[CTSARA] Bennett Cancer Walk Ride Run Posting‏

Tue Jun 9 22:45:36 EDT 2009

Bennett Cancer Walk Ride Run Posting‏
From:  iceink at aol.com  
Sent: Tue 6/09/09 8:34 PM 
To:  wb1grb at hotmail.com 

Hi John could you put this on our front ctsara page for the guys to see.

Max Guerrieri of LeadDog Marketing Group, who was the Lead Director for this year’s Bennett Cancer Walk Ride Run 2009 expressed with great gratitude his thanks to our volunteer amateur radio operators who demonstrated their professionalism during this event this past Sunday June 7, 2009 

Kudos to our SARA and ARES members who volunteere d and participated this year to make the Bennett Cancer Walk, Ride and Run a successful operation.  Practicing Amateur Emergency Radio Communications for events like this one are ways to better and hone our craft and if needed we would be able to support any group in a time of Emergency types of Operations. 

With special note of thanks especially during this event from Max who recogn ized early on that he had a communications failure out=2 0in the field.  He was unable to maintain contact with his people.  Max commented to me that our team effort stepped up to bat and demonstrated our Professional’s to help him keep him in the communications link in order that he could operate and keep abreast of what was going on during the race.  

He further remarked at our abilities to communicate when he had no way to keep in contact with his folks that literally saved his caboose. Of course he did not use the word caboose.  He was impressed with our communications abilities and skills as demonstrated during this event. 

Special thanks to Our Advisors, who gave us their wisdom and input, our Net Controller who kept us on our Mission, Ou r Rest Stop Posts and SAG Vehicles Oper ators who kept us informed with what was going on in the 50 and 20 Mile race. We kept our radio communications link working. To our APRS test that we ran during this event which was quite successful in it’s operations. The Bennett Cancer Walk Ride& Run donator’s and sponsorship’s raised over $500,000.00 dollars for their cause.  Makes you feel good you made a difference in support of their operations.

Of course I would like to thank each of you individually for your professionalism, conduct and behavior as Amateur Radio Operator’s in such a worth while cause, especially working through the glitches in a timely manner and going above board to serve the Bennett Cancer Wal k, Ride and Run 2009.

Thank you to the following individuals for your professionalism during the event: 
NET CONTROL: JON PERELSTEIN, KB1QBZ FOR MAKING CALLING THE SHOTS AND MAKING OUR JOBS EASIER WITH=2 0HIS ABILITY TO LEAD OUR GROUP

ADVISOR: STAN ROTHMAN, WA2NRV, YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

ADVISOR: TOY ALLADIN, K1WYQ, YOUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THESE EVENTS KEPT US ON TASK. OF COURSE MOST OF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT WE HAD A LITTLE SCARE EARLY IN THE EVENT WITH A UNCLAIMED PACKAGE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COULUMBUS PARK WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND MAYOR DAN MALLOY STANDING YARDS AWAY.  THANKS TOY FOR YOUR ALERTNESS AND TO THE STAMFORD POLICE MAN WHO KEPT HIS CALM AND THANK GOODNESS IT TURNED OUT TO BE NOTHING.

SAG 1: FRED CUNNINGHAM, K1FC ALIAS K1FD ON THE APRS CALL SIGN AT APRS.FI. AND WHO ALSO HAD TO KEEP COMMUNICATIONS WITH MAX DURING THE LATER PART OF THE EVENT WITH MAX LOOSING HIS OWN COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIS FOLKS.

SAG 3: PIERRE GUIMOND, N1EZT AND COVERT SET UP OF THE APRS DIGIPEATER AT MIDNIG HT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, MY HEART IS STILL POUNDING.

REST STOP 1: JOHNATHAN SOLOMON, W3EIC, And EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR OUT IN THE FIELD. 

REST STOP 2: ALAN QUELL, W1AMQ, EXCELLENT COMMUNCIATIONS OUT IN THE FIELD.

REST STOP 3: BILL BALDWIN, WG1HM, WHOM WENT ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY AND STAYED THE COURSE BY HELPING MAX OUT WHEN HE COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH HIS OWN PEOPLE. BILL KEPT HIS HEAD AND KEPT MAX IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEAD SAG VEHICLE.

APRS/ALT NET CONTROLLER: THE20YOUNG FRANK BALLENTINE, KB1QZH, WHOM IS MY RIGHT HAND MAN WITH PACKET COMMUNICATIONS.

EMS Commander: John Kalotai, N1OLO 

Thank you Curt Seaton, W1FSM for the use of your repeater as back up.
To our WECA Brothers whom I want to personally thank you for allowing the Stamford Amateur Radio Club the use of your repeater.  

President - Russ Stevenson / N2AMP

Repeater Operations Director - Dwight Smith / N2FMC

Emergency Services - Tom Raffaelli / WB2NH
Director at Large - Stan Rothman

Thank you all,

Frank Cassella, KB1IFX Emergency Coordinator Connecticut
-ARES Region 1, Zone 1 and SARA Vice President

PS. To see some of the pictures from our event click on the link below.

2009 Hope In Motion - Walk, Run & Ride Benefiting the Bennett Cancer Center. Photos: 
http://www.ctsara.org/2009_hope_in_motion__walk.htm

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