[K3CAL] Fwd: Boy Scouts; HAM Radio Field Day Meeting with Drum Point Club Board

[mistralholt at comcast.net]

  Ed, Shawn, Eric, and all, 
    Eric and Steve joined me for a tour of the Drum Point Club Monday afternoon, joined by Ralph Swartwood, President of the Drum Point Club.  Steve and Eric, if I may speak for them, had a very positive impression of the location as a very good spot for the Field Day. 
  
    In anticipation of the CARA meeting tomorrow, I also attended the Drum Point Club Board meeting last night (Tuesday) to firm up the terms for hosting the Field Day.  I outlined the following points to the Board: 
- That over the Field Day Weekend we (CARA) would be about twenty some radio amateurs representing CARA. 
-  That we would require the use of the Pavilion area and the outside grounds,  including the restrooms Saturday, through Saturday night and until Sunday afternoon. 
-  That we would be willing to pay the reduced regular fee for Club members for the use of outside facilities ($75/day) total: $150. 
-  That we would be using generators, grilling, setting up antennae on the grounds, and using the trees, and probably the two telephone poles for wires.  (Eric and Steve noted that perhaps the proximity to the Bay might provide an excellent ground wire for a nearby antenna.) 
-  That the contract would be slightly modified to allow all night use of the facility.  And that should Boy Scouts or others wished to co-participate with CARA (by working for merit radio badges and/or camping overnight in the woods) that they would have to sign a separate contract to accept responsibility for their participants.  
-  That I, as a Club Member, would sign the contract, and have it also co-signed by CARA (not really necessary, however, it indicates this is a community supporting event). 
-  That we had among our CARA experienced members working with Boy Scouts who could assist them in learning more about radio amateur as a hobby.  Brook, whose Email is forwarded below, is a Boy Scout troop leader in Arlington, Va., and is also Treasurer of the Drum Point Club.  He has asked for a contact within CARA and locally in Calvert County where he could pursue the idea of having a coinciding Scout event (mini-jamboree?) with the CARA/ARRL Field Day.  This was encouraged by the Drum Point Board at large.  ACTION:  Shawn, Eric and anyone else can you recommend a point of contact for such an event?  Please respond directly to Brook (email below). 
  
   The Drum Point Club Board has reserved June 25 and 26 for us, pending final approval by CARA, and receipt of a cheque for $150 and the signed contract (I will bring a copy to the CARA meeting). 
  
  The Board was very positive in supporting this event, and looks forward to concluding the agreement. 
  
   ACTION:  Ed, Pls include this in tomorrow's agenda, either under new or old business. 
  
Peter 
KB3SXB 
  

----- Original Message -----

From: "Brook Edinger" <brookedinger at gmail.com> 
To: mistralholt at comcast.net, "Ralph Swartwood" <r.swartwood1 at comcast.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 7:41:01 AM 
Subject: Boy Scouts; HAM Radio Field Day 

Peter: Nice to chat with you last night. Thanks for pointing out the possibility of a Boy Scouts participation in your event. I poked around and found this merit badge, which sounds like it fits for your event: 

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards/MeritBadges/mb-RADO.aspx 

If you could connect me to one of the scout leaders in this area who has participated before, that would be great. The key question will be whether they have a merit badge counselor for that merit badge. 

Our troop in Arlington has a high adventure trip starting that weekend, but not everyone is going. So, a number of kids will be focused on that and would not be able to fit something else in. Nevertheless, once we figure out the details with the merit badge counselor, I'll let people know about this and see if there is any interest. 

Best, 

Brook 



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