Volunteers in the Pacific Division

ARRL Experience: East Bay Section Manager (Section Communications Manager) for 22 consecutive years (1/1/78 - 12/31/99). Pacific Division Vice Director, 1/1/2000 - 2/6/2003. Pacific Division Director, 2/6/2003 - Present.

Operating Experience: First licensed as WN6RGG in 1952. Active on HF, VHF and UHF for over 50 years. Active in emergency communications for over 30 years. Avid DXer and contester, working both from home and from numerous expeditions on six continents.

Clubs/Foundations: Director of the YASME Foundation. Active in Alameda County Sheriff's Communications Team (a RACES unit) for over 30 years, currently serving as Chief Radio Officer. Charter member of the Northern California Contest Club. Long time member of the Northern California DX Club.

Professional Experience: Retired System Design Consultant, Pacific Bell, 1990. Attended San Jose State College.

Vice Director	Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT k6jat@arrl.org	13450 Skyline Blvd. Oakland, CA 94619	(510) 569-6963

The Programs and Services Committee (PSC) of the League is one of the two standing committees of the Board of Directors. The PSC meets monthly by webinar and on a quarterly basis in person. Two of the quarterly meetings are just prior to the annual meetings of the Board. Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, currently serves as the only Vice Director appointed by the President to the PSC. He also serves as the Chair of the Radio Sport Subcommittee of the PSC. The Radio Sport Subcommittee interfaces with the PSC, and acts as a sounding board to the Advisory Committees and the Awards Committee on radio sport issues.

President Craigie, N3KN, also has appointed Jim to serve on the Centennial Celebration Committee which is planning the celebration and commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the ARRL in 2014.

An Amateur Extra class licensee and ARRL Life Member, Jim was first licensed in 1970 as WN9ELU. Since then, he has also held the callsigns: WB9ELU, N6OIK, V26JAT and 3D2TJ. Jim's favorite Ham Radio pastimes are contesting, DXing, and DXpeditions. He has operated as PJ2/K6JAT and KH6/K6JAT, and from V26DX. However, he has long been involved in the public service aspects of the hobby.

He worked with Oakland, California Hams and City officials to gain RACES recognition and was instrumental in forging a formal Letter of Understanding (LOU). In addition, he assisted Oakland ARES/RACES in successfully championing a proposal to use post-firestorm, bond Measure I funds to acquire and install amateur radio equipment in the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and each of its 30 firestations dubbed the Emergency Communication Ham Operation (ECHO) system. Jim served as Oakland's RACES Radio Officer for over 14 years. Also, he was formerly the Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) of the ARRL's East Bay Section.

In 1998, Jim acted as the incorporator of the Oakland Radio Communication Association (ORCA), an ARRL affiliated club, was a founding director and became its first president. Presently, he remains a member of ORCA's board of directors and trustee of the club's callsign: WW6OR. In addition, Jim is a member of the Northern California Contest Club (NCCC), the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA), contributes to the Northern California DX Foundation and holds the 10-10 number 7686.