The best suggestion was moving the venue. Being polite, I'll say
HARA has outgrown the event. Being honest, I'll say HARA is a dump.
It's too small. It's dirty. There's inadequate parking. Etc. Etc.
73,
Barry W2UP
On 9 Jun 2005 at 2:31, Eric Hall, K9GY wrote:
> Well.. I'd have to agreed that the forums really belong back at Hara.
>
> Saturday was a beautiful day outside this year: sunny and no RAIN! For
> an active person (like me) it came down to (a) do I really want to sit
> inside or (b) be outside enjoying the show. If the forums were at
> Hara, I could of mixed and matched depending on the topic presented.
> As I have done in the past.
>
> As it was I ended up at the Crowne Plaza sometime around 3 or 4 pm I
> promptly put three chairs together and had a nice nap! After waking
> up, someone said the demo for the band recording didn't work anyways,
> hah! Could I have missed the smell of old sweaty men? (BTW the DX
> forum really really smelled bad!)
>
> But for 2006, it's come down to do I want to spend all the money going
> to Dayton (again) or do I want to use that money to go somewhere for
> WPX CW. The answer is leaning towards using the money for a WPX CW
> trip.
>
> Now maybe that's the solution! Move "Dayton" to the Caribbean and have
> it in January! HAH!
>
> One thing to remember: It takes an enormous amount of effort
> by a LOT of people to put on a "Dayton". So whomever tries to do it
> needs to be committed to it.
>
> And now back to contesting...ARRL VHF this weekend!
>
> 73, Eric
> K9GY
>
>
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