Since I won't be at the meeting, it really doesn't matter to me. But .... consider the fact that I have personally had to miss meetings in other parts of the country because of the massive snow piles here in the East. Do we really gain anything by going outside of the HQ area for the "Annual Meeting?" Last year was not a normal winter storm, thus we can't consider that aberration in our planning. How about Vegas? 73, Bernie-N3EFN ----- Original Message ----- From: w5jbp@aol.com To: arrl-odv Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:09 AM Subject: [arrl-odv:13138] January Meeting It is time to consider the location of the January board meeting. For the last two years we have not been fortunate from the weather standpoint. Last January 21 of us were stranded for an extra day due to the airport being closed. I have not discussed this with Barry Shelley, but a guess would be that the cost was in the area of an extra 5K. I know that many of you like to harass the staff, but another location that is not so prone to snow and cold weather (Dallas) might be something you want to consider. What are your thoughts? Jim Haynie, W5JBP