The membership in each section elects a Section Manager (SM) once every two years. He or she is responsible for managing the Field Organization programs in their section. The SM is not involved in League policy-making, although he or she may have a strong voice in such matters. League-policy making is a function reserved for the Division Director. The SM's main job is to recruit, through several subordinate program managers or coordinators, ARRL volunteers to staff eight crucial program areas: emergency communications, message traffic, volunteer monitoring, radio frequency interference problem-solving, support of affiliated clubs, government liaison, encouragement of technical activities, and dissemination of on-the-air bulletins.
The following is a representation of the structure of the Field Organization in the Arkansas Section:
American Radio Relay League > Delta Division > Arkansas Section
Section Manager: J.M. Rowe, N5XFW
- Affiliated Club Coordinator: Ryan McAfee, N5QZ
- Official Observer Coordinator: Roger Gray, N5QS
- Official Observers *
- Public Information Coordinator: Joshua Carroll, N5JLC
- Public Information Officers **
- Section Traffic Manager: Gunter Lindermeier, WW5AA
- Net Managers *
- Official Relay Stations *
- Section Emergency Coordinator: J.M. Rowe, N5XFW
- Assistant Section Emergency Coordinators *
- District Emergency Coordinators *
- Assistant District Emergency Coordinators *
- Emergency Coordinators (County-level) *
- Official Emergency Stations *
- State Government Liason: Stewart Nelson, KD5LBE
- Technical Coordinator: Ricky Mobley, WB5FDP
** Public Information Officers are listed on the Public Information page.
