[K3pzn-board] Tailgatefest June Dates Available

[Andy Leeds]

My appolgies for:
1. failing to post a reminder of the board meeting
2.missing the board meeting

I'm selling off a new build this week and was out of active brain cells 
when I got home and just plain forgot. Same thing happened on Tuesday 
for the net.

Andy
On 8/19/2010 11:22, Pat Kilroy wrote:
> Hi Bill and all,
> Yesterday I was spending some face time
> with a ham radio friend of mine who was
> passing through  town from Kansas.  We
> talked about his recent successes on high-
> altitude balloon experiments out there.
> Interesting common ground.  But this is
> why I missed last night's BoD meeting.
> Sorry to have gotten tied up!
> The Tailgate Fest was wonderful.  I got
> lost in chatting too much with all our
> ARRL officials present and showing off
> the latest in the balloon stuff: printed
> circuit boards for the different "levels"
> of the PICetSat module.  Possible
> food for a future club presentation!
> Although I don't know the exact date of
> Father's Day next year, here are my two
> cents, basically, if I were present at the
> club planning session last night:
> IS IT BROKE?
> 1. I never had a problem with our Tailgate
> Fest dates in August, although I must admit
> in 2008 & 2009, they bumped into family
> vacation dates.  How good it is that we
> don't require a marching army of help to
> pull off a successful Tailgate Fest!
> TIMING
> 2. Changing the dates for the better good
> of the club or the Amateur Radio community
> is okay by me, although, personally, I balk
> at Father's Day.  That's kind of a family
> day for us, as opposed to a free get-away
> morning for many dads out there, which
> I know they deserve and enjoy.
> MY GREEDY OPINION
> There are always exceptions of course,
> but off the top of my head, Father's Day
> is a day that I would "probably likely" not
> support as a helper or attend as a Joe
> Q. Ham.  But that is just my own
> personal outlook.
> Hope I don't upset any one.
> Thanks, guys.  Hope to see you again
> soon.
> Cheers,
> Pat
> N8PK
> (Oops, NOT K8PK, as shown in your
> e-mail TO header.)
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Bill Mellema [mailto:mellema at qis.net]
>     *Sent:* Thursday, August 19, 2010 09:13 AM
>     *To:* 'CCARC BOD', 'Andy Leeds', 'Steve Beckman', 'Charles N3TOT',
>     'Peter Morton', 'Pat K8PK',
>     'John K3KWO'
>     *Subject:* Tailgatefest June Dates Available
>
>     Guys: Last evening Steve, Chuck and I discussed the possibility of
>     moving our Tailgatefest to Father's Day next year in order to get
>     away from the heat of August. I spoke with Nicole at the Ag Center
>     to see if the facility was available. It is not...they have the
>     Farmers Market on Saturday (18th) and a Scouts camping event on
>     Sunday (19th). The only open weekend dates that are available in
>     June are: June 4 & 5 June 11 & 12 June 26th (no good - Field Day)
>     So unless there are no other events in the area on the available
>     dates we are stuck with the August time slot. Just FYI Bill N3WM
>