Posted to the ARRL website a couple of days ago:
(Dec 4, 2008) — The ARRL is pleased to welcome Membership Manager Diane Petrilli, KB1RNF, to the Headquarters staff in Newington. Petrilli’s key areas of responsibility include programs and activities that directly affect membership growth, engagement and retention. Petrilli is taking over the position from Katie Breen, W1KRB. Breen left in October.
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Breen, W1KRB, left the ARRL on October 3, 2008. She was with the League for about two and a half years. Unfortunately, I don’t think Katie got much of a chance to really work on membership recruiting and retention. A quick scan of the ARRL news shows that she got sucked into a lot of other activities, such as managing the ARRL Expo at Dayton and working on W1HQ, the station at ARRL headquarters. Here’s hoping that Petrilli gets a chance to actually focus on membership.
Petrilli is quoted as saying, “While I have quite a bit of experience working in an association setting, I am new to the field of Amateur Radio and so I may be reaching out to many of you in the upcoming weeks. I will be graciously asking for your help — to share your knowledge, your ideas and passion for the Service.” If she does contact you, please respond graciously. I know I will.
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