[SIERA] Pacificon merged with EMCOMMWEST

[John Abrott]

Pacificon 2009 to be hosted by EMCOMMWEST, May 1, 2, and 3, at the Circus
Circus Hotel, Reno, NV


On February 15, it was announced the Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club had
decided not to sponsor the Pacificon Convention this year.  They have done
an outstanding job of running Pacificon every year since 1992, and this
decision was made by their Pacificon Committee, based on the current
economic downturn, and unsuccessful negotiations with the host hotel.
Realizing the difficulty of finding a replacement for the Mount Diablo
Amateur Radio Club, that with an experienced committee spends nearly a year
planning this successful event,  EMMCOMWEST was contacted, the second
largest Amateur Radio Convention in the Pacific Division.  They very kindly
accepted, knowing the marriage of the two events would require an expansion
of program matter, and the addition of Friday presentations.  We are truly
grateful to the entire EMCOMMWEST team for their decision.  The Mt. Diablo
Amateur Radio Club has been very supportive of this effort, and is making
all of their speaker, vendor, and organizational information available to
the EMCOMMWEST team.  The keynote speaker will be Steve Ewald, WV1X, Field
Organization Supervisor from ARRL HQ; and the banquet speaker will be Riley
Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, who was in charge of Amateur Radio rules enforcement
at the FCC when he retired.  We hope many of you will be able to attend this
year's Pacificon.  More information is available at <pacificon.org>.
Information forwarded from ARRL News 

John Abrott
KD7NHC
President SIERA