[NCDXA] Update on NCDXA Matters

[Alfred Laun]

Fellow Members of NCDXA:

In the course of wishing you all a Happy New Year, with this
message I hope to bring you up-to-date on developments within
our organization.

Following the resignation of David Collingham, K3LP as NCDXA
President, at the December 19 meeting of the association I
volunteered to become your President.  As required by our
By-Laws, this offer has now been accepted by the remaining
association officers, Vice-President John Kanode, N4MM and
Secretary-Treasurer Jack Ference, W3KX. It has also been
endorsed by outgoing President K3LP.  Therefore with this
announcement I am formally assuming the office.

I am happy to report that Vice-President N4MM and Secretary-
Treasurer W3KX have agreed to remain in their positions, as
has our Webmaster and Reflector Moderator Rick Murphy,
K1MU.

My intent in taking on the function as President is a simple
one: to provide an opportunity for a group of mainly experienced
DXers to get together in person six times per year in order to
informally discuss matters of interest to the DX world in a
laid-back, collegial manner where we have a chance to bask in
the camaraderie of our friends and colleagues.  That's all.

I am hoping that sometime during this month John, Jack and I
will have an in-person meeting where we can plan more specifically
for the months ahead.  The principal immediate task at hand is
to decide on the date and location of our February meeting.  I
do not intend to twist members' arms about hosting a meeting
in anyone's home, and at this point it seems more likely that
the meeting will take place in a restaurant.  I am open to
suggestions from any of you about which particular venue
we might choose.

I am also open to suggestions about any other matters members
may wish to raise, and I think that such discussions can most
usefully be undertaken on this reflector so that the membership
as a whole is aware of what they are.

I would also remind you that the October meeting has traditionally
been the meeting where yearly dues are collected, but since there
was no October meeting this year that didn't happen.  While Jack
reports that the treasury is in reasonable shape at the present
time, you might consider sending a check made out to NCDXA to
Jack J Ference, 4335 Ten Oaks Road, Dayton, MD 21036-1132.

Thanks in advance for your continued support of our organization.
I look forward to a successful 2016.

Fraternal 73 & DX,

Alfred A. "Fred" Laun, III, K3ZO
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