[FARC] Fwd: Fw: [FoundationforAmateurRadio] Digest Number 326
Scott Galbraith
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>From: "George Vincent NNN0EKE" <[email protected]>
>To: "Scott Galbraith NNN0OPY" <[email protected]>
>Cc: "Frank (Doc) Barranco NNN0SIM" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Fw: [FoundationforAmateurRadio] Digest Number 326
>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:53:18 -0500
>
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>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 14:42
>Subject: [FoundationforAmateurRadio] Digest Number 326
>
\>
>There are 2 messages in this issue.
>
>Topics in this digest:
>
> 1. The end of the Fall-Fest partnership
> From: "Bernie Basel, K3BAZ" <[email protected]>
> 2. Re: The end of the Fall-Fest partnership
> From: Dan Blasberg <[email protected]>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:26:12 -0500
> From: "Bernie Basel, K3BAZ" <[email protected]>
>Subject: The end of the Fall-Fest partnership
>
>Dear fellow hams and other interested parties,
>
>The Board of Directors of the Columbia Amateur Radio Association (CARA) have
>decided that we can no
>longer continue our partnership with the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR)
>in the production of the
>Fall-Fest.
>
>Unfortunately, a combination of events has brought us to this conclusion:
>
>Last week you received an e-mail from Dan Blasberg; his e-mail stated that
>FAR was having a problem
>with getting volunteers and that the Fall-Fest was canceled. Contrary to
>the opening sentence of
>that e-mail, CARA had not been a part of any decision concerning the
>cancellation of the Fall-Fest.
>Additionally, the timing of this announcement - the week prior to the BARC
>Hamboree - caused many
>people to think the Hamboree was cancelled. Even though CARA had nothing to
>do with this e-mail I
>would like to take this opportunity to express my apologies to BARC.
>
>In addition, due to a scheduling error, Fall-Fest 2004 was booked at the
>fairgrounds for the wrong
>weekend. This put the committee in the difficult position of having to come
>up with a new date, a
>new place, or both. A number of ideas have been considered, none of them
>were agreeable to both
>organizations.
>
>FAR is advocating a return to Gaithersburg as "FARFest" on their traditional
>date. The officers of
>CARA believe that such a change will not work for us and have decided not to
>participate. Under
>this circumstance it only seems appropriate to end the Fall-Fest partnership
>with FAR in accordance
>with the provisions in the "Memorandum of Agreement" between the two clubs.
>
>When the Fall-Fest was first organized we recognized that this time might
>come and put language in
>the agreement concerning the breakup of our partnership. In order to comply
>with the agreement I
>will be mailing a letter to the President of FAR in the next few days
>officially terminating our
>partnership. It is my belief that FAR will continue to pursue this course
>of action without CARA as
>a partner. We wish them the best of luck and will support them as a member
>club.
>
>CARA will go back to having the CARAFest in October as we have done in the
>past; as we work out the
>details they will be posted on CARA's web site at:
>http://www.ColumbiaARA.org
>
>If you have any questions please feel free contact me by e-mail me or call
>me at home (410)
>922-3789.
>
>
>Best regards,
>Bernie Basel, K3BAZ
>President, CARA
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:01:22 -0500
> From: Dan Blasberg <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: The end of the Fall-Fest partnership
>
>Fellow Amateurs and All Interested Parties,
>
>I would like to take this moment to thank the Columbia Amateur Radio
>Association for partnering with the Foundation for Amateur Radio over
>the past two years in an effort to host the MD/DC Section Convention
>and the Fall-Fest. CARA is a fine amateur organization and I and the
>other members of FAR have had the honor to work with them. As Bernie
>stated, due to a scheduling error, Fall-Fest 2004 was booked for the
>wrong date. Both organizations worked to come up with a solution, but
>in the end, none of them were agreeable to both. Putting that aside, I
>believe that if the situation presented itself, that the Foundation for
>Amateur Radio would not hesitate to partner with CARA again.
>
>As Bernie has also stated, the Foundation has looked into having a
>hamfest at the Montgomery County Agricultural Center (Gaithersburg) on
>the second weekend in September (11 and 12). It is the Foundation's
>belief that we can support a down-sized event at Gaithersburg with the
>help of several more volunteers that have responded since my e-mail
>stating that the Foundation did not have enough volunteers to support
>Fall-Fest. So at this time, the Foundation is going ahead with plans
>for a hamfest for September 11 and 12, 2004. As details and plans
>become available, they will be posted at
>www.amateurradio-far.org/FARFest.
>
>We would like to thank CARA for their well wishes in this endeavor and
>also extend best wishes to them and support for their event in October.
>
>If you have any questions for either Bernie or myself, please contact
>us off list or call Bernie at his contact information below and call me
>at 301-345-7381.
>
>73 de
>
>Dan Blasberg
>KA8YPY
>President
>Foundation for Amateur Radio
>
>
>
>On Mar 29, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Bernie Basel, K3BAZ wrote:
>
>> Dear fellow hams and other interested parties,
>>
>> The Board of Directors of the Columbia Amateur Radio Association
>> (CARA) have decided that we can no
>> longer continue our partnership with the Foundation for Amateur Radio
>> (FAR) in the production of the
>> Fall-Fest.
>>
>> Unfortunately, a combination of events has brought us to this
>> conclusion:
>>
>> Last week you received an e-mail from Dan Blasberg; his e-mail stated
>> that FAR was having a problem
>> with getting volunteers and that the Fall-Fest was canceled.
>> Contrary to the opening sentence of
>> that e-mail, CARA had not been a part of any decision concerning the
>> cancellation of the Fall-Fest.
>> Additionally, the timing of this announcement - the week prior to the
>> BARC Hamboree - caused many
>> people to think the Hamboree was cancelled. Even though CARA had
>> nothing to do with this e-mail I
>> would like to take this opportunity to express my apologies to BARC.
>>
>> In addition, due to a scheduling error, Fall-Fest 2004 was booked at
>> the fairgrounds for the wrong
>> weekend. This put the committee in the difficult position of having
>> to come up with a new date, a
>> new place, or both. A number of ideas have been considered, none of
>> them were agreeable to both
>> organizations.
>>
>> FAR is advocating a return to Gaithersburg as "FARFest" on their
>> traditional date. The officers of
>> CARA believe that such a change will not work for us and have decided
>> not to participate. Under
>> this circumstance it only seems appropriate to end the Fall-Fest
>> partnership with FAR in accordance
>> with the provisions in the "Memorandum of Agreement" between the two
>> clubs.
>>
>> When the Fall-Fest was first organized we recognized that this time
>> might come and put language in
>> the agreement concerning the breakup of our partnership. In order to
>> comply with the agreement I
>> will be mailing a letter to the President of FAR in the next few days
>> officially terminating our
>> partnership. It is my belief that FAR will continue to pursue this
>> course of action without CARA as
>> a partner. We wish them the best of luck and will support them as a
>> member club.
>>
>> CARA will go back to having the CARAFest in October as we have done
>> in the past; as we work out the
>> details they will be posted on CARA's web site at:
>> http://www.ColumbiaARA.org
>>
>> If you have any questions please feel free contact me by e-mail me or
>> call me at home (410)
>> 922-3789.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bernie Basel, K3BAZ
>> President, CARA
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73 de Scott Galbraith
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