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Minutes of RNARS 49th
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Held at HMS
Collingwood on Saturday October 10th 2009, 14:00. |
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Present: |
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| G3TZM, G3OZY,
G4JBE, M3VAV, G0TOC (guest), M1AFM, G0RPK, G3KOJ, VE6BF, G0FBA, G4FRN,
G0PPH, M0CPH, M0DAY, G1LKJ, G0LKO, G0FOD, G4PZV, G4CRW, G0JSC, G0NUM,
G3APO, G3LIK, G3RDR, G0MIU, G3ZDF |
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the AGM Register, plus guests who attended the social only. |
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| Apologies for Absence: |
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| 2E0BYC, 2E0RPS,
2E1GDC, 7Q7BP, 7Q7YL, 9H1RN, DF4BV, DK9OS, DL1NL, G0DLH, G0ELZ, G0EQS,
G0GBI, G0IUR, G0KXN, G0LDJ, G0PSE, G0RNO, G0SWS, G0TBD, G0TEL, G0VCV,
G0VFE, G0VIX, G1GXB, G1OCN, G3KGT, G3KXV, G3LME, G3NIR, G3PQC, G3TIX,
G3TWG, G3UAZ, G3VAZ, G3VCN, G3VNH, G3WQG, G3XGE, G4BEQ, G4BIC, G4BNU,
G4DIU, G4HWK, G4LNA, G4MSR, G4PRL, G4PSA, G4PTE, G4TNN, G4TUO, G4ZMP,
GM4GIF, GM4VUG, GM7ESM, GW0JTE, GW0VSW, GW4MVA, HB9ANE, IG3LCS, K4XAT,
K7VV, KB7NJV, M0AST, M0RNA, M6FBK, N4XAT, N8NAV, OE6ESG, OE8NIK, ON4CBI,
ON4CBM, OZ1FJB, PA0VLA, PA5UL, SM6DER, SM6JSS, VK3SV, VK4BUI, WA1HMW,
ZL1BLY, ZL2ZLW |
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| Contents |
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1. Apologies
for absence |
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2.
Chairman's Introduction |
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3.
President's Report |
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4.
Chairman's Report including Silent Keys |
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5.
Composition of the Committee 2009/2010 |
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6.
Secretary's Report |
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7.
Membership Secretary's Report |
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8.
Treasurer's Report |
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9.
Announcement and presentations of RNARS Awards |
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10.
Amendment to the Constitution as agreed by the Committee |
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11.
Proposal by Doug G3PQC that future AGM's be held at the Maritime Club,
Portsmouth |
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12.
Proposal by HMS Belfast London Group that Marc Litchman G0TOC be made an
affiliate |
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member of the RNARS, G0FEK &
G0TBD |
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13.
Report by Vice Chairman |
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14. Manager's Reports: |
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(a)
Shack Manager |
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(b)
QSL Manager |
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(c) Data
Comms. |
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(d)
Web Site |
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Mersey Groups |
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London HMS Belfast Group |
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Area Rep Co-ordinator |
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Newsletter Editor |
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15.
Any other Business |
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16.
Date of next AGM |
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| 2. Chairman's
Introduction: |
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| Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this the 49th AGM of the Royal Naval
Amateur Radio Society. My first task today is to thank Commodore Steve
Kirby RN, for allowing us to hold our A.G.M. here at HMS Collingwood and
to the Mess President WO1 Steve Rule, QCB, for allowing us the use of the
mess for our meeting. |
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| Unfortunately,
because of the rise in the number of courses in Collingwood, the
accommodation allocation has been unavailable to us this year. |
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| As you will see,
there is a change of format to the AGM this year in that tea, coffee and
biscuits will be served immediately after the AGM and the Society raffle
will be held then which I hope you will all support well as there are a
number of excellent prizes to be won in support of our Society. |
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| As you can see
we have a busy agenda today, unfortunately our Society President Captain
Paul Sutermeister RN is unable to attend this year to deliver his formal
address, so I will get Paddy Daly who is acting as Ex Officio to read his
address that he has sent me. |
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| Mick Puttick, G3LIK #0004
- Chairman |
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| 3. President's
Report: PO Daly for Captain Sutermeister RN |
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| Chairman, ladies
and gentlemen, good afternoon and my sincere apologies for not being with
you for this AGM, my first as your new President. I feel a bit like what I
imagine a horse feels like when it falls at the first fence! |
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| I was honoured
and delighted to be invited to be your President once again - after a gap
of sixteen years. However last time , as the Captain of HMS MERCURY it was
a "de facto" position, whereas this is by selection. I hope that
I can do as good a job as Lieutenant Dave Babbington. |
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| I have remained
a Short Wave Member since the relinquishing the Presidency with the
closure of HMS MERCURY in 1993 and have enjoyed reading the articles in
the Newsletter - at least those which were not over my head - and
receiving my fairly regular correspondence from Chairman Mick - Golf 3
Lima India Kilo - for those of you who do not know him otherwise - telling
me that I was adrift in increasing my subscription. |
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| However earlier
this year, your Committee gave me the double honour of awarding me an
Honorary Life Membership of the Society which came as a marvellous belated
Christmas present. Thank you. |
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| I wish you a
very successful AGM and again I am very sorry not to be with you, however
I hope to see friendly old faces and meet new ones at future Committee
Meetings, or the possible Celebratory Dinners in HMS COLLINGWOOD or at
Coventry next year or at next year’s AGM. I also send my very best
wishes to you all. |
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| Paul
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| 4. Chairman's Report
including Silent Keys |
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| Once again my
report is a short summary of the activities of the Society in the past
year which includes plenty of good news and some sad. |
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| The Committee
met six times during the past year here in the Headquarters station. Also,
I was able to attend the AGM of the London Group aboard HMS Belfast around
Easter time. Unfortunately, there is still no news on HMS Plymouth moving
to a new location. |
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| Society
membership is being well-managed by the Membership Secretary, Doug Bowen
G0MIU. You will be hearing a report from him a little later. Once again I
ask that all members support Doug. It is important that I remind you all
that if you have not paid your yearly subscription by July, you will not
be receiving the Society summer Newsletter from then on and will find
yourself deleted from the membership database. |
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| Sadly we have had to say
farewell to 40 Silent Keys this year. Here is the list, please rise and take a minute in
remembrance of our past friends. |
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RNARS SILENT KEYS FOR YEAR
2007/2008. |
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1941 |
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DJ2HN |
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Horst |
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2482 |
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DL1GE |
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Heinz |
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2927 |
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DL1ZQ |
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Hans |
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2757 |
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G0AGS |
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Ray |
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3240 |
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G0EEL |
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Jed |
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4139 |
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G0RET |
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Bill |
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4276 |
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G0TII |
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Ted |
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3536 |
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G1IEV |
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Bob |
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3457 |
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G2BGU |
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Ken |
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0830 |
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G2HFD |
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Howard |
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3053 |
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G3BKN |
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Bill |
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2747 |
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G3FPB |
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Jack |
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0539 |
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G3HQH |
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Hal |
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3963 |
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G3ICB |
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Tony |
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0985 |
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G3JBT |
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Jim |
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1811 |
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G3JTG |
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Ted |
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0735 |
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G3MSV |
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Dave |
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G3YHA |
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Terry |
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0635 |
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G4AUJ |
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Bill |
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G4BUS |
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Reg |
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1345 |
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G4CIM |
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Ray |
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0766 |
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G4EUI |
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John |
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1697 |
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G4KSC |
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George |
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G4NJU |
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Dave |
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G4PXA |
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Derek |
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2463 |
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G5RQ |
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Geoff |
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0864 |
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G8KCC |
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Stan |
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GM3AXI |
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Bob |
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GM3TRI |
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Bert |
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GM4SNZ |
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David |
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3369 |
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GW0JXW |
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Brian |
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4132 |
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GW3JVW |
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John |
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GW8ZZD |
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John |
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KD0AE |
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Martin |
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LA7XB |
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Thor |
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M0CLY |
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Tom |
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Mel |
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Les |
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Jack |
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Peck |
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Long may they rest in peace. |
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| Members may be
interested to know that I write to the relatives of all the Silent Keys
and many have said how much they appreciate receiving these letters. |
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| Throughout the
year the Society has been represented at rallies and events across the
U.K. Here in Collingwood, the "Freshers Fair" has been held
three times this year. All new entries to Collingwood are invited to
attend this fair to see the many and various activities that are available
to them in the establishment, in the locality and the Navy in general. |
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| At this point, I
wish to thank all the Society’s Net Controllers for their admirable work
over the past year; their dedication with such varied band conditions is
worthy of high praise. |
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| I will not dwell
on other activities but will leave them for the various Managers’
Reports to enlighten you on their efforts through the year. |
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5. Composition of the Committee 2009/2010 |
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Mick Puttick |
G3LIK |
Chairman |
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Doug Hotchkiss |
G4BEQ |
Vice Chairman |
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Doug Bowen |
G0MIU |
Membership Secretary |
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Mac McGuinness |
G0RPK |
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Toni Mori |
M1AFM |
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Keith Ray |
G1GXB |
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Ray Ezra |
G3KOJ |
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Wally Blythe |
G0PPH |
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Adrian Mori |
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Treasurer |
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Joe Kirk |
G3ZDF |
Secretary |
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| 6. Secretary's Report |
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| Very little to
report other than to ask that if there any members are not getting access
to Minutes to get in touch with me and I will see what can be done. |
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| Joe, G3ZDF #585 |
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| 7. Membership Secretary's Report |
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| This is the present situation. |
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Current
members |
691 |
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Life members |
134 |
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Free members |
45 |
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Total
members |
870 |
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| A further 40
members not included in the above totals have been lapsed for failing to
forward the correct subscription of £15. Of those 40 12 failed to
increase their banker’s order to the required subscription and 28 failed
to reply. |
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| Lapsed members
will not receive the RNARS Newsletter. |
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| In reply
to a question from Bill VE6BF Doug said there had been 10 or 12 new
members. |
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| Dave G4JBE
suggested that lapsed members are presented with a banker’s order with
the correct subscription and offered no other way of paying. This should
also apply to new members. Doug said he would follow this up. |
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| Doug Bowen, GOMIU # 3606 - Membership
Secretary |
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| 8. Treasurer's Report |
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| Not shown in this web version – members
may obtain from the Secretary. |
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| 9. Announcements and Presentation of RNARS
Awards |
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| RNARS Activity Plaques |
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| There were only
three who submitted logs this year, so awarding plaques to them all, but I
report that this will be the last year we will be awarding the yearly
activity plaques due to the poor response we have had each year, it seems
the popularity of this has waned over the years. |
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| Mick
G3LIK, George G3OZY, Terry G0TBD. |
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| In
view of the level of activity and the number of logs submitted the
Committee decided that this would be the last year at which the plaques
would be awarded. |
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| RNARS
Certificate of Merit |
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| To Robin
Bellerby GM3ZYE for all the hard work that he did for the Society as
Secretary and Newsletter Editor. |
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| 10. Amendments to the Constitution: |
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| Proposal to
change the conditions for qualifying for Life Membership |
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member with 30 years membership would be eligible. In order to claim Life
Membership the member would then have to pay 5 years subscriptions at the
current rate |
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was carried by 22 votes to 0 with 4 abstentions. |
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Proposal by Doug G3PQC
that future AGMs be held at the Maritime Club, Portsmouth: |
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| Dave G4JBE
proposed holding the AGM in different venues across the country in order
to give access to a wider range of members and this was seconded by Bill
G3TZM. Mick G3LIK said the AGM had been held in London twice and the
attendance had been disappointingly low. There were 2 votes in favour, 8
against and 2 abstentions. |
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use the Maritime Club was referred to the Committee for discussion. |
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Proposal by HMS Belfast London Group that Marc Litchman
G0TOC be made an affiliate member of the RNARS, G0FEK & G0TBD: |
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| All present
supported the proposal and it was referred to the Committee under Rule 7
(b) (iv) of the C&Rs. |
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Report by Vice Chairman: |
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| The 50th
anniversary plans are well in hand and are as follows:- |
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Get together
week-end at Coventry on the 6th to 8th August is well in hand and most of
the allocated rooms have already been taken. If you are considering going
to this event I would suggest that you pay your £10 reserve fee soonest
otherwise you could be disappointed. |
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A dinner has been
arranged at HMS Collingwood and I will be taking bookings in the New Year
when menu and prices have been confirmed. Accommodation for this event may
not be possible due to the high demand of service personnel. If it can be
arranged you will be informed not earlier than 2 weeks before the event.
It is up to you to check with the mess if you want accommodation. |
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An Award has also
been approved and details for obtaining it will be published soon. |
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The Special Call
GB50RNARS has also been approved. |
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you, the members, to make 2010 a resounding success |
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Manager's Reports: |
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Shack Manager |
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| Tony M1AFM
reported that there had been few changes in the shack. Apart from a
printer no new equipment had been installed. There had been no breakdowns.
The problem with the beam had been fixed and it was working FB. |
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| Tony is looking
for volunteers to help with Cubs and Scouts. A vote of thanks to Tony was
proposed and passed unanimously. |
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QSL Manager Marc G0TOC |
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| My first year as
UK QSL Bureau Manager has seen me handle what I believe to be, only a
relatively small number of cards – in total, 502. Understandably, QSL
card volumes rely upon QSO’s, which in turn are reliant in part on the
sunspot cycle. The fact that the majority of cards coming into the bureau
are for QSO’s on 30, 40 & 80m, seems to bear testament to enduring
poor conditions on the higher bands. |
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| Of the 502
cards, 206 have been distributed to 58 callsign holders and 27 to the
RSARS and RAFARS bureaus respectively. The remaining 269 cards are for 148
callsign holders, however, I hope to be able to distribute a number of
these after today’s AGM. In addition to the QSL cards, the bureau
currently holds 1,054 SSAE’s for 299 recipients. Of these, 1,127 came
from my predecessor and 52 have been received in the past twelve months
from 17 callsign holders. 23 SSAE’s have been used to send cards to
members and 102, for a reported 34 "silent keys", have been
earmarked for re-use. |
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| Thanks to Diana
G0RNO, my contact details and occasional reports have been published in
the Sunday eNews Bulletins and over the past twelve months, I have fielded
several enquiries from UK and overseas members. The bureau continues to
cultivate the links with RSARS and RAFARS bureaus, as established by Mike
G0VIX, and batches of cards continue to be received at regular intervals
– in total, 77 cards for 38 recipients have been received from RSARS and
18 cards for 14 recipients, from RAFARS. Finally, I wish to thank all
those members who have contacted me over the past year, also the Committee
for their support. |
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| Marc Litchman
– GØTOC RNARS UK QSL Bureau 26 Oak Tree Close, Loughton, Essex, IG10
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| (c) Data
Comms. |
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| The RNARS eNews
venture is now in its eleventh year, and I send the Sunday eNews to over
twenty five per cent of the society's current membership. The bulletins
include the latest membership changes and RNARS events. |
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| The eNews is
available only to current members of the Society. Any member interested in
receiving the eNews bulletins should contact me by email, remembering to
include his or her callsign, RNARS membership number and email address. My
email address is printed on the inside front cover of the RNARS
Newsletter, and there is a link to it on the "Managers" page of
the RNARS website. |
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| I would like to
remind members that any snippets sent to me for inclusion in a bulletin
should be relevant to the RNARS, to the amateur radio activities of RNARS
members, or to our service backgrounds. Please send your messages in plain
text format, include your callsign and RNARS number, and note that I
retain all editorial rights. |
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| The RNARS Yahoo
Group reflector is co-moderated by Dave G4JBE and me. Membership of the
group is limited to current members of the society. In an ideal world the
weekly news would be sent out via the RNARS Yahoo Group, but as a great
number of members seem reluctant to have anything to do with Yahoo Groups,
the eNews will remain a separate venture for the time being. |
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| My thanks to all
those who send me items of news, but especially to Mick G3LIK and Doug
G0MIU for their regular weekly input. I would also like to say thank you
to Robin GM3ZYE for his help and support during his time as Newsletter
Editor and Secretary, and to all the members of the Committee for their
efforts on behalf of the society. |
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| Diana, G0RNO #3926 - Data Comms Manager -
rnars2news@btinternet.com |
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Web Site |
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| The web site continues to
progress well and now contains: |
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Statistics |
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Main Site |
Members Area (sub web) |
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682 Files |
288 Files |
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548 Pictures |
209 Pictures |
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1,364 Hyperlinks |
621 Hyperlinks |
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70.1Mb |
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Morse Corner (sub web) |
Morse Learn (sub web) |
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234 Files |
269 Files |
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191 Pictures |
201 Pictures |
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256 Hyperlinks |
487 Hyperlinks |
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25.8 Mb |
3.28 Mb |
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This equates to a total
of:- |
that all together creates |
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1,473 Files |
86 Pages |
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1,149 Pictures |
196 Photos |
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2,728 Hyperlinks |
86 Sound Files |
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and folders, the total disk space occupied on the Internet-UK Server is:- |
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128 Mb - with 131 Folders
containing 3,684 Files. |
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| Since its
recreation into Microsoft FrontPage in 2006, it has been visited 26,441
times with many re-visits to the News Page, the Morse Transmission Page
and the Learn Morse Page. There have been 8,795 visits this year which
equates to 24 /day or 1/hour. Continued comments of support are added to
the Guest Book and are gratefully appreciated, thanks to all. The website
is updated daily in the early hours to meet visitors who log on each day
for the news. The Morse transmission pages are updated weekly. I am
continually trying to improve the site which this year saw a complete
re-build to accommodate different screen sizes. The site is now accessible
on the small screen of a mobile phone or I-pod. The work involved a
seamless transfer and regardless of the many hours inputted most people
would not have noticed the changes unless they were trying to view the
website on a mobile phone or the newer wide screen laptop computers. |
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| This year has
seen an increase in the number of antagonists in the Society. You know who
I mean and you are not worthy of your name even getting a mention. You
nearly had me leaving the RNARS but that would have been your pleasure. I
am still here and ready to continue my supporting work. If you put as much
effort into positively supporting the Society rather than trying to drag
down those who give their best in a positive way then the Society would be
growing not loosing members. I and others should not have to put up with
profanities. If the few trouble makers are not happy please leave and let
the majority build the Society back to the high esteem it deserves. |
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| Many thanks go
to Bob Jennings G3NXV and his expert staff for their continued support,
time, effort and expense to make possible the availability of the RNARS
website with the best performance to date at no cost to the Society. I
would also like to thank Diana G0RNO for her continued support and help
through the most difficult times. The site is owned by the RNARS and is
not Jim 9H1RN’s site, it is your site containing what you want. If you
would like to contribute to its development or feel something should be
changed just email me and I will be only too glad to oblige. |
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| Best regards to all,
apologies for not being present to deliver this report. |
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| Jim Banner, 9H1RN #3355 - Website Manager |
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Merseyside Groups |
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| HMS PLYMOUTH
GB2PLY GB0NYX G0TON |
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| Merseyside (HMS
Plymouth) Group Chairman's Report by Bill Cross G0ELZ Secretary |
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| As the Chairman
G4KCB is no longer a member of the RNARS it falls to me to make a report. |
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| About all I can
report is there has been no sign on the Plymouth moving down to Devon, HMS
Plymouth Association have been working very hard to sort out a berth for
the ship, and to get enough funding to support the business plan to keep
her open until she can self fund herself. |
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| HMS Bronington
has been moved to another berth and the last news was she was going to be
cut up and the superstructure was to go to Stockton-on-tees Sea Cadet
unit, they already have a Ton Class Sweeper as their base HQ. The Hull of
HMS Bronington is in a very poor state as the ingress of water has allowed
rot to flourish unchecked, and she is only fit for scrap now. |
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| I am having
difficulty in closing down the group, but am now making headway in closing
down the bank account. Once this has been finalised I can make
arrangements for the wind down of the group and disposal of the radio
equipment, this will be done at an E.G.M. As laid out in the C&R's of
Plymouth group I will mail all members with notice of the E.G.M. As soon
as have details. |
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| This ends my
report |
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| Dave G4JBE
reported that at a meeting in Nottingham it had been reported that HMS
Plymouth might be moving to a mooring in Portsmouth or Gosport but nothing
was definite. |
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| It was also
reported that HMS/M Onyx had been sold to a private owner and that the
callsign GB0NYX had now lapsed. |
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| HMS Bronington
has sunk at her berth and no funds are available to do anything with her.
Many sources of funding were canvassed including Prince Charles but
nothing was forthcoming. |
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| Merseyside
& Cheshire Rep's Report |
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| By Bill Cross
G0ELZ |
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| Not much to
report, except the report on the Blackpool Rally in March. Myself and Fred
Jones G2IV (G8HTP) manned the stand and gave almost a bottle of rum away a
tot at a time to the visitors. We had many members sign in but numbers
have fallen off in the last few years mostly due to Silent Key's as we
have lost many friends in the north of England who always made a point of
attending the Blackpool Rally. |
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| I am still
running the Plymouth group net on 145.375Mhz FM but since the demise of
Historic warships in 2006 we now call the net the Navy Net. All within 25
Miles of Liverpool are welcome to join us on the air 1900 Local time to
2000 local Monday to Friday. |
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| I do not get
much feedback from the membership, so either things are running well or if
not, they are not bothered in giving feedback via the local rep. |
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| I am willing to
continue as Merseyside & Cheshire rep for the future. This ends my
report. |
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London HMS Belfast Group |
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| Chairman's
Report to RNARS AGM by Bill Cross G0ELZ |
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| Sorry I cannot
be here in person this year, to present this report. Since last year
London Group has been active on many occasions, as usual Bill G0IEC has
been busy every Wednesday with GB2RN on cw. The latest news is the IWM
Internet Broadband link in the BWO has now been activated, this will
enable members to keep in touch with home during Easter Activity Period
via E Mail. This will also enable the committee to send any news and items
of interest quickly to the membership. |
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| As some of you
are aware, we have lost the use of the Sea Cadet Messdeck as this
compartment is now being turned into office space. We have been given the
use of 3C Mess-deck down below forwards for the 2010 Easter Activity.
Those who can go back ten years or so will remember us using the 3C Mess
before we got the use of the Sea Cadet Mess. The down side is we only have
the use of the BWO Galley for catering, taking this into account Bill
G0ELZ will not be able to provide the usual eat all you can for £5
Breakfast & Evening meal deal. Easter Activity 2010 Self Catering or
eat ashore, not forgetting we get a discount at the Walrus Cafe on board
HMS Belfast, show your pass and get 10% off. |
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| Our membership
is stable with a small increase in last year, and we hope this will
continue into the future. |
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| We have had some
equipment donated from Silent Keys and this will be put to good use, and
we hope to have 3 HF positions in use by Easter Activity. |
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| By next Easter
with luck the sunspot cycle 24 will be well under way and the higher bands
may well be more active, let us hope so as we have had a long time in the
depths of the bottom of Cycle 23. |
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| Plans for Easter
Activity are well advanced, and we look forward to meeting many members
for the AGM and of course those who join us for the activity. |
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| I look forward
to meeting many members on the HF bands in the next 12 months. |
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| Thanking you all |
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Area Rep Co-ordinator: to be
given by Bill G3TZM on Wally’s behalf |
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| All rally
reports have been sent Mick G3LIK and to our Newsletter Editor for
inclusion in the magazine otherwise not a lot to report from the majority
of our Area Reps so far. |
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| The sales of our
commodities at the various rallies has been slow to say the least and at
the "New" Leicester Rally, absolutely nothing was sold. |
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| The
National Hamfest, Newark 2nd &
3rd October 2009 |
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| By A. G. Walker
(Wally) G4DIU |
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| Prior to the
show, "set-up" day was on the Thursday and there were a few
hiccups which were put right almost as soon as they were brought to the
notice of the organisers. |
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| The show opened
at 10 a.m. on Friday and it was a very good day for everyone there,
traders and clubs alike. |
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| We had 18
members sign in on our stand and, once again, the furthest travelled was
Sid GM4SID, all the way from Aberdeen. |
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| On Saturday, two
members signed in and we enrolled one new member. There was one re-joiner
"Len Lees G1DMH - 2449" who is now back resident in the UK. We
also had on possible new member who took away an application form
promising to post it to the Society on Monday . |
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| At this point it
is worth reminding Society members that the purpose of the RNARS stand at
any rally or other event such as this is primarily for recruitment of new
members and re-instatement of any former members and finally, the social
aspect of meeting old friends and other members of the Society. |
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| A number of
'Commodities' were sold but I did give away a key ring to a young lad
after extracting a promise from him that he would join the Royal Navy as
soon as he was old enough. His Mum was very nice too, but was a bit too
young for Terry and I, and probably a bit over the age limit for entry to
the W.R.N.S. |
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| Needless to say,
the National Hamfest was very successful both for our Society and for the
organisers too. I am very happy to report that next year's event will be
larger and more exhibition space has already been arranged. The Manager of
the event catering company has already booked double this year's space for
2010. Also, whilst I was walking around the show and chatting to the other
exhibitors, it became apparent that they were also of the opinion that it
was a very successful event and that they too had all signed up for 2010. |
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| This show was
very much better organised and attended than that of the Leicester ARS
which we also attended at Loughborough University recently. I understand
that LARS were invited to join in with the Hamfest but declined. Funnily
enough, the costs associated with this event were less than those of the
Loughborough rally, and money well spent in my humble opinion. |
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| My only regret
was that to be included in the Raffle for some very delightful prizes -
you had to buy an entry ticket. There were no concessions for club stands
at all. I did ask the organisers but the reply was negative I'm afraid. |
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| My thanks must
go to Terry G0SWS for all his help in manning the stand and providing me
with copious cups of tea during the two days, which reminds me - |
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| I must take my
own flask next year - now that I know that the Hotel where I stayed will
quite happily top it up for me " at no extra charge" as and when
I require it. |
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| Our special
thanks go to Bill G3TZM and Maggie, his XYL, for delivering and assembling
the exhibition stand, graphic boards, commodities, table coverings and
paperwork in good time to be ready for the crowds - this after having
arrived back from Malta at 10 pm on the previous evening. |
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| They also
collected the stand, paperwork, etc., (And ME) and delivered me to my QTH
in Nottingham after the show. |
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| Pictures to
follow as soon as I have sorted them out. |
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| 15. Any Other Business |
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Bill VE6BF
proposed that the Society buy its own projector. Seconded by Bill G3TZM
and agreed unanimously. This will progressed by the Secretary who will
confer with other interested Committee members. |
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Bill G3TZM
suggested that the Merseyside reports be included with the Area Reps
reports. Agreed unanimously. |
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| 16.
Date of next AGM |
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| The next
AGM will be held at 14.00 on Saturday 9th October
2010 venue to be notified after discussion by the Committee. |
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