[AReU] December BARS Meeting

[Tony Stone]

Hope you folks are planning on attending the BARS 
meeting next Thursday. 

Ed (W7LGD) will be officiating and it will be his last 
official meeting as president at least for this round. 
He has been the president for three years and has been 
a great leader of the club. 

He has been responsible for making the activities of 
the club more exciting and challenging. The BARS 
treasury has become larger thanks to his efforts 
and the efforts of others. We have had great Field 
Day scores and all of the BARS activities have been 
well attended.

I'm not sure if everyone knows the "real story" but 
the things that happened during Ed's tenure as president 
did not happen because old Ed sat around on his butt for 
three years. It has involved a great deal of his time and
efforts, travel expenses, loan of equipment for club 
activities and just a general presence on the repeater 
and around the town. I can't think of many days when Ed 
has not been on the repeater or has accomplished some task
which benefited the club. Ed and other members have also 
participated as members of the Florida Gulf Coast Amateur 
Radio Council in putting together the Tampa Bay hamfest. 
In addition to this Ed has been hampered with health 
problems but that did not stop him (didn't even slow 
him down much).

My thanks go to Ed as well to the past presidents of 
BARS for making the club what it is today -- an active 
and vibrant organization that contributes to the enjoyment 
of its members, the proliferation of the ham radio hobby 
and to the well being of the community. 

Tony