[QCWA] QCWA Silent Keys

[Croft B Taylor]

A very good point Doug.  Sounds like we should encourage our members to
do that very thing.  A good item for the forthcoming Board meeting in
October.  I will copy the Chairman of the PUBS Committee on this message.
 

Cheers,

73,  Croft Taylor, VE3CT
QCWA Past President
e-mail <ve3ct at rac.ca>

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:02:51 -0700 "DOUG GORDON" <dmgordon at pacbell.net>
writes:
> 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>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:26 AM
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73,  Croft Taylor, VE3CT
e-mail <ve3ct at rac.ca>