[NLRS] Aurora 2021

[Jack]

Shelley and I may be interested in attending, although it is a 340-mile 
drive from Karlstad to White Bear Lake. By then we may have something 
more than just a 10-watt 2-meter transverter in our equipment inventory.

73,

Jack, K0JP/VE3RUA
Shelley, K0MKL

On 2/24/2021 11:07 AM, Matt Holden wrote:
> 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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