[NLRS] Aurora 2023

[Mary Brown]

Age is catching up to some of us... or disability in my case. No more 
300 mile round trips, I end up in massive pain for a week after.


Mary

W0AAT

On 11/1/2022 12:15 AM, Paul Husby wrote:
> I've been handling registration for the Aurora conferences since 
> 1989.  Yes, Au'22 was a good event, but it also had the lowest turnout 
> ever, and hardly anyone that lives any distance away.  I would not 
> recommend that the first Saturday of June become a permanent date.  We 
> have bounced around many different dates over the years, including 
> Dayton weekend and fishing opener.  Every year, there are a few people 
> missing that make me wonder, why wasn't so-and-so there?  The obvious 
> answer is that they had a conflict, as I know these are people that 
> always enjoy the conference.
>
> I would recommend that we rotate the date through a number of 
> weekends, depending on the availability of the venue.  The weather in 
> April is too often poor, so I would scrap that month.  I think 
> Memorial Day weekend would be a foolish choice.  Likewise the second 
> weekend of June, as that is the largest VHF operating event of the 
> year.  Otherwise, I'd say most anything is fair game.  By changing the 
> weekend, hopefully at least once or twice out of any three years, a 
> given person would be able to attend.
>
> 73
> Paul W0UC
>
> On 10/31/2022 10:56 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS wrote:
>> Hello NLRS land
>>
>> Last year we had a bit of a scramble to find a hosting facility for 
>> our yearly Aurora conference.  Our previous long time host had lots 
>> of weddings scheduled, perhaps a result of a backlog from the COVID 
>> lock down days, and seemed that they were less then excited to work 
>> with us.  In searching around for a venue that would work for our 
>> unique needs we were fortunate to learn about the Medicine Lake 
>> Community Club (MLCC).  The MLCC fit our needs to a tee (antenna 
>> range, size, access, meeting space, and cost) and we would like to 
>> use their facility again for 2023 assuming we can find an open 
>> calendar date.
>>
>> Which brings me to the question for membership.  If we have the 
>> flexibility, what date do members want to see for Aurora'23?   Here 
>> are some Spring/Summer dates that would not work or that have other 
>> events going on:
>>
>>     May 6/7        SBMS 2304 & Up Contest. We have in the past held
>>     Aurora on this date.
>>
>>     May 19/21    Dayton Hamfest
>>
>>     June 3/4       ARRL Digi Contest.  We could meet tho.
>>
>>     June 10/11   ARRL June VHF
>>
>>     June 24/25   ARRL FD
>>
>>     July 15/16    CQWW VHF
>>
>>
>> Are there any other dates that don't work?   I think there may be 
>> some local hamfests that happen during this time that I am not aware 
>> of so please let me know. Aurora'23 was held June 4th.  In previous 
>> years we have held Aurora as early as late April and there has been a 
>> few years where we had snow.
>>
>> Based on what I see so far, potential dates for Aurora'23 may be
>>
>>   * Late April, like April 22 or 29, albeit we could face weather issues.
>>   * Early May, like May 6 (SBMS) or May 13
>>   * May 27
>>   * June 3, albeit its the ARRL Digi contest
>>   * June 17
>>   * July 1 or 8.
>>
>> Feedback requested
>>
>> 73, Jon
>> W0ZQ
>>
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