[NLRS] Aurora 2021

[Matt Holden]

I vote for a Zoom business meeting in April.  I suspect we can take care of
the "business agenda" in one hour.
I am willing to host the online business meeting.
I endorse an outdoor gathering this summer for an antenna range and
car-trunk-to-car-trunk swap.
Perhaps we gather before the 220 & Up contest weekend?
73,
Matt Holden KØBBC


On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:35 AM Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Hello NLRS land...Our Upper Midwest Aurora Conference has historically
> been held in late April or early May.  With this timing in mind, given the
> ongoing COVID pandemic and the uncertainty around the exact timing for the
> vaccine roll out, its effectiveness on different emerging strains, the
> uncertainty around the ability of transfer from vaccinated infected
> asymptomatic individuals to others, and balanced all this against risk
> classification for our groups age, Aurora 2021 will not be held in its
> usual time spot.  ...Looking forward there is reason for optimism.  The J&J
> vaccine may be approved for EUA soon which will add additional
> vaccine manufacturing capacity.  Also, Pfizer is looking at the possibility
> of a third shot, or a booster shot, should the effectiveness of the
> current vaccine against the emerging strains prove to be less
> effective.  Although not certain, there is reason to believe that we could
> have most op's vaccinated by late Summer or early Fall.  There is reason
> for optimism....With this as a background, what about Aurora for 2021.  As
> has been discussed before we could do an online, Zoom-ish, conference.  My
> own thought is that this type of online conference lacks the personal
> interactions that is the true basis of our VHF+ based conferences, plus
> they do take some work and some resources to support.  Also discussed has
> been the possibility of doing just the outside part of our usual conference
> format, just the antenna range and the car-trunk-to-car-trunk swap.  Such a
> conference would allow for an outside social gathering and we could maybe
> do a short stand up club meeting as well.  If we were to do this, it would
> be better to slide the conference date deeper into the Summer time than
> April as many of our April based conferences have been pretty darn cold
> and/or snowed.  Then, what to do if it rains?   ...In summary, while we
> have not given up on Aurora 2021 it will not be held in the April/May time
> frame.  I do not favor a Zoom like conference albeit I could be convinced
> otherwise.  However, and in lieu of a Zoom conference, as we continue to
> monitor the uncertainties as outline above and as our optimism unfolds, we
> could look to have a full conference in later Summer or early Fall.   ...As
> always, comments welcomed....73, JonW0ZQ.
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