THE SPARK GAP NEWS
December Edition!
What a busy time of year it has been. Now it's time for things to slow down club wise, but definitely not overall. This time of year families are prepping to have visitors over, or to go visit, and spend a magical time with their family. In recognition of this LCARA does not have a club meeting during the month of December! December 7 we will be having our Christmas potluck at 45 Crabapple Lane (address is also on front page.) Lets send off this location on with a good turnout, as next year we will be meeting at a new location. The family at 45 Crabapple Lane have been more than gracious opening up an area for us. We have grown as a club, which has started to overflow this location. We are ever grateful to Steve and the rest of the Hamilton family for use of their space.
Monticello repeater has had some gremlins creating less than ideal operating conditions. We are going to be focusing on these problems to bring the repeater experience back up to where it should be, and what members have come to expect. The bulk of the meeting was discussing solutions, a lot of heads put together with a lot of brainstorming.
Watch the front page for a change in our monthly meeting locations. The meetings, VE testing, as well as many of our events will be at the new location. This location will put it more centralized for the majority of our members. We really hope to have as many members as possible be able to make it to our meetings. Member input allows new ideas and change to happen.
The banner used for the 10 x 10 pop up can be difficult to see. We are looking at a tall banner with a QR code visitors can scan to get to a web page with more information. A few members are going to be working together to get this set up and ready for use. The club is also looking at a tripod stand to put a TV on. Drawing people closer to see what we are about is important. Hopefully they will become interested and want to get their license.
That is all we have for you in this issue of The Spark Gap. Be sure to keep an eye out on the calendar within the site to keep up on events. If you are not signed up at Groups.io you are missing out on a lot of communication. You can get individual e-mail updates or a single e-mail each day that has a summary so you don't get a cluttered inbox.
Until next time, 73 all.