I'd rather see it in the Newington area. If we went somewhere else we have to pay for travel & motel for HQ staff that probably would equal/exceed the $5k figure. - Bill N3LLR -----Original Message----- From: w5jbp@aol.com Subj: [arrl-odv:13138] January Meeting Date: Wed Oct 5, 2005 9:11 am Size: 1K To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> 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