[PPRAANet] Hamfest planning meeting notes

[Rob Roller N7LV]

Today we held a planning meeting for the PPRAA 2009 hamfest, which is 
tentatively planned for July 11, 2009.  The meeting was attended by me, Dan 
Scott W0RO, his wife Pam, and Chris Stark K7YMI.  I received several e-mails 
from others that were unable to attend the meeting but are still able to 
help.

The application for the facility rental has been submitted and should be 
approved by Lewis-Palmer School District.  Probably the most important thing 
at this time is to select the grand prize and get it purchased and in our 
possession so we can proceed to sell raffle tickets.

CMRG donates raffle prize:  At the CMRG meeting this past Saturday 10/25, 
the CMRG voted to donate a radio to the PPRAA to be used as the second place 
prize in the raffle.  Thanks very much to the CMRG for continuing to donate 
a prize to the raffle, as they've been doing for several years now.  The 
prize they're donating for second place is an Icom ID-800H D-STAR-capable 
VHF/UHF transceiver.  Great prize!

Although the minutes of the last PPRAA meeting held on October 8 haven't 
been printed yet that I'm aware of, I'll mention that the PPRAA voted to 
purchase raffle prizes (1st and 3rd prizes) up to $3,000 in value.  The 
members present felt that having a really nice radio as the grand prize 
would go a long way to getting more raffle ticket sales and raising more 
money for the club.  So some suggestions were made to raffle off a radio 
such as the Elecraft K-3, Kenwood TS-2000X, Icom IC-746PRO, Icom 
IC-756PROIII, Yaesu FT-950 or the Yaesu FT-2000.  These are examples of 
radios in the price range that we would consider raffling off.  Third prize 
suggestions were something on the order of an HT, perhaps the Icom IC-91AD 
radio, a D-STAR-capable HT.

Since Dennis wasn't at the meeting, I'll ask now because I don't know the 
answer:  Dennis, has the raffle license been ordered yet?

I expect to get the facility locked in this week, the raffle prizes ordered 
and picked up this week, and the raffle license in hand, so we can get the 
raffle tickets ordered and begin selling them as quickly as possible, and as 
many as possible.  And I'd like to ask who is current on their Games Manager 
certification?

Given the increased investment in the raffle prizes this year, I am 
definitely expecting a commensurate increase in the investment of time by 
our members in helping to make this hamfest a continued success.  This is 
not a one-man job.  There are plenty of tasks to take care of.  Please 
volunteer to help!

I'll be scheduling another hamfest planning meeting very shortly and letting 
everyone know about it.

Thanks

Rob
N7LV