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Anoka County Radio Club
and Emergency Services

Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 17^th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex

If you are interested in club business, then you are welcome to attend the Monthly Board Meetings. All members are encourage and welcome to participate in the Board Meetings. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month. Like the General Meeting, the Board Meetings are normally held at the Blaine Base Ball Complex and start at 7:00 p.m. The Board Meeting Minutes can be viewed on the Club Documents link on our webpage.

ACRC Net

The Anoka County Radio Club hosts a net every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. on the 146.670 Repeater. Our regular Net Control is Parry Brown KCØTWB. If you have any ideas for content on the net, contact Parry at kc0twb@msn.com or on the net! Click on the ACRC Nets link to see the net counts and details.

ACRC Annual Christmas Party
Saturday, December 5^th, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex

The Anoka County Radio Club will host our annual Christmas Party on Saturday, December 5th. It will be held at the Blaine Baseball Complex. The doors will open 5:30 p.m. for social hour and dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. All members and family are invited to join us for a night of fun and food as we review the past year and look forward to 2010.

There will be tiered-pricing again this year. The price will be: $25.00 for individuals, $45 for couples and $60 per family.

Payments will be accepted by any board member or at the door. We will be collecting food donations for Hams Against Hunger at this event, as well as the White Elephant gift exchange! There will be door prizes and desserts too!

Please RSVP to Shawn Rung K0SMR by November 15th at k0smr@arrl.net so we have time to get everything ready!

If you have any questions or would like to help out with the event, please contact Shawn Rung K0SMR at k0smr@arrl.net. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Raffle at the General Meetings
We will start having a donated-prize raffle at the General Meetings. For one dollar per ticket, you may purchase the a ticket for the chance to win a donated item. Most of the items will be a grab-bag style item - the identity of the items will not be known until the winner opens them (The value of the item will be worth more than a dollar).

Hams for Hunger
We are accepting food donations to benefit the local food shelves. You can bring any non-perishable food items to our meetings and events, or give them to any board member. Thank you for helping out the less fortunate in our community - your donations are sincerely appreciated!

Nominations for the Upcoming Club Election
Please think about which club members you would like to nominate for the following positions: President, Vice President, Secretary and Board Member at Large. These positions are up for vote in the upcoming election at our February General Meeting on February 5, 2010. Nominations will be accepted from the January Board Meeting (January 8, 2010) until the time of the election. The more nominees we have, the more interesting the election!

General Meeting
Friday, January 8^th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex

You do not need to be a member to attend and family members of all ages are welcome. Each meeting will have a different topic for the month. There are ten General Meetings from January through June and again from September through December. We take the summer months off while everyone tend to be really busy having fun in the warm weather. General Meetings are normally held on the first Friday of the month at the Blaine Base Ball Complex and start at 7:00 p.m. To view the minutes from these meetings, click on the Club Documents link.

General Meetings

You do not need to be a member to attend and family members of all ages are welcome. Each meeting will have a different topic for the month. There are ten General Meetings from January through June and again from September through December. We take the summer months off while everyone tend to be really busy having fun in the warm weather. General Meetings are normally held on the first Friday of the month at the Blaine Base Ball Complex and start at 7:00 p.m. To view the minutes from these meetings, click on the Club Documents link.

Club Events

Several time a year the ACRC helps out at events like parades, festivals, fun runs, fire works and more. These events tend to be fun and several are great family events. There is nothing like having a guaranteed front row seat at a fireworks event or parade. Check out the club calendar for more information.

ACRC Emergency Services and Anoka-ARES

As listed in our long name, the ACRC also provides supplemental communications support in times of need. The ACRC has a reciprocal agreement with Anoka-ARES to support and coordinate drills and events throughout the year. If you are interested in putting your name on the list to help out, please contact Dave Runkle - KC0KEP (the Anoka County E.C.) or one of the other board members. If you are looking for more information an Anoka-ARES, please follow this link to the Anoka-AREA web site at http://www.anoka-ares.org.

Repeaters

We sponsor and operate two repeaters - a two-meter repeater at 146.670 MHz and a 1.25-meter repeater at 224.940 MHz. For more details on the club's repeaters, please check out the Repeater Status page.

Do You Have Pictures of Club Events?

If you have pictures of club events and would like to see them up on our website or in our newsletter please make the digital photos or files available to either Shawn Rung KØSMR at k0smr@arrl.net or Tim Neu KCØLQL at tim@tneu.visi.com. Email is the best delivery method, but you can also send a CD, disk or flash drive to us with the pictures on, or even post them to a web or ftp site and email us the web address to download them. If you have a large quantity of pictures or if they are very high resolution, a CD or flash drive is best. Contact Shawn or Tim with any questions.

Board Meeting Tuesday, November 17th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex