[NCDXA] NCDXA October Meeting Saturday October 21, 2017

[Rick Murphy]

There's a nicely formatted document with the meeting information, courtesy
of Jack W3KX, which can be found at
https://www.ncdxa.org/2017_Annual_Meeting_Announcement.pdf
73,
    -Rick


On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Alfred Laun via NCDXA <ncdxa at ncdxa.org>
wrote:

> Fellow members of the NCDXA:
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> The October meeting of the National Capitol DX Association will be held on *Saturday,
> October 21* at the residence of Jim Locke, W3NRJ, 15301 Turkey Foot Road,
> Darnestown, MD 20878.
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> A Google map link to help provide driving directions to Jim’s QTH can be
> found at:
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> https://www.google.com/maps/place/15301+Turkey+Foot+Rd,+Gait
> hersburg,+MD+20878/@39.1060648,-7.2932034,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!
> 1s0x89b631f72012ac89:0x41360630c22f22c1!8m2!3d39.106581!4d-77.290886
> <https://www.google.com/maps/place/15301+Turkey+Foot+Rd,+Gaithersburg,+MD+20878/@39.1060648,-7.2932034,17z/data=%214m5%213m4%211s0x89b631f72012ac89:0x41360630c22f22c1%218m2%213d39.106581%214d-77.290886>
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> *NOTE: You are advised to strictly adhere to the posted speed limits as
> you travel along Darnestown Road where radar cameras are used to
> effectively catch speeders.*
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> The October meeting is the Club’s Annual Meeting, an important event, with
> the election of officers and financial report on the agenda.  DXCC card
> checking by Don Search, W3AZD, or Terry Hines, N4ZH will also be available
> before the meeting starts.
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> This year, two Board of Directors positions are up for election:
> Vice-President, currently held by John Kanode, N4MM (n4mm at arrl.net) and
> Treasurer, held by Jack Ference, W3KX (w3kx at arrl.net). John Kanode said
> he will be running for re-election this year. Jack has indicated that he
> will not be running for re-election. If you are interested in learning more
> about the duties and responsibilities of each position, please contact the
> incumbents.  An Email announcement describing the Treasurer’s duties and
> responsibilities will follow this Email announcement.
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> The meeting agenda may be found at the end of this announcement.
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> This meeting is also the time when members traditionally pay their dues
> for the coming year. NCDXA dues for the coming year are due in the month of
> October.  If you are unable to attend the meeting, checks may be mailed
> to the Treasurer’s address or you may pay using the Club’s PayPal link;
> both can be found on the NCDXA website membership services link:
> http://ncdxa.org/membership.shtml  You are urged to attend this meeting.
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> As is the custom at NCDXA meetings, the schedule is as follows:
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> 4:00 PM Social hour with drinks and snacks
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> 5:00 PM Business meeting
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> 6:00 PM Buffet dinner
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> Jim will provide the main dish along with soft drinks and water. Members
> are asked to bring a side dish to share such as salads, baked beans, potato
> salad, desserts, wine, beer or other items which would complement burgers