[OFARC] Oak Forest ARC New Location for Club

[gammamann at aol.com]

All:

I have leveraged my contacts with folks at ARES and TRANSTAR regarding a new home for the club, and have received a positive response.   The exact details are being worked out but it appears that the club can have a home at Transtar and we can use the conference center at the facility for meetings, testing and other club-related activities.  This is a first class facility.  

The Transtar option has a number of significant advantages for the club including:

Good location.
Long-term stability.
Ham friendly.
EOC / ARES interaction / training / support.
Probable use of the existing radio room which includes HF VHF/UHF DStar DMR equipment.
Elevated profile in the Ham community for the club and its members.

Some security clearances and access cards are required so we will need to work through these details with ARES / Transtar.   There may be some insurance items that need to be covered under our policy which we will check.  I have suggested that we consider having things finalized for the August meeting.  This should give us time to sort through the details and make a transition.  

We should have a vote on this at the Field Day meeting.  Looks like a no brainer to me.  

Mark WB5ANN

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