[GVARC] Re: 25th Gilroy Garlic Festival Communications 2003

[Woody Woodruff]

  Hello GVARC members,
 
Dear Amateur Radio Operator,
    Brian and Woody would like to extend an invitation to join the 
Communications Committee during the 25th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival 
to be held on July 25th, 26th, 27th, 2003.  Many of you have volunteered 
in the past and we are looking forward to working with you again. If 
this is you first time and you want to know more about the Gilroy Garlic 
Festival please read on.
    The Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival is known worldwide for more than 
just promoting Garlic. This is the "Premiere" Festival that all 
festivals want to emulate. Communications plays a vital role in the 
success of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. We provide communications 
services for over 28 different committees and groups such as Emergency 
Services, Utilities, Transportation, Parking and Gourmet Alley.  
Communications provides over 300 radios, 6 repeaters and a Network 
Operations Center staffed by Amateur Radio Operators such as you to make 
the Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival a great success every year.
    A radio call comes in and from a Committee person on the Festival 
grounds to the Main Net requesting Medics for a person passed out. It is 
the skills of a Amateur Radio operator such as yourself which keeps the 
person on the radio calm and directs others in the Network Operations 
Center to provide Festival Emergency Services with the location. The 
Main Net Operator also keeps the Net clear of nonessential 
communications traffic during emergencies. The Communications Committee 
is always looking for Amateur Radios operators who want to hone their 
skills in emergency communications. Additionally your technical skills 
are also needed to help with setup and take down of the equipment. This 
could be your chance to learn about commercial repeaters, EIRP, SWR, FCC 
licensing process, programming commercial radios or fixing LMR400 
coaxial cables connectors.
    The Communications Committee considers the Garlic Valley Amateur 
Club as its primary source for volunteers.  As a member of the GARVC, 
the hours that you volunteer are donated to the Club. GVARC uses the 
money to provide services and equipment such as the W6GGF Repeater and 
equipment used for Field Day. This year the Club brought a new Honda 
generator thanks to the effort of volunteers like you who worked during 
the many other Garlic Festival's and donated their hours to the Club. 
This is the only GVARC fund raising event so please take this into 
consideration if you decide to support the GVARC and Amateur Radio.
    If you will be joining us this year please fill out our 
questionnaire indicating dates and times that you are available. Please 
show your preference for work position and we will endeavor to 
accommodate all requests. We will give shift/position preference to 
members of the GVARC. All Communications Committee Volunteers will enjoy 
free admittance to the Festival, great food, special volunteer parking 
and a Garlic Festival Communications Tee Shirt. We look forward to 
hearing from you.
    Lastly, Brian wants to thank all of you for your support during his 
4 years as part of the Communications Chairmanship.  It has been a 
pleasure to work and improve the Communications Committee. Woody will be 
taking over for the 2004 - 2005 festivals. He will also be looking for 
continued support from GVARC and will continue the great success that 
the Communications Committee has provided to the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Thank You,
Brian Woodson and Woody Woodruff
Chairman and Assistant Chairman
Gilroy Garlic Festival Communications Committee

NOTE:      I have also just sent a copy of the "2003 Communications 
Committee Questionnaire" to a list of GVARC members. If my list is 
faulty and you don't receive it shortly, drop me a note and I will get 
it out to you.
Send your note directly to woodyrat@garlic.com.  DO NOT reply to the 
GVARC deflector.

-- 
WoodyRat@Garlic.com
    the  "RAT"
  Morgan Hill, CA
American Red Cross
Damage  Assessment
      W6MUG



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