From broske at hutchtel.net  Mon Jul  2 09:19:33 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 08:19:33 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Jan Hader of Eugene , OR has passed away.
Message-ID: <DDF7AB10CF034E5DA2EBB9AE31E4EF41@BobsWeb>

For those of you that don't know Jan, she was Jim Walsh's, W7LVN (sk) secretary in the insurance agency he ran and when he was the QCWA GM from 1991 - 2004.

Jan suffered a stroke on June 28th.

In a message to Arch Doty dated 6/29/2012 4:04:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  Anne Walsh, Jim's daughter writes:

At about 3:05 this afternoon, Jan slipped quietly into her eternal rest. She was breathing, then simply stopped, and her death was without any pain or unpleasantness. Twyla Armstrong, her friend of over 40 years, was at her side. Just thought you'd like to know. There may be a small reception at the Washington Abbey, TBA, and will keep you informed. I can't afford to come back, so am hoping at least one of you would be able to make it, even for a few minutes. Anne

From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Jul  3 11:57:03 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:57:03 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Member's Only Web Page
Message-ID: <265585079388457DBB4123E8340E66EF@BobsWeb>

Hello,

QCWA is gathering every member's email id.  

They will be used to notify our members when the Member's Only web page goes active.  That email will include their password and instructions on how to access the page.  It will also be used in the event a member forgets their password and again when the next issue of the Digital Journal is ready to be viewed.

I asked each Chapter to forward a list  of your members email address to HQ.  The following chapters have forwarded a list:  8, 114, 150 16, 119, 165, 25, 138, 196, 91, 145, 211 & 120.

If your chapter isn't on this list plese send your list to:  NE5LL - Linda Wheeler-LaPorta <ne5ll at qcwa-hq.com>
Please use a Excel file if you can and include the:
QCWA member number
Call sign
Name
email id

Until your list is received and entered, your members will not have access to the site.  Until we have a much higher percentage of email address for members, no one will have access.  HQ doesn't have time to process individual requests to add the email IDs for chapter members.

Please respond to this request at your first opprotunity.

Do Not send the list to me, it must go to HQ at the address listed above.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
President QCWA

From W8EK at flham.net  Mon Jul 23 12:50:23 2012
From: W8EK at flham.net (Ken Simpson, W8EK)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:50:23 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Fall Travel to QCWA activities
Message-ID: <500D80CF.7070508@flham.net>


As most of you know, as one of your QCWA National Directors, I try to 
attend as many chapter meetings and hamfests as possible.

At this point, it is time to try to schedule fall travel activities. 
I hope that everyone knows that the QCWA National Convention is in 
Reno NV starting on September 24.  Home for us is in Ocala, FL.  I 
would like to try to attend as many QCWA activities as possible on the 
way from FL to NV and back again.  We will be traveling in our 19 foot 
Roadtrek Motor Home (the size of a very large van), so can go most any 
place.

Current plans are to leave FL sometime shortly after Labor Day, and 
travel the northern route to Reno.  This means thru MS, AR, maybe a 
corner of MO, and across KS, although this could be thru OK if there 
was a reason.  Then we would head to CO, and hope to see some things 
in UT that we have not seen before, and then on thru NV to Reno.

On the return trip (leaving Reno about Sept 28 or 29), we would head 
for Albuquerque where our son lives.  I do not expect too many QCWA 
activities between Reno and ABQ, but I hope I am wrong.  I don't know 
how long we will stay in ABQ, but from there we would head back to FL 
via TX, LA, and MS.

The purpose of this e-mail is to find out if there are chapters that 
might have a meeting planned along the way, and in the general time 
frame that we would be there.  I know I can look at the meeting 
schedule on the web site, but that is not 100% complete, plus things 
change.  If your chapter is planning a meeting, and is on the general 
path described, please let me know.  I would be very happy to attend 
your meeting, do a presentation, and answer questions.

Also, if you know of a hamfest along the path listed, and in that time 
frame, please let me know.  So far I have not found many!

Thanks.

73,

Ken, W8EK

Ken Simpson
QCWA National Director
E-mail to W8EK at FLHam.net or W8EK at arrl.net
Voice Phone  (352) 732-8400






From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Jul 24 12:30:53 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:30:53 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] More website info for Chapter officers
Message-ID: <03A5E789C50F46888851AB5CEE23D67D@BobsWeb>

Hi Everyone,

This is my response to the Treasurer of Ch 45 who was granted access to the Chapter Officer's section of the Members Only web page by the President or the Secretary of that chapter.

The Remove Button
The Annual Reports have only ever included the President and Secretary. That will change for the one that will be due the end of this year. All Chapter officers will be listed and they will all have access without the remove button.
To accommodate different chapters needs, the page is currently set up so another chapter member can be allowed view the Chapter Officer's section. The Pres and Sec can change it. A member that's been added  can remove themself but can't put themselfs back once removed.

The ability to requests membership awards was just added yesterday to the Members Only web page. It includes a note that chapters usually order them so they can be presented at chapter meetings, if they are a member of a chapter.

I'm working on making certificate ordering for their members available for the Chapter Officers.  I suspect it will be 2 weeks or so until I get the bugs worked out.  This is a part time effort and my full time boss gets upset when I do QCWA stuff on company time.

For now send an email to the GM, include:

Golden Anniversary Awards
call, qcwa number,  Name (as it will appear on the award)   Anniversary
W2BZY  27502  Robert Cumming  55 years
WA1ZVA  33845 Joseph Connery  55 years

Century Club Awards
W4TQE  29567  Shirley Skinner

You can refer all you members that might qualify for the 50 Year Continuous Licensing Certificate  to the Member's Only web page where they can apply for it.  It requires information that a chapter officer wouldn't have.

gl es 73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster

From broske at hutchtel.net  Tue Jul 31 22:45:13 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:45:13 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Chapter Requested Member Awards.
Message-ID: <94D066FF95D94F54923613DDEEF08A2A@BobsWeb>

Good Evening.

I just added to the Chapter Officer's area the ability to request, Golden Anniversary Awards, Century Club Awards and a Meritorious Service Award.

Golden Anniversary Awards are available every 5 years after the initial award at 50 years since first licensed.  Members that hit the 5 year marks will be highlighted and selected.  The member's year first licensed is also shown.

The Century Club is a available when the age and number of years as a QCWA member are 100 or greater.  The calculated total is shown and a box can be checked to order this award.

Check your records and please don't order duplicate/replacement awards for members that don't need them.

A Meritorious Service Award can also be requested for your chapter to present.  You are allowed one of these per year.

Make sure the member's names are as they want them on the awards.

There is a box to check to receive a quote if you wish HQ to print and mail the awards.  The digital PDF files received print out nicely on most printers on regular photo paper.

When a member qualifies for a Golden Anniversary Award, they may also qualify for a 50 Year Continuously Licensed Award.  The member must supply a list of call signs and the years they held them.  The form is on the Members Only web page, let your Chapter members know if they should check it out.

If the first year licensed, or date of birth or any other information for your members is missing, please forward it to HQ so we can get our records complete and up to date.

Many Chapters order the awards for their members and present them at the Annual Meeting.

I hope you have found the Members Only and Chapter Officer's sections useful.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster QCWA
Chapter 8 Secretary





From vic.w4vic at verizon.net  Mon Aug 13 17:42:35 2012
From: vic.w4vic at verizon.net (Vic Culver)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:42:35 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Its a BIRTHDAY PARTY, and YOU'RE INVITED
Message-ID: <502974CB.5090802@verizon.net>

Gentlemen, Please pass this announcement along to your Chapter members.  
Thanks.

QCWA Chapter 119 will hold its AUGUST meeting at our regular meeting 
place, Frankie's Place for Ribs, 5200 Fairfield Shopping Center, 
Virginia Beach, VA 23464 on Friday, August 17, at 12:00 Noon.

We are having a 100th BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR AMATEUR RADIO, celebrating 
President Taft having signed into law the Radio Act of 1912 on August 
13, 1912.  This marked the beginning of the Licensed Amateur Radio 
Service and required officially assigned CALL SIGNS for continuous wave 
operation above 200 Meters.  There is NO TRUTH to the rumor than any of 
the current Chapter 119 Members were active on the air at the time of 
this signing!

To enhance the occasion, Stu Tyler, WA4JUO, will provide an interesting 
and informative program on Voice of America programming and operations.  
Reservations are suggested, as we want to insure proper seating for 
anyone who plans to drop by for the meeting.  But if you're just passing 
through, please stop by anyway and be sure to get a big hunk of BIRTHDAY 
CAKE!

RSVP (if possible) to President Ron, W8RJL (youngron at verizon.net) or 
Secretary Ed, W8NLZ (w8nlz_usa at verizon.net)

From W8EK at flham.net  Thu Aug 16 13:26:03 2012
From: W8EK at flham.net (Ken Simpson, W8EK)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:26:03 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Ocala, FL Chapter 62 meeting Thursday, Aug 23
Message-ID: <502D2D2B.70807@flham.net>


Ocala FL QCWA Chapter 62 will have a meeting on Thursday, August 23.

Please note that the QCWA web site lists the meeting as Aug 25.  This 
is a typo, and should be Aug 23 -- Thursday as normal.

We will meet at the Golden Corral on Route 200 for the meeting. We 
will start the meeting at about 1:15 PM.  Please arrive sometime after 
1:00 PM, as that is the time that the "Senior Discount" goes into effect.

Please bring one of your favorite QSL cards with you to tell about, or 
you can tell about your favorite QSO.  That will be our program.

Please mark your calendar for Thursday, August 23, at 1:15 PM at 
Golden Corral on Route 200.

See you there.

Thanks.

73,

Ken, W8EK

Ken Simpson
E-mail to W8EK at FLHam.net or W8EK at arrl.net
Voice Phone  (352) 732-8400








From broske at hutchtel.net  Thu Aug 16 13:39:20 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:39:20 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Ocala, FL Chapter 62 meeting Thursday, Aug 23
In-Reply-To: <502D2D2B.70807@flham.net>
References: <502D2D2B.70807@flham.net>
Message-ID: <66F1B6E8FCC542668DBBE5F9520392C4@BobsWeb>

Aug 25th is not a typo, it's the date for the 2011 meeting.

For all the magic I work on the website,  I can't read anyone's mind.

I ask every year for updates to your chapter meetings, for the net schedules 
and this year you've had a chance to view everything on the qcwa.org website 
in the Chapter Officer's area and still I don't receive updates.

I suggest each of you log in and check it out.  If you are no longer an 
officer in your chapter please forward this email to whomever took your 
place.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster QCWA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Simpson, W8EK" <W8EK at flham.net>
To: "Qcwahotlist at Mailman.Qth.Net" <qcwahotlist at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:26 PM
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Ocala, FL Chapter 62 meeting Thursday, Aug 23


>
> Ocala FL QCWA Chapter 62 will have a meeting on Thursday, August 23.
>
> Please note that the QCWA web site lists the meeting as Aug 25.  This
> is a typo, and should be Aug 23 -- Thursday as normal.
>
> We will meet at the Golden Corral on Route 200 for the meeting. We
> will start the meeting at about 1:15 PM.  Please arrive sometime after
> 1:00 PM, as that is the time that the "Senior Discount" goes into effect.
>
> Please bring one of your favorite QSL cards with you to tell about, or
> you can tell about your favorite QSO.  That will be our program.
>
> Please mark your calendar for Thursday, August 23, at 1:15 PM at
> Golden Corral on Route 200.
>
> See you there.
>
> Thanks.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken, W8EK
>
> Ken Simpson
> E-mail to W8EK at FLHam.net or W8EK at arrl.net
> Voice Phone  (352) 732-8400
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From k8sjd at aol.com  Sun Aug 19 10:13:51 2012
From: k8sjd at aol.com (Maurice Davidson)
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:13:51 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <CEB4491C7E5347FB88B42B4DCA856BF4@DavidsonVista>

Please be advised that Mark Shaw, K8ED, has been appointed to be the new secretary of QCWA chapter 215. He has agreed to take over the duties that the late John Fleming, K8UP, had.

Maurice (Morrie) Davidson, K8SJD, president.

From broske at hutchtel.net  Sun Sep  2 01:32:59 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 00:32:59 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <B98E51D767EF4CFABBB62D007ABC5354@BobsWeb>

Good Evening Chapter Officer's.

At a recent Hamfest, a new prospective member approached the QCWA booth, picked up an application, filled it our and sent it in.

Nothing new you say,  well, there is more.

1. There were no QCWA members at that booth.   This should never happen but this isn't the worst thing about this operation.

2. The application was 4 years old.  It reflected the values from 2 dues increases ago.

People should be directed to www.qcwa.org/how-to-join.php and encouraged to sign up on line, even at a hamfest.

The latest application can be downloaded from there as well.

Please, throw away all of your old applications. If you take a copy or copies of the Journal to a hamfest please write void across the application for any copy you currently have in your possession.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster QCWA




From broske at hutchtel.net  Thu Sep 13 09:57:02 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:57:02 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Media Page
Message-ID: <FB6D0F1CD26C4BBE89D4601B93D0498A@BobsWeb>

Good Morning,

We've just started a Media Page that is available from the Officer's Only Section at qcwa.org.

To start with there is only one program available.

It isn't as functional as it could be, but over time as programs are added, improvements will be made.

Feel fee to use whatever may be available here.

If you have a Power Point, PDF, mp3, wav or any other digital presentation you wish to contribute, please send it to me.

I can handle up to about 18M as an email attachment.  Anything larger than that will need to be burned to a CD and send the old fashion way via snail mail.

73 Everybody!
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster QCWA


From w2thuw2thu at gmail.com  Thu Sep 13 11:30:04 2012
From: w2thuw2thu at gmail.com (Robert M Winston)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:30:04 -0400
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 1
Message-ID: <CAJ4V3XBK7t-cOEVkpc8OND5GAKGr45+ENb_j=s2Z8+qa+JzyuA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bob,

I am the president of QCWA Chapter 1 in Cleveland. I believe we met at
Dayton this year.  I hope you are well. You are doing a terrific job.

I would like to advise you that we have a new chapter secretary who would
like permission to access the officer's site. His name is Alan R. Moriarty,
N8CX. (n8cx at mindspring.com)

We have some updated information for you, such as our luncheon location.

Al will let you know once he has full access.

Thank you

Bob  Winston  W2THU
Chapter 1 President

-- 
Robert M. Winston
Attorney at Law
1370 Ontario Street
Suite 330
Cleveland, Ohio  44113-1708
216.771.3314
FAX: 216.787.7288
Email: rmw at winstonslaw.com

From broske at hutchtel.net  Fri Sep 14 08:54:35 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:54:35 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 1
In-Reply-To: <CAJ4V3XBK7t-cOEVkpc8OND5GAKGr45+ENb_j=s2Z8+qa+JzyuA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ4V3XBK7t-cOEVkpc8OND5GAKGr45+ENb_j=s2Z8+qa+JzyuA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A9C548FB2B8E4AB0A7A7A51BEE17F1E8@BobsWeb>

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the kind words.

I'm sending this back to the Reflector because it might help another 
Chapters when they have a change of officers.

In the Chapter Officer's Section, right under the list of officers is a line 
that reads:
Grant [                   ] permission to view this area.   'Add'

If you click on the down arrow in the right end of the box you will be shown 
a list of all your chapter members that are active(national dues paid).
Select anyone you wish and click the Add button on the right end of the 
line.

Don't worry about 'Add'ing someone by mistake, a 'Remove' button is supplied 
after someone has been added.

I have added Alan to Chapter 1.

73,
Bob, N?UF
Webmaster

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert M Winston" <w2thuw2thu at gmail.com>
To: <QCWAHotlist at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:30 AM
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Chapter 1


> Hi Bob,
>
> I am the president of QCWA Chapter 1 in Cleveland. I believe we met at
> Dayton this year.  I hope you are well. You are doing a terrific job.
>
> I would like to advise you that we have a new chapter secretary who would
> like permission to access the officer's site. His name is Alan R. 
> Moriarty,
> N8CX. (n8cx at mindspring.com)
>
> We have some updated information for you, such as our luncheon location.
>
> Al will let you know once he has full access.
>
> Thank you
>
> Bob  Winston  W2THU
> Chapter 1 President
>
> -- 
> Robert M. Winston
> Attorney at Law
> 1370 Ontario Street
> Suite 330
> Cleveland, Ohio  44113-1708
> 216.771.3314
> FAX: 216.787.7288
> Email: rmw at winstonslaw.com
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From broske at hutchtel.net  Sun Sep 16 11:46:27 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:46:27 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <2D06D488685048F7A9FD7C7E491FC8D7@BobsWeb>

Good Morning,

I'll will be updating the list of email ids on the Hotlist Reflector this morning.  

If you receive an 'Unsubscribed Notice', please ignore it.  

Everyone that is suppose to be on the list will be when I'm finished.

The email IDs I'll be using are from the DB at HQ.  This will have QCWA using your same email id everywhere.

CAVEAT: You probably can't send to the reflector from  callsign at arrl.net  or  callsign at rac.ca

I will be sending a message to the list after I'm finished so you'll know what email id you will need to use to respond to the list.

73,
Bob, N0UF
Hotlist Reflector Admin

From broske at hutchtel.net  Sun Sep 16 12:45:26 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:45:26 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Fw: Birthday Greatings
Message-ID: <D3BE96F2A0F74F618B77BA37E42CA521@BobsWeb>

Hello Again,

If this isn't the email address you want QCWA and it's members to contact you with, please send an email to Linda LaPorta, NE5LL,  NE5LL at qcwa-hq.com with the correct one.

I sent the message below to the Board of Directors but you need to be aware of it as well.
To generate the 'Birthday' email HQ needs to have a members 'date of birth' and 'email address'.
So, if one of your chapter members says, John received a Birthday email from QCWA and I didn't, you can tell them why.
You can also forward the info to HQ so they get the email next year.

73,
Bob, N0UF
Hotlist Reflector Administrator
CAVEAT: You probably can't send to the reflector from as alias like callsign at arrl.net or callsign at rac.ca

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bob Roske 
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:05 AM
Subject: Birthday Greatings


Good Morning,

This morning I created a program to email Birthday Greetings to our members that have a DOB and an email id in our database.

Today those were:
W3IQ John, W4MBD Robert, WA0OFO Thomas, K7OVM Charles, WA4IZK William, K1EIC Elizabeth, K0BC Gary and K1EIR Barbara

This is the message:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Birthday Greetings


Happy Birthday [Name], and many happy returns of the day.

73,
Your Friends at QCWA

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


One more way to reach out and touch our members.

73,
Bob, N0UF
Webmaster

From broske at hutchtel.net  Wed Sep 19 15:52:23 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:52:23 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Fall Journal
Message-ID: <9971A3BA330C427F8752034C92342252@BobsWeb>

The Fall issue of the QCWA Digital Journal is available now!

Start at www.qcwa.org and read the notice at the top of the page.

Refresh your browser if it's not there.

73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster QCWA

From broske at hutchtel.net  Wed Sep 19 19:43:20 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:43:20 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] QCWA Hotlist Reflector - website
Message-ID: <BDE67E8D2625461684ADFD25A4F74DF2@BobsWeb>

I would like to start with the officers in Chapters 1 to 30.

Please log into the Member's only web section and scroll down to the Chapter Officer's area.

If all your officers are listed there, great, you don't need to do anything else.

If some are not there, or have the wrong title, please send me a list.

Include Title,  Call,  Name, Email Address

For them to be added they must be current with their national dues.

tnx es 73,
Bob N0UF
Webmaster

From broske at hutchtel.net  Fri Sep 21 23:35:46 2012
From: broske at hutchtel.net (Bob Roske)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:35:46 -0500
Subject: [QCWA Hotlist] Chapter Officers
Message-ID: <D08FF8A131AA4EA0B949DF83B1863096@BobsWeb>

Good Evening,

Yesterday I asked for input from the officers of chapters 1 to 30,  I've had 2 responses.

So please, everyone, log into the Members Only web page, scroll down and send me a list of your officers to include:
Call, Name, Title and email address.

If the list displayed is complete I don't need an email telling me that.

tnx es 73,
Bob Roske, N?UF
Webmaster QCWA

