{"id":44604,"date":"2026-01-09T12:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=44604"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:53:50","slug":"give-back-to-the-amateur-radio-community-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/01\/09\/give-back-to-the-amateur-radio-community-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Give back to the amateur radio community in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you set your goals for 2026 yet? How about using your knowledge and expertise to make a difference to the amateur radio community this year.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB has two <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/rsgb-2026-elections\/election-information-for-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elected Board Director<\/strong><\/a> vacancies that are available for nominations in this year\u2019s elections. The Society is looking for applications from members with leadership skills and a desire to embrace and implement the<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Society&#8217;s strategic priorities.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The RSGB also has three <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/rsgb-2026-elections\/election-information-for-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Regional Representative<\/strong> <\/a>roles open for nominations. These are for <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/region2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Region 2<\/strong><\/a> which covers Scotland North and the Northern Isles; <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/region7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Region 7<\/strong><\/a> which represents South Wales; and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/region9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Region 9<\/strong><\/a> which covers London and Thames Valley. As a Regional Representative you will lead the team of District Representatives in your area and not only represent the Society but also support your fellow radio amateurs.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about what it takes to succeed as a Director or a Regional Representative by reading the candidate packs the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/rsgb-2026-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB 2026 elections web pages<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for nominations is 31 January 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you set your goals for 2026 yet? How about using your knowledge and expertise to make a difference to the amateur radio community this year. The RSGB has two Elected Board Director vacancies that are available for nominations in this year\u2019s elections. The Society is looking for applications from members with leadership skills and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44604"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44634,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44604\/revisions\/44634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}