[CTSARA] SARA Field Day Evaluation-Exceeds Expectations...Preliminary Score Rocks!!!

[Jonathan Solomon]

Nice job everyone!  Maybe we can do a 4A next year!!

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:49 PM,  <ranceiii at aol.com> wrote:
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> Folks,
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> There's still much work to be done tabulating our official score, but the unofficial news so far is excellent.
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> Our goal was to break the 6,000 point barrier.
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> We did!  In fact, we did so just with operating points from contacts, and not counting in all the funky bonus points
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> In fact, though it will take a lot of tabulation time to verify it, I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY SCORED MORE THAN 7,000 POINTS!  The previous club record was just under 5,000 pts., which we set last year.
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> Club evaluation is "Exceeds expectations".
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> Ernest and John, great job on breakfast Sunday morning, a lot of our late Sunday surge is probably attributable to the scrambled eggs and bacon and english muffins you made, and the glazed donuts Fred brought from Dunkin Donuts.  Nothing like health food on Field Day!
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> We'll update the official score later.
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> For the club reward, yours truly will bring a case of Red Stripe to the picnic (aka victory party).
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> And for those of you who have seen the Red Stripe commercial about Red Stripe helping white guys dance for over 100 years, don't worry, be happy, I won't dance!
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> Special thanks to Pierre and Franklyn for attempting to do a satellite QSO, despite being exhausted from managing a Red Cross shelter up in Bridgeport.  They  weren't successful, but they made a heroic effort.  Next year, we'll "shoot the birdie!" for sure.
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> Expect our final tabulation by the weekend, but folks, great work all around and my thanks to everyone for contributing.  What especially impressed me, Jon, Fred and Ernest was all the excellent work done by the tent captains, Adam, Andy, and Jon S., as well as my partners on the antenna crew, AT and Bugs Crocker, and, once again, Andy.  (Andy and Ernest had the beam up and ready by Friday evening.)
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> And the club is now blessed with two of the best troubleshooters I've ever worked with, Jon S. and Chris.
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> The only problem now is, what do we do for an encore?
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> We've got a year to figure it out.
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> I would like to ask everybody who served in specialized roles to return in the same capacity next year.
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> I've also asked Tony O'Conner to return next year as the GOTA tent captain and mentor.  He has not only agreed to the assignment, but has promised to recruit new GOTA tent operators from among his New Canaan CERT peers, for whom we hope to do a licensing class this fall.
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> 73,
> Terry
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> And someone please tell George that it's Captain Terry on Field Day, not Lieutenant... and with everybody's help, I believe I earned my stripes this year.
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