Tnx Dave,
I guess you can chalk the Foxboro vs. Boxborough goof up to Midwestern
ignorance of geography in the East.
I appreciate the update on liaison with MARS. I missed Dave’s articles somehow. I had been a very active member of NAVMARS in the days
before it became NAVMARCORPSMARS (however they spell this), but haven’t been
involved for many years now.
Jim
Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director
Great Lakes Division, ARRL
5065 Bethany Rd.
Mason, OH 45040
Tel.
513-459-0142; E-mail k8je@arrl.org
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From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ
[mailto:dsumner@arrl.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
9:08 AM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:14409] Re: Trip
Report - New England Division Convention
Boxborough is quite a
distance from Foxboro, but some confusion
is understandable. They don't play pro football in Boxborough (for
some years, though not recently, it was arguable whether they did in
Foxboro).
We're certainly not
resisting a closer relationship with MARS. We had a nice discussion in
Dayton this year with the new Chief, Army MARS. She has even designated an ARRL
liaison. There was a lengthy Web story posted a couple of weeks ago, written by
none other than N1IN: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/08/10/2/.
The same story was picked up in the August 11 ARRL Letter. There have a
couple of recent MARS news items in QST.
Dave K1ZZ
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From: Jim Weaver
[mailto:k8je@arrl.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
10:48 PM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:14408] Re: Trip
Report - New England Division Convention
Joel,
Interesting Foxboro report. One point I found interesting is the fellow who complained
about coverage of MARS in QST, etc.
Of course, I realize MARS isn’t a ham radio service which is all one
needs to know about his complaint, but neither is RACES. But, I digress . . .
The interesting part is that yesterday I received an
E-mail from a GLD member asking why ARRL doesn’t seem to want to associate more
closely with MARS. This was in
response to a report he’d read by Mary Hobart about developing close ties with
different organizations. I
suggested he write to Mary or to NN1N with his thoughts.
Incidentally, I for one appreciate the effort you
take to keep the Board, et al, informed of your activities.
Jim