[QCWA] QCWA Vic Clark Chapter 91: our next meeting is on Saturday, 17 November

[Richard Rucker]

November 2007, 11:30 AM
Neighbors Restaurant
Vienna, VA

1. We will have lunch followed by our annual election of officers.  
The slate proposed by the chapter's ExCom is:

President – Len Hook, KG6ZR (incumbent)
Vice President and Program Director – Tim Donovan, WA4CLK (incumbent)
Secretary – Carol Cutchall, WA4GFW and Lelia Cutchall, WN4PP
Treasurer – Nelson Seese, W4BHD (incumbent)

Additional nominations will be accepted from the floor prior to voting.

The newly-elected officers will take office on 1 Jan 08, but their  
preparations for the coming year will begin just as soon as they are  
officially elected. One objective will be to invite three other  
chapter members to serve on the chapter's Executive Committee  
(ExCom). Chapter 91 cannot survive without new blood and ideas  
flowing into the planning and execution of its programs. In addition,  
those who have served on the ExCom are likely to be the best  
replacements for retiring chapter officers.

The way the ExCom has worked in recent years is this: Three chapter  
members are invited to join the elected officers at their planning  
meetings. These are usually held on a weekday immediately prior to  
every scheduled weekend meeting or field trip. These meetings usually  
begin at 11:30 a.m. at a local restaurant and are normally over  
before 2:00 p.m. If you are a member-in-good-standing of Chapter 91  
and are interested in serving the chapter in this capacity, please  
communicate your interest to one or more of the chapter officers.


2. Carl Gray, W4ACM, 97 years young, has made arrangements to join us  
to receive an important award from QCWA in the presence of his many  
friends. The award will recognize the 80 years that have passed since  
he was first licensed as 9EUH in 1926. At the time, Carl was a high  
school student in Yankton, SD. QCWA President John Johnston, W3BE, is  
expected to make the presentation.


3. Our featured speaker will be John V. Evans, N3HBX, who will  
describe his new station, designed and built for serious contesting.

John was educated at the University of Manchester, England, where he  
received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics in 1954 and 1957,  
respectively.  He emigrated to the United States in 1960 in order to  
join the staff of the MIT Lincoln Laboratories. For the next 23  
years, he pursued research in the scattering properties of meteors,  
the Earth's moon, nearby planets, and the Earth’s ionosphere. In  
1977, Dr. Evans became Assistant Director of the Haystack Observatory  
for radio astronomy; in 1980, he became its Director and a full  
professor at MIT. In 1983, he became Director of COMSAT Laboratories  
in Clarksburg MD.  He later became President of the Labs. In 1996, he  
became COMSAT's Chief Technology Officer. He retired in 1990,  
following the sale of COMSAT to Lockheed Martin Global  
Telecommunications.

John is a formidable contester and recently put together what most of  
us would call a dream station.  John was first licensed as a  
Technician in 1988 and now holds an Extra class license.


4. Our 33-33-33 Raffle will be conducted by Frank Haynes, W4NUA. One- 
third of the day's take will go to the person holding the first  
ticket drawn, one-third is added to a growing kitty that can be won  
by the person holding the second ticket drawn, but only if that  
person can also draw an Ace from a remaining deck of cards. If the  
card drawn is not an Ace, then that card is torn up, thus improving  
the odds of winning the cumulative pot at the next raffle. The  
remaining one-third goes to the support of the Vic Clark Chapter.  
Come prepared to buy a ticket and to take away some cash.


5. Bring in ham or computer items you no longer need so that they can  
be auctioned off by Ray Johnson, K5RJ. All reasonable bids are  
accepted, and everything will go home --- with someone!


Join us for lunch and have an eyeball QSO with new and veteran  
members, learn something from the others at the meeting, and  
contribute to the lively discussions which always develop!

I look forward to seeing you there.

73,

Tim Donovan, WA4CLK
Chapter 91 VP & Program Coordinator

See our website at:
http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/chapter 91/