[HCARC] FW: Total Non Support By Kerrville, TX

[Virgil Bierschwale]

If I could find work I would be more than happy to chip in a hundred

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On Jul 22, 2015, at 7:53 PM, "Gary J - N5BAA" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net> wrote:

> That's great Virgil.  At the next meeting I suggest someone make a motion to have the club set aside $200.00 to give to the city for our use of a public park, or maybe we can take up a collection to cover the costs - how much do you want to contribute??  Next I suppose there will be a ticket booth at the entrances so they can charge admission to the city parks, especially since they have recently used Taxpayer $$$ to refurbish the park - someone has to pay for their fancy fountain and umbrellas!!
> 
> As for me - they can go soak their collective heads.
> 
> Maybe I should make a motion that HCARC never provide emergency communications services to Kerrville without a $150.00 per day charge and a security deposit large enough to cover any damage that might occur to our radios and antennas.
> 
> Just my opinion though - activating Tranquility Island just isn't $180.00 worth of important to me - of course, I have another island in the Pecan Valley Lake in my subdivision that can be activated for free.
> 
> Gary J
> N5BAA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Virgil Bierschwale
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 5:16 PM
> To: Lew King
> Cc: Hill Country Amateur Radio Club
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] FW: Total Non Support By Kerrville, TX
> 
> Personally, I don't think that is high.
> The community hall in harper goes for about the same amount
> 
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Lew King <w5lew at reagan.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Gary,
>> Sorry to hear about the disturbance on Tranquility.  The only thing I can
>> think of about the high fees is that the City has been burned before by
>> some of the clientele who have used the island before.  It's a shame that
>> other folks have to pay for years because of the poor behavior of some of
>> those who have gone before.
>> Thanks for checking into this for the club, though.
>> 
>> Lew
>> W5LEW
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HCARC [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary J -
>> N5BAA
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 3:42 PM
>> To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [HCARC] Total Non Support By Kerrville, TX
>> 
>> Well, it appears our desire to activate tranquility Island on the US
>> Islands Awards Program is probably not going to happen.  WHY YOU ASK –
>> because the City Of Kerrville, TX sees us as a CASH COW and wants to charge
>> us a $150.00 fee with another $150.00 deposit PLUS a $30 non-refundable
>> application fee for the privilage of using the Tranquility Island Park for
>> an afternoon.  They indicate ANY ASSEMBLY – I guess, even a group picnic is
>> charged the same cost.  They even said we might have to get a “Permit” from
>> the fire Department to run a generator there.
>> 
>> This is Bulls—t.
>> 
>> Gary J
>> N5BAA
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