[NJARC] Fw: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec

[Joe Cro]

Ray,
Let me know if you want me to come with you to Quebec!
Joe Cro N3IBX






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Chase" <raydio862 at verizon.net>
To: "NJARC" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 9:04 PM
Subject: [NJARC] Fw: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD SOS SOS SOS de Radio 
Museum of Quebec


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> To: "Ray Chase" <raydio862 at verizon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:48 PM
> Subject: Fwd: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum 
> of Quebec
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> From: "Roscoe, Spud" <spudroscoe at eastlink.ca>
> To: "radio-officers" <radio-officers at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 3:27:37 PM
> Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] CQD CQD CQD  SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of 
> Quebec
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> CQD CQD CQD  SOS SOS SOS de Radio Museum of Quebec
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> Background:
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> This is a distress call to all enthusiasts of radio and radio history. The 
> Radio Museum of Quebec located in Sorel Quebec is in deep trouble. Some 
> time ago , they had to vacate the existing premises where the radio 
> collection was located.  All artifacts were put into storage  but no 
> suitable site was ever found. Now the owner wants his tractor trailers 
> back – all six of them!
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> The message below, sent a few weeks ago, did not result in a solution to 
> save the radio collection at Musée Québécois de la radio inc. If a 
> solution is not found within the next few days, the complete collection 
> will go to the thrash and will disappear at the end of the month. The 
> collection is impressive. It contains over 1900 pieces of radio equipment 
> and over three quarters of a million pages of documentation. The 
> collection is presently stored on 130 pallets in six 53-foot trailers. The 
> trailers are on loan and must be returned on the 31st of May. If storage 
> space is not found, the entire collection could end up in the garbage. It 
> was impossible to find a temporary warehouse for the collection. One 
> solution was to purchase three or four used 53-foot trailers but the fund 
> raising attempt did not generate enough funds. That option would have 
> required at least $7,500.
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> Does anyone have any suggestions ? If no solution is found, can we save 
> the collection by offering it to other museums in Canada ?
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> What to do on the 31st of May ? Open the trailers, let anyone take 
> anything they want, and let the rest go to the dump ?
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> Or return the trailers to the owners with the collection inside ? The 
> owner will certainly take the collection to the dump and invoice the 
> Museum for the cost of disposal.
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> Here are the options:
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>        Find a storage solution before the end of May
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>        Donate the collection to other museums (must be picked up before 
> the end of May)
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>        Let anyone take what they want and send the rest to the dump
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>        Send the entire collection to the dump
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>        Abandoning the collection by returning the trailers with the 
> collection inside
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> If you have any suggestions, or if you can help,
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> please contact Jacques Hamel, VE2DJQ at:  museeradio at videotron.ca
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> Regards,
> Jerry Proc VE3FAB
> E-mail: jerry.proc at sympatico.ca
> Web: http://jproc.ca
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