Kay, Thanks for your FB report. Although your observation about not allowing ourselves to be "bedazzled" by our own press releases may not have related to the deepest learning from the conference, I must admit it struck me as one of the more pertinent to many of our US brethren. I wonder, too, if you plan a treatise on the relative merits and demerits of Finnish beer vs. Belgium, German, Swiss and even British beers? I tried my best to study the European Continent and Brit varieties as much as practical during my travels some years ago but did not have the opportunity to investigate any of the Norse-region products. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division Chairman, Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 K8JE@arrl.org; Tel., 513-459-0142; FAX, same ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 5:39 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14185] GAREC-2006 meeting report Just as the ARRL gang was heading over to Germany for Friedrichshafen, I was coming back from Finland after attending the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications conference (GAREC-2006). My report is attached, and I'd be happy to respond to any questions you may have, either now or later on at the Board meeting. 73 - Kay N3KN