October 1, 2002
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WILD ROSE CHAPTER 151
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We attended Radio Amateurs of Canada 2nd National Convention held in Vernon, BC July 26-29, 2002. Many visited our booth, including Jay Hyman, W2CSS President of the New York Harbor Chapter 208. 

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We held our Annual Dinner Meeting in Calgary at the Royal Canadian Legion # 264 on September 21st with 31 in attendance. The buffet meal was great and so was our guest speaker Gene Lukan, who is retired RCAF and engineer with the Canadian Space Agency, giving a very interesting Powerpoint talk on the past, present and future of the International Space Station.
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At the dinner meeting we honoured members with long service in amateur radio. These were Ken Yeatheard VE6KY - 65 years, Don Stewart VE6DS - 65 years, Les Card VE6CA - 60 years, Grant Heimbecker VE6GH - 55 years and Earle Smith VE6NM - 50 years. As well former Secretary Bruce Collisson VE6BAC was awarded the coveted Meritorious Award. Congratulations to all!
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Elections were held for Chapter Officers for the next term. Elected by acclamation;  Ken Oelke VE6AFO for President and our new Secretary/Treasurer, taking over from Les Card VE6CA, is John Smith VE6AI. Les Card has served our Chapter many years as President prior to Ken Oelke, VE6AFO. We thank Les for his tremendous contributions to the Chapter.
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We are happy to report the Chapter's membership has increased substantially since our last report. Chapter 151 is now accepting 'Friends" of the Chapter for those not yet licensed 25 years. This is a great way of introducing these radio amateurs to QCWA while they wait out their time to become full members in the organization. We also hope and wish that some of our former QCWA Life Members will once again consider joining up with our Chapter. We are having FUN and that is what it is all about!

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Les Card - VE6CA<br>
Outgoing Secretary/Treasurer