[NJARC] meeting location

[John Dilks K2TQN]

Hi Gang,

John Ruccolo is pretty much on target.  But there is a more important 
issue here.

The Sarnoff center is a wonderful place to meet and Alex is a great 
host, but we will never own anything there.  It is owned by a large 
corporation. The museum and library are also owned by them.  There is 
very little that we can contribute to their mission.

Infoage on the other hand is ours.  We are building it and making it 
go.  And we are learning as we go and making "something" from 
nothing.  In a few years we might have it looking as nice as the 
Sarnoff center; I sure hope so.

So brothers and sisters, tighten your belts, endure a longer commute 
(for some), and enjoy - no - be proud of what we are creating 
there.  It is so much more than what was hoped for, way back when we 
were meeting in Freehold.  Most of us would have been happy with a 
small house or large garage to get a museum started back then.  I 
remember many of us promising each other that we would loan parts of 
our collections to make "something" of a museum if we could just find 
a way to get a building.

Look at what we have now, and think about what it can become in the 
future.  Let's do it and do it up right.

73, John Dilks, K2TQN

At 02:38 PM 1/22/2008, John Ruccolo wrote:
>1) Disband the club. This is an extreme measure, but
>eliminates the meeting location debate entirely.
>
>2) On a more serious note, perhaps we can hold
>summertime meetings at InfoAge on *Saturday* mornings
>or afternoons, to minimize (but certainly not
>eliminate) the traffic hassles.
>
>3) Once InfoAge climate control issues are resolved,
>we could have more winter meetings there, and
>spring/summer meetings at Sarnoff.
>
>4) Like most members, I am *not* in favor of using one
>location full-time over the other. From a selfish
>standpoint, Sarnoff is in my backyard. But we need to
>do what's right for the club. At InfoAge, we don't
>have the time restrictions. I would like to see our
>meetings (and clinics!) go a bit longer, including
>informal after-meeting bull sessions or repair
>sessions. That's not possible at Sarnoff, but we can
>do that at InfoAge. And look for Marconi's ghost late
>at night in the hallways