[SCCC] USS Lane Victory Cruise UPDATE...

[Dino Darling]

(Please forward this to your clubs, groups, fellow Amateurs, friends, and 
families.  Some of you may receive more than one announcement)

Greetings to everyone!

If you have not already heard, I'm organizing a group cruise aboard the USS 
Lane Victory for August 13, 2005. 
http://www.lanevictory.org/cruises.htm  Some people have replied and I am 
keeping a separate e-mail list of names for those who want to attend.  But, 
it is still not too late to get your name on that list!  If we get 50 
people to sign up, we will save 15% off of the regular ticket price!  There 
are more details at the end of this e-mail.

I just got off the phone with Dennis DuVall, W7QHO, who is President of the 
Lane Victory's amateur radio club (W6LV)... 
http://www.lanevictory.org/radio.htm   We spoke about having a special 
event aboard the Lane Victory DURING the cruise and he agreed it would be a 
fantastic idea!  There are two radio rooms with one of them being the 
ORIGINAL CW (only) station with vintage WWII radio gear.  Both stations 
will be on the air for operation at sea!  The special event callsign will 
be W6LV and certificates will be provided by their club (donations are 
appreciated but not required, to help offset the cost of the 
certificates).  This will be a low-key special event that you can operate 
at your leisure, giving you every opportunity to enjoy the rest of the ship 
and cruise!  Operating is not required, so bring the spouse, kids, and friends!

I also spoke with Group Sales aboard the Lane Victory and here is how this 
works...

We need to make a $1,000.00 deposit to hold a block of  50 tickets.  At the 
discounted rate of $85.00 per person, we need to have 12 people sign up 
right away (the first 12 people to sign up will be guaranteed the discount 
rate even if we don't reach our goal of 50+ people).  They will hold the 
block of tickets until July 2nd (6 weeks before cruise).  I asked if we 
could extend that until July 8 due to the 4th of July holiday and the 
possibility that people would be out of town; they agreed.  If we are real 
close to the 50 people mark, they will honor the discounted rate.  I'm sure 
we can find WAY more than 50 people, so tell everyone you know; tell your 
clubs; tell everyone!

This is not a fund raising event, its a FUN event!  100% of the money goes 
to the Lane Victory.  I would like to see OCCARO handle this event (receive 
checks and pay the Lane Victory).  It would be great advertising for the 
Council and hopefully stimulate other clubs to join 
OCCARO  http://www.occaro.org  We can discuss this at this Tuesday's 
meeting, but need to move forward right away.  There would be NO COST to 
OCCARO to handle this event!  90% is already completed, we just need to 
start collecting money and get the deposit in.  Checks would be made 
payable to OCCARO and sent to the P.O. Box listed on the bottom of the home 
page.

For those who want to get on the e-mail list for this event, send an e-mail 
directly to k6rix at earthlink.net

I hope this meets with everyone's approval!  73!