What I can say
is that I personally am committed to ensuring we have a swift, decisive,
transparent search process, which is a key difference from the last time.

Whether or not board members can comment on this because it is a personnel
matter, ARRL members are really owed a complete explanation. I dont think
that Im the only one who thinks this looks really bad for the ARRL and the
board. Ill ask the same question Ive asked before, What the heck were they
thinking?







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