ASM - Carl Aveni, N1FY

Carl Aveni, N1FY
89 Manners Ave
Brockton, MA 02301-1420
n1fy@peoplepc.com

Carl Aveni, N1FY received his first ham licence in 1988. He has been a member of the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association (MARA) and the Marconi Radio clubs ever since. Carl has held most of the elected offices in MARA and is currently serving his second two-year term as its president. He is on the Board of Driectors of the Skywarn Spotter program for the National Weather Service in Taunton, MA, where he is one of their primary amateur radio operators called to duty during severe weather events.. In addition, Carl is the RACES Communications Officer for the Emergency Operations Center in the town of Bridgewater, MA.

Prior to Carl's appointment as Assistant Section Manager for Eastern Massachusetts, Carl has been serving as the District emergency Coordinator for South Shore operations and as the director of the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Emergency Communications Command Center in Bridgewater, MA.

Carl has worked as a psychiatric Social Worker for the VA MEdical Center in Brockton, MA since 1968. He has been married to the former Lorraine Shea of Norwood, MA. for 38 years.

As the Assistant Section Manager for Eastern MA, Carl will function as the Chief of Staff to Section Manager, Mike Neilson W1MPN, helping him administer and supervise field operations for amateur radio in the section.

The ASM may serve as a general assistant to the Section Manager or as a specialist. That is, the ASM may assist the Section Manager with general leadership matters as the Section Manager's understudy, or the ASM may be assigned to handle a specific important function that does not fail within the scope of the duties of the Section Manager's other assistants.

At the Section Manager's discretion, the ASM may be designated as the recommended successor to the incumbent Section Manager, in case the Section Manager resigns or is otherwise unable to finish the term of office.

The ASM should be familiar with the "Guidelines for the ARRL Section Manager," which contains the fundamentals of general section management.

The ASM must be an ARRL Full Member, holding at least a Novice class license.
Recruitment of new hams and League members is an integral part of the job of every League appointee. Appointees should take advantage of every opportunity to recruit a new ham or member to foster growth of Field Organization programs, and our abilities to serve the public.

FSD-127 (2/97)