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Sent: February 1, 2016 9:57 PM
To: Steve Cutway VE3KC <ve3kc@xxxxxx>
Subject: [RAC-Bulletin] New RAC Director for Ontario North/East
RAC Bulletin: February 1, 2016
New RAC Director for Ontario North/East
RAC would like to welcome Allan Boyd, VE3AJB, as our new Director for the
Ontario North/East Region. Allan was recently appointed by the RAC Board of
Directors as the Director for Ontario North/East to fill the vacant position of
RACâs newly elected President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA. He will complete the
remainder of a two-year term that started in January 2015 and will end on
December 31, 2016.
Allan was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and his family moved to Ontario
after he graduated from high school. After completing his post-secondary
education, he joined the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). In fact, Allan just
retired as a Senior Officer on December 31, 2016 after 35 years of public
service to the people of Ontario. Allan resides in Little Current, Ontario with
his wife Judy of 33 years of marriage.
Allan was first licensed as an Amateur in the summer of 1987 with the call sign
VE3AJB and he joined both the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) and the
Canadian Radio Relay League (CRRL). A year later he obtained his Advanced
licence with 20 WPM Morse code endorsement. Allan was a founding member of the
Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club in 1988. He has held many Executive positions in
the club and is currently serving as its President.
In 1993, Allan became a member of Radio Amateurs of Canada when CARF and the
CRRL merged to form a national society. He became a Volunteer Examiner for
Industry Canada and taught many Amateur Radio courses. Allan was appointed as
Emergency Coordinator for ARES for the District of Manitoulin. His experience
with emergency planning was one of his duties as an OPP officer and he
established an Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) plan for emergency
responders and municipalities which is still in use today.
Allan has held many positions with Radio Amateurs of Canada including: Net
Manager for the ARES HF Net; Official Bulletin Station Manager; Section
Manager; Assistant Director; and Deputy Director. He was instrumental in
reorganizing the ARES Districts to align them with Emergency Management Ontario
(EMO), and in 2012 he became the Section Manger for Ontario North (ONN) when
the Ontario Region was realigned. In addition to serving as the new RAC
Director for the Ontario North/East Region, Allan will continue to serve as the
Section Manager for Ontario North.
Allan maintains many repeater systems for the Manitoulin area and enjoys HF and
VHF/UHF communications. He also serves as Net Control for the Canadian D-Star
Net on Friday nights, which averages about 70 to 80 checkins from all over the
world.
Allan plans to stay in Little Current during his retirement and devote his time
to RAC and Amateur Radio.
Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA
RAC President and Chair
<http://www.rac.ca/> wp.rac.ca
720 Belfast Road, #217
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5
613-244-4367, 1- 877-273-8304
ve3xra@rac,ca
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