{"id":5036,"date":"2021-02-11T18:53:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2021-02-11T18:53:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:53:45","slug":"sknaars-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/sknaars-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span>\u2009\u2014\u2009Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 2<sup class=\"ordinal\">nd<\/sup> February 2021, the St Kitts Nevis Anguilla Amateur Radio Society, <span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span> held its Annual General Meeting and elections of officers at the Red Cross headquarters, Basseterre, St Kitts. The election process was supervised by Mr Christopher Mc Mahon, a&nbsp;long serving and revered member of the <span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The five (5) positions vied for were: President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. Four (4) of which filled. The post of Assistant Secretary will be filled at its next monthly meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the elections were as follows: Mr Kennedy De Silva, <span class=\"caps\">V44KEN<\/span> was elected as president, Mr Ozbert France, <span class=\"caps\">V44OF<\/span> was elected Vice President, Mrs Jessica St Luce-Warner, <span class=\"caps\">V44LW<\/span> was returned unopposed to the position of Secretary and Mrs Patricia Isaac-Williams, <span class=\"caps\">V44PAT<\/span> was elected as the Treasurer.<\/p>\n<p>The above Executive will serve for one year, that is 2021 to&nbsp;2022.<\/p>\n<p>The Membership also received reports from the President and the various Standing Committees of the <span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span> and approved amendments to its constitution which will be enforced on 1<sup class=\"ordinal\">st<\/sup> February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Maximizing on the moment, five (5) fellow avid amateur radio operators were recognized for their unfailing and sterling contribution to the <span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span> over the years. They were: Mr Basil Woods, <span class=\"caps\">V44KBW<\/span>; Mr Trevor Seaton, <span class=\"caps\">V44KBT<\/span>, Mr Hugh Mallalieu, <span class=\"caps\">V44KM<\/span>, Mr Erickson France, v44KK and Mr Henry Ryan,&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">V44KW<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The new president in addressing the Membership thanked them for the confidence placed in him and noted that there is much work to be done especially in targeting and resolving the spectrum interference matter that has and continues to plague its Membership for over four (4) four years and obtaining a&nbsp;permanent home for its Members.<\/p>\n<p>The St Kitts and Nevis Amateur Radio Society is a&nbsp;nonprofit organization that has been in existence in the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis since 1973. The Society has and continues to invest in the community through training and outreach initiatives for all persons interested in spreading friendliness over the airwaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 2<sup class=\"ordinal\">nd<\/sup> February 2021, the St Kitts Nevis Anguilla Amateur Radio Society, <span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span> held its Annual General Meeting and elections of officers at the Red Cross headquarters, Basseterre, St Kitts. The election process was supervised by Mr Christopher Mc Mahon, a&nbsp;long serving and revered member of the <span class=\"caps\">SKNAARS<\/span>. The five (5) positions vied&nbsp;for&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}