<div dir="ltr">Hi, according to the website, this is the current posted information about Amrad meetings. Given traffic, and the possibility of meetings going long/followed by a early dinner somewhere else, is there a possibility the actual event could be held ... say 6:30 p.m., or 6:00-7:00 the third thursday of each month to make it simple ? <div><br></div><div><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Monthly meetings</strong><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> are usually held on the second Thursday of each month, starting at 7:30 PM at the </span><a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/dm/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(188,54,10);text-decoration:none;font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Dolley Madison Library</a><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">, 1244 Oak Ridge Avenue, McLean, VA. (</span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1244+Oak+Ridge+Ave,+McLean,+VA+22101/@38.9399888,-77.1868413,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7b557138d5411:0x64b6fdf7f6e2cb05!8m2!3d38.9399888!4d-77.1846526" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(188,54,10);text-decoration:none;font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Map and directions</a><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">) See </span><a title="Home" href="http://198.46.81.187/~amrado5/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(188,54,10);text-decoration:none;font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">home page</a><span style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:"source sans pro",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> for current dates/times and locations.</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:46 AM, <a href="mailto:fgentges@mindspring.com">fgentges@mindspring.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgentges@mindspring.com" target="_blank">fgentges@mindspring.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We have had problems finding a meeting space and have had to try and find one each month. The Dolly Madison Library now had so much demand for their meeting room that it is almost always spoken for when we need it.<br>
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Mark Kanawati has formed a space related company "Linaspace" and will be developing satellites etc. He has a space near where we meet at TACOS and he has made it available to us for meetings.<br>
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He has some chairs but we may need more for our meetings so if anybody has some spare folding chairs they can be used. I have several that I will bring to the space.<br>
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He has a large screen TV and we have the AMRAD projector. I will bring a projection screen to hang on the wall.<br>
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I suggest we go to the third Thursday of each month for meetings and use his space. He has been very generous in offering this so we must make every effort to clean up the space after meetings.<br>
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A huge thank you to Mark for making this available on a regular basis. This solves an ongoing problem.<br>
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For starters, we will have a speaker on the 23rd of January. Rob Bowers has arranged for Reginald Eisenblatt to talk about his SDR work and his web site at<br>
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<a href="http://booyasdr.sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://booyasdr.sourceforge.ne<wbr>t/</a><br>
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I am looking forward to this meeting as the BooyaSDR looks very interesting. (I want one.) After this date we will try to arrange meetings for the third Thursdays. Obviously, a special speaker who will be in town at another time can be arranged for.<br>
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This new meeting place is at:<br>
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2701 Prosperity Ave<br>
Suite 215<br>
Fairfax, VA 22031<br>
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There is a nice parking lot is adjacent to the building. We will learn just how to enter and set up for the meetings. He is on the second floor and there is an elevator. The entrance door locks at 7 PM so after that we will need to call Mark at <a href="tel:703%20628%201821" value="+17036281821" target="_blank">703 628 1821</a> for entry. There is a nice view on Google maps for this address.<br>
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This place is only one block from the Metro.<br>
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Again, a big thanks to Mark for making this available to AMRAD.<br>
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Frank K0BRA<br>
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