[W1SMH] Club Communication

[Jim Duarte]

Hi Folks,
 
It's Monday evening and the weekend is over! "Ham Radio Expo - 2003" 
turned out to be a great effort by more than 20 club members but yielded 
very little interest. In attendance were one Boy Scout and his Dad from 
Mansfield, one ham from Wrentham, MA and a gentleman from Attleboro and 
his wife, who is very interested in getting licensed. It appears that we 
also had to contend with a Little League Banquet and a Soccer 
Tournament. That probably explains why we had so little activity from 
Scouts... the rest, who knows?

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in putting 
this event together. We've been planning this one for over six months 
and there was plenty of effort exerted by a large number of members. I 
apologize for the inability of our P.R. effort to bring more people in 
the door. We had some really good coverage this time, too! Jeanette 
Sears of the Sun Chronicle had a notice in the Community Section's 
"What's Happening this Weekend" column on last Monday and they did a 
small "blurb" again on Wednesday.

The feature article in tonight's Sun Chronicle, however, is the best 
piece I have ever seen written on the club in a local publication. 
Thanks to Jeanette and the staff at The Sun Chronicle for their effort 
on our behalf. I'd also like to thank Barbara Miele of SMH Food 
Services, Garey Meegan and the SMH Security Staff and the Hospital for 
allowing us to run the event there. I hope to see everyone at the 
business meeting tomorrow.

73,

Jim Duarte - N1IV
Public Relations Manager
Sturdy Memorial Hospital ARC

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