[SMCARA] G'burg Cancelled?

[Dan Blasberg]

For the record,

We never even considered going back to Gaithersburg and probably never 
will after the parking issue last year.  We have been usuccessful in 
finding a suitable location for the 2007 event and are instead 
refocusing on 2008.

Dan Blasberg
KA8YPY
FARFest Chairman


On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:15 PM, J D Delancy wrote:

> Rick (et al)
>
> Got this from the ARRL MDC section manager WI3N.
>
> "There is no FARFest this year. Many complications. Perhaps next year. 
> FAR is sponsoring our ARRL MDC Section Digital Convention to be held 
> Nov 11. We were going to try it on Sep 8 but too much to pull together 
> in too short a time.
>
> 73, Jim"
>
> Stay home and mow the grass..
>
>   jd
> ----- Original Message ----- From: b3rick
> To: smarc at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:10 PM
> Subject: [SMARC] G'burg Cancelled?
>
>
> I heard this morning that the Gaithersburg Hamfest is cancelled and
> will not be held this weekend. Can anyone confirm that? Apparently in
> 2005 the fairgrounds came under new ownership and the rent was rasied
> so the fest was held elsewhere. Then in 2006 a deal was struck for
> more reasonable rent but the fairgrounds spung an unannounced parking
> fee on the attendees to make up the difference. It appears that things
> have broken down at the last minute this year and I was planning to
> attend. Hamfests are dying out due to internet, e-bay, etc. and if
> true, this is bad news because G'burg was this area's big one and had
> been held continously for nearly 50 years. Anyone know anything about
> this?
>
> Rick - KK4GV
>
>
>
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