[v7arcssbnet] V7ARC - Thank You and Welcome New Officer Team

[Gary Rushing]

Steve,

Congratulations to all the old, new, and returning club officers!!

The V7ARC is a wonderful club with some of the most friendly folks one could ask for!!

73, 
Gary
KB5AEB 

Sent from my Mobile Command Center

> On Mar 2, 2022, at 8:55 AM, Steve Schaarschmidt <shakeastick at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Thank you for the opportunity and privilege to serve you as the President
> of the Village Seven Amateur Radio Club for the past two years.
> (And thank you, Heather KEØJOU for making the Certificate of Appreciation
> and thank you to Doug ADØTP and all who signed it!)
> 
> What a strange two years, eh? [ Nothing quite like this since World War I ]
> 
> Those months of eating breakfast in the parking lot of IHOP and
> holding our "meetings" on the 146.850 repeater - Thanks, Dave KØIRP!
> Field Day with a Guest Log for contact tracing - Thanks, Jim R. AB5SI!
> And the planning and leading of Field Day - Thanks, Doug D. ADØTP!
> ...all dependent on Dave KCØHPT collaborating (Thanks!) with the
> Village Seven HomeOwners' Association for the use of Natural Park...
> Guest Logs, email lists and net announcements - Thanks, Art KEØCQF!
> Collection and management of the Club's money - Thanks, Gerry KDØVNQ!
> All the latest news and events - Thanks, Rick KEØGB and Gary KB5AEB!
> And the one-person nominating committee of 2020 - Thanks, David KBØKQI!
> 
> To all the people who have checked into our nets,
> everybody who has bought breakfast and tipped our servers,
> those who have sought us out and bought a Club badge - THANKS!
> 
> To our founder (via the Geritol Net and so on) and the early officers -
> THANKS, Jim R. AB5SI, Ray KGØSS, Dave ("Ozzie") KCØHPT!
> 
> To all of the military veterans in our club, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
> (I have a list from last year, which will warrant updating by October 2022.)
> 
> Beginning on Saturday 2/26/2022, your new officers are:
> President: David Jarmuth KBØKQI (for two years)
> Vice President: Doug Ducote ADØTP (for one year)
> Secretary: Art Hollingsworth KEØCQF (for two years)
> Treasurer: Ernie Spillane AF1RM (for one year)
> Activities Coordinator: Steve McKee N6SJM (until he gets plum' wore' out, I
> reckon)
> (Hey! N6SJM has OFFERED TO HOLD A PICNIC at his place out east in August or
> so!)
> PLEASE SUGGEST A DATE OR TWO TO HIM so that he/we might plan...
> [ Elected positions are each for a two-year term moving forward,
>  staggered for the sake of continuity - oops, I goofed that in the
> COVID'ed 2021. ]
> 
> Hear you all on the radio:
> 146.460 MHz simplex FM - retirees who get up earlier than working people do
> (!)
> 447.775 MHz output of ADØTP repeater (-5 MHz transmit offset) CTCSS 156.7
> Hz analog FM
>  *or* C4FM  DG-ID ØØ     - - I gotta try that digital thing - -   LET'S
> USE DOUG's MACHINE!
> 144.200 MHz Upper SideBand "V7ARC rag-chew net" 8:00 PM local time Saturdays
> 
> And see you for the next breakfast at IHOP #1820,
> 9:00 AM local time (maybe earlier to order food), 8065 North Academy Blvd.
> at Voyager Parkway
> the FOURTH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH except June (which is Field Day weekend).
> [ The best thing is that people are TALKING to each other and the president
> has to interrupt! ]
> 
> Being in this club makes me happy.
> Thank you all for being yourselves and for being here.
> 73 (i.e., "Best Regards"),
> 
> = Steve Schaarschmidt KØCI
>      past president of V7ARC
> 
> P.S., I expect to have a calendar conflict for the next year or so...
> My family and I joined a support group for caregivers of DEMENTIA patients,
> mid-2020.
> Though my dad (Don, WØOTZ) passed away a month ago, I want to continue
> attending this group at 10:00 AM the fourth Saturday of each month
> (Wouldn't ya know it?!) for awhile yet.
> I can call into these Zoom meetings on my cell phone from my car in the
> IHOP parking lot.
> IF THIS IS APPLICABLE TO YOU, I would be happy to introduce you to this
> community.
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