Some important information from Bob Inderbitzen about the National Convention in February Harold Kramer, WJ1B ARRL Chief Operating Officer 860-594-0220 hkramer@arrl.org<mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> To: ARRL Officers, Directors and Vice Directors attending the 2016 ARRL National Convention at Orlando HamCation, Feb 12-14, 2016 The 2016 ARRL National Convention, hosted by Orlando HamCation, is February 12-14, 2016. ARRL Board officials may volunteer as part of the ARRL exhibit team. Volunteers will each receive an ARRL exhibitor's badge (in lieu of purchasing a HamCation ticket), and ARRL team shirts. Important Notes: * TRAVEL EXPENSES: ARRL Officers, Directors, and the Southeastern Division Vice Director may seek travel expense reimbursement, expensed to their respective ARRL budgets. * BANQUET: ARRL will host a National Convention Banquet on Saturday, February 13, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at the nearby Highland Manor in Apopka, Florida (transportation will be provided). Officers, Directors, and the Southeastern Division Vice Director will each receive 1 banquet reservation (expensed to their respective budget). Vice Directors interested in attending the banquet should purchase banquet tickets at www.arrl.org/expo<http://www.arrl.org/expo>. If you are interested in volunteering, please complete and submit the following online registration form by December 18: ARRL Team Registration Form - http://www.arrl.org/2016-national-convention-arrl-team-registration The online registration form will help us organize room reservations, badges, apparel and staffing for the event. Even if your plans are not entirely committed, please complete the form with your tentative information so we can develop counts for hotel bookings. The registration form should not be shared with anyone else. If you have a spouse, companion, or other family member accompanying you-and they're interested in volunteering with you-please have them complete a registration form, too (be sure they mention your participation, so we can associate their registration with your own). ARRL's hotel room block is at the Hyatt Place Orlando/Universal - 5895 Caravan Ct, Orlando, FL 32819. Both Single (King) and Double Rooms are $136 plus taxes (currently at 12.5%). Includes 1 hot breakfast per room and wireless internet. Thank you for your cooperation. Please contact me if you have any questions. 73 Bob NQ1R rinderbitzen@arrl.org<mailto:rinderbitzen@arrl.org> ARRL STAFF TEAM Allison, Bob, WB1GCM Bourgoin,Marjorie, KB1DCO Clarke, Lauren, KB1YDD Corey, Michael, KI1U Fusaro, Norm, W3IZ Gruber, Mike, W1MG Henderson, Dan, N1ND Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R Johnson, Debra, K1DMJ Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Kutzko, Sean, KX9X Lindquist, Rick, WW1ME McNeill, Kim, KB1WUX Patton, David, NN1N Petrilli, Diane, KB1RNF Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Vinci, Yvette, KC1AIM And, Education & Technology Program representative Larry Kendall, K6NDL. Exhibits/Booths and Activities * ARRL Store & Membership - Diane Petrilli, Yvette Vinci, Kim McNeill, Margie Bourgoin, Bob Inderbitzen * ARRL Radiosport (double-wide booth): Awards/DXCC/LoTW/Contests/National Parks on the Air - Norm Fusaro, Dave Patton, and Sean Kutzko * ARRL Public Service: Mike Corey * ARRL Laboratory Booth: Bob Allison, Mike Gruber * ARRL Education & Technology Program: Larry Kendall, Debra Johnson * ARRL Development and ARRL Foundation: Lauren Clarke * ARRL Legislative/Amateur Radio Parity Act: Dan Henderson * ARRL Southeastern Division * ARRL meet & greet area: Harold Kramer, Dave Sumner * ARRL News/event photography: Rick Lindquist --end--