We'll have a brief meeting at Badger Prairie County Park. The primary purpose of this meeting is to hand out ID cards.

Badger Prairie County Park, Verona
Parking lot near the pavilion shelter. I don't have the shelter reserved. If it's open we could gather in there, otherwise we'll find a nice grassy spot.
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Enter from the South (Maple Grove Dr) or from the West (Verona Public Library / Enterprise Dr).

Here's the full agenda:

• Hand out ID cards (if your callsign is listed below, I have an ID for you)
• Take photos of members that need one taken
• Discuss some upcoming events, e.g.
  • ARES district exercise 8/26/2017
  • SIMCOM Feb 6-8, 2018 in Fitchburg
• Show-and-tell, open to everybody. Bring a radio, antenna, vehicle equipment, or anything that you want to show off.

Talk-in on 146.535 MHz simplex.

Next meeting will be in September (tentative topic: hospitals and their comms).

I have IDs for these people:
AC9CB
AC9FK
AC9KJ
K9JFL
K9TBS
KC9HEA
KC9MCZ
KC9SDK
KC9TS
KC9UNZ
N9TWA
NQ9A
WA4ORM
WB9VHF

If your call sign is NOT listed here, it's probably due to two possible reasons:

1. Your photo hasn't been taken.
2. You haven't satisfied the membership requirements for full membership (completion of IS-100 and IS-700 is usually the limiting factor). Contact me if you have questions on that.

Agenda items:

• If you're a new member or your contact info has changed, fill out and turn in a membership form.
• Take photos for ID cards.
• Updates from the leadership team and Q&A.
• Planning the schedule for the year.
• Looking for help with various projects. If you'd like to help with something, let me know!
• Hands-on radiogram workshop (fulfill that yearly requirement of sending at least one radiogram!).
• Show-and-tell of any (new or old) equipment anyone brings in.
• If there's time and the room is open, a quick tour of the Space Place ham station.

UW Space Place
2300 S Park St; Madison, WI (lower level)

Don Michalski, W9IXG, was presented an Excellence in Amateur Radio award from the Wisconsin Valley Radio Association!