[Wswss] LARK SWAP HAS ENDED

[Arnold Harding]

Friends-

We regret to inform you that after nearly two decades of monthly 
Sunday morning amateur radio and electronics swap meets, the Livermore 
Amateur Radio Klub (LARK) is pulling the plug and canceling all future 
swap meets effective immediately. There will NOT be a May swap and all 
swaps for the foreseeable future have been canceled. This was a 
difficult decision, one that was avoided several times in recent 
months, but the reality cannot be avoided any longer. Declining 
attendance by both sellers and buyers, rising costs and the difficulty 
in recovering from the loss of the swap being held at Los Positas 
college are just a few of the reasons that led to this decision. It 
takes an enormous amount of work and resource to make these swaps 
successful and as a club we have witnessed a steady decline in both 
revenue and manpower to make the swap a worthwhile venture.

We greatly appreciate your support over the years, it has been a fun 
ride while it lasted. LARK would especially like to thank all those 
who volunteered and rose at the crack of dawn on Sunday mornings to 
get the swap meet up and running to provide this fun and rewarding 
event for the amateur radio community at large. The swap will be 
missed.

LARK is looking at the possibility of a bi-annual event that may look 
more like a Hamfest including a swap meet. For that reason we are 
keeping the Yahoo swap list alive and we hope that you will keep your 
subscription active. Stay tuned as we work out those details.



73 from the Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK)

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