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Mid-Month
Report August 2007 |
SM: Susan Swiderski, AF4FO; ASM/South GA:
Marshall Thigpen, W4IS; ASM/Legal: Jim Altman, W4UCK; ASM/Webmaster:
Bob Smith, K4PHE; ASM/Youth: Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM; ASM/ Scouting:
David Pearce,ABØNG;
SEC: Jim Cote, N4PJR; STM: Charles Pennington, K4GK; OOC: Mike
Swiderski, K4HBI; TC: Jim Worsham, W4KXY; PIC: Norm Schklar,WA4ZXV;
SGL: Bill Cherepy, WB4WTN; ACC: Robin Cutshaw, AA4RC
Greetings, All,
Well, here we are, just about at the mid-way point of yet another
month. Not much in the way of news to report, but this mid-monthly
summary is supposed to be part of every SM's duty, and as you all
know, I'm now a well-seasoned SM. ('Course, with the triple digit
and near triple digit weather we've all been enduring this month,
the seasoning I'm talking about is SALT...)
This past weekend was the Hamfest up in Ellijay, and though it was a
little disappointing to discover that they didn't have much in the
way of "cool mountain air" up there either, it was a jim-dandy
Hamfest. They call themselves the "biggest little Hamfest" in
Georgia, and that's no exaggeration. By guesstimate, the attendance
appeared to be even larger than last year, with hams there from all
over GA, and from TN and AL, too. And everybody I talked to was
having a terrific time. Lots of good deals to be made, lots of
friendly people to talk to, great door prizes, and a really good BBQ
lunch to top it all off. Can't ask for more than that! Many thanks
to all of the members of the Ellijay ARS for all of the hard work
they put into hosting this fun event. And they still don't charge
anything to attend! Amazing! If you missed it this year, try to make
it next year.
Talking about Hamfests, don't forget.... this coming weekend is the
big ARRL National Convention at the fest in Huntsville. Hope to see
a lot of GA hams there. Tons of activities and forums will be
offered, along with an ARRL EXPO.(there's even gonna be a Woulff
Hong ceremony on Saturday night!)
CONGRATULATIONS to the recently elected officers of the Atlanta ARC:
President- JIM FARMER, N4IBW; VP- GEORGE
LANE, KI4DSO; Secretary- BILL PERKINS, KB4KFT;
Treasurer- CHARLES GOLSEN, W4CHG; and Activities
Chairman- ROB OSATTIN, KI4UTY. Best wishes for a
great year.
Premature congratulations, also, to the officers and members of the
La Grange ARC, who are in line to become the next ARRL Affiliated
Club in Georgia. Final approval should be coming up very shortly, so
allow me to be the first to tell them "Welcome aboard."
One more offer of congratulations, but it's to an individual, not a
club. CHARLES DAVIS, WA4UJC, has been selected by
the GA Single Side Band Association as its Ham of the Year. So,
congratulations to him. He's well-deserving of this honor.
It's good to report that the Liberty county ARES group has recently
signed a formal MOU with the county EMA there. Good work, guys.
For those of you in the metro Atlanta area, there's a club meeting
in Gwinnett county tonight that you might enjoy. PAUL
PESCITELLI, K4UJ, will be doing a presentation, based on
his adventures as part of this year's DX-pedition to Scarborough
Reef, at tonight's GARS meeting. See www.gars.org for directions to
the meeting place. Should be very interesting. (and if that great
program isn't enough to make you want to come, the club also
provides some great donuts!)
SILENT KEYS: HASKELL MAY, KC4BQC; W.R.
RANDALL, W5ADB; PAUL SLIGH, K4UYC. Sincere
condolences to the families and friends of each of these fine men.
Well, folks, that's about it for now. If you have any news that
you'd like to share for the September newsletter, please send it
this way. I can't report it if I don't know it. Until then, this is
AF4FO, signing clear. Take care of yourselves. And each other. (And
keep coooool) 73, Susan
QTC August: K4GK-93; WA4UJC-62; K8GA-52; WB4BIK-50; N4VAD-27;
K4BAI-21No trees were killed in the sending of this
message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly
inconvenienced.
ARRL Georgia Section
Section Manager: Susan K. Swiderski, AF4FO
af4fo@arrl.org
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