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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Folks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our monthly meeting will be held this Wednesday, August 26. As usual, dinner at 6 pm, followed by the meeting at 7 pm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One change: we will be on the left side of Yani's, not the right side - it should be cooler there! (If you arrive first, remind the Yani's staff of this in case they forget!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe we will have some VEC testing as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The agenda for the meeting is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SPECIAL EVENT STATION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- It is not too late to sign up for the Special Event Station on Sept 26-27. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Even if you hold Technician Class license, you can still participate since we will have higher level license control operators using the club call.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- We will schedule a dry run in September for those interested.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ARES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Ray, Gil and I met with Mark Taylor, the District Emergency Coordinator for STX District 1. We had a good discussion about getting an ARES organization started. The first step is we have to nominate an EC to STX ARES to begin the process.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ARDUINO<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- We'll have a technical talk at the end of the meeting about Arduino devices and applications to Ham Radio by yours truly. There will be a door prize at the end!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, dues are due if you haven't paid yet...$20 for an individual, $21 for family.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roger<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>