[K3PZN-List] Future VE Sessions at our hamfets

[Bill Stevenson]

Phil,
  I am also a VE with Laurel (BARC).

73
Bill NB3B

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:36 AM, ISRAEL ASA <milkman21218 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am a VE with Laurel VEC (out of BARC) & ARRL and I would be willing to
> come out if needed. And I know that many others are willing also. I think
> this need to be re-posted closer to the Hamfest.
>
> 73
> Israel   W1ASA
>
>
>
>
> From: Philip Karras <ke3fl at yahoo.com>
> To: "k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Future VE Sessions at our hamfets
>
> Staffing a Laurel VE is not difficult just come with copy of license in
> hand and be trained. Then we'll have enough people to staff it.
>
> However, getting someone to be able to run a session is different. For ARRL
> you pass your accreditation open book test & you can run a session. For
> Laurel I don't know because I've never really asked.
>
> Years ago when I was teaching a license class & I told them I was willing
> to run a Laurel session and they said no that their group had to come & run
> it. It was probably that no teacher could be allowed to test their students.
>
> I do know others have been able to run Laurel sessions. We'll just have to
> ask them what is needed to be able to run the entire session.
>
> However, a little history might help you in trying to do this. First I've
> been running the sessions since 1993 at our Hamfest and the one year I asked
> someone else to run it, no one signed up and no one showed up to either run
> it or take a test. I showed up to help out and was not needed since there
> was nothing to do.
>
> I've had a very difficult time getting enough Carroll County ARRL VEs to
> come out and help when I was running the sessions and I've almost always had
> to ask other ARRL VEs to come in and help out so we were sure to have enough
> VEs for the whole session. So, I doubt you'll be able to get enough to staff
> and run a session. I think you'll be very lucky to just have three Laurel
> VEs to staff the session and then the Laurel group will just have to supply
> people they trust to run the session. If Laurel is willing to supply the
> people to run the session and we staff the session with VEs I think we'll be
> doing very well.
>
> This was the easiest test session I've ever organized since all I really
> had to do was contact John Creel and ask and he said yes, period, and took
> it from there. I have too little time right now, as many of you know, and I
> really appreciated John and his crew doing most of the work. We supplied
> only two VEs, so had it been up to us to run the session the people who came
> would not have been able to test.
>
> So, here's your task, surprise me with enough people to staff the next VE
> session and then get someone Laurel credited, and supplied, to run a session
> in two years. I want to be surprised!
>
> 73 de ke3fl
> Phil
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