[NLRS] Attention: Important Central States Registration Info

[w0zq at aol.com]

Hello NLRS land

The Central States VHF Society conference will be held in Cedar Rapids, IA, on July 26 through the 28.   I strongly encourage all NLRS members to attend.  If you have not been to a major weak signal VHF conference, this is the one you need to see.  NLRS-land is within easy driving distance of Cedar Rapids.  I do plan on attending and I already know of many other NLRS members who plan to attend as well.   

So here is the "attention" part of my message.   It appears that Cedar Rapids will be hosting RAGBRAI, a major bicycle ride across IA, on Thursday night.  There is an expectation that hotels in the Cedar Rapids area will be sold out that night.   The conference has reserved a block of rooms at the conference hotel, The Carion Hotel & Convention Center, for $93 a night.  If you are planning to attend Central States, NOW, repeat, NOW, is the time to call and to reserve your hotel room for a Thursday night arrival and a Sunday morning departure.   Reservations are by phone only and mention that your reservation is for the CSVHFS Conference to receive the discounted price.

Full info with phone numbers is at http://www.csvhfs.org/2012conference/lodging.html

One more word.  In order to put on such a conference, the Society works with the hotel to pledge (contractually) minimum hotel rooms.  By staying at the conference hotel you, yes YOU, help to the conference to secure the hospitality suite and other important give-and-take relationships between the hotel and the conference.  In summary, support the conference by staying at the hotel.

73, Jon
W0ZQ