[QCWA] QCWA Silent Keys

[DOUG GORDON]

Thanks Croft. Always enjoy hearing your 20 M sigs on Sundays. 
73, Doug
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Croft B Taylor" <ve3ct at juno.com>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <lgbw0ofy at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] QCWA Silent Keys


>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>
>> To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [QCWA] Journal ..................... 
>> 
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> 
> 
> 73,  Croft Taylor, VE3CT
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