[QCWA] QCWA Silent Keys

[DOUG GORDON]

Greetings Croft,



The recent letter addressing Silent Key reports in the Journal got me to 
thinking about an issue that has caused me some concern of late.



Our members need to make their families aware of just how important this 
hobby and organization are to them. In other words we need to give a written 
notice to our kids and loved ones with all the pertinent QCWA data including 
our callsign and QCWA membership number along with QCWA addresses and 
telephone numbers. The family should be instructed of the importance of 
notifying the organization so that the amateur fraternity can be aware of 
the loss of one of our own.



The reason this is important was evidenced to me by a situation that 
occurred with Herb Gleed, W6FQ. His daughter moved him from the facility he 
was in and I had no way to contact her to find out where he had been moved. 
I tried mailing letters to the various addresses Herb had in the past hoping 
that they might be forwarded to him. I called the facilities where he had 
been and due to "privacy issues" they would not give me any information as 
to where he had been moved. I don't know if he is even alive at this point. 
I noted in the Journal that awards had been given to him after this period 
but I don't know how they could have been delivered since all my mail to 
Herb before that time was returned.



Herb was a great guy and was a stalwart on the QCWA 20 Meter Net for years. 
He deserved better than to QSB into oblivion.



I hope this note will be a word to the wise!



73,



Doug W6KE





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Croft B Taylor" <ve3ct at juno.com>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Journal .....................