Hamvention Venue Change

[fgentges at mindspring.com]

We felt the current place for Hamvention was deteriorating and something 
must be done for a better site.  Yes, indeed it is happening.

Dayton Hamvention® 2017 News Update
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 > The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) regrets to inform our 
many vendors, visitors and stakeholders that, unfortunately, HARA has 
announced the closing of their facility. We have begun execution of our 
contingency plan to move Hamvention® 2017 to a new home.
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 > DARA and Hamvention® have enjoyed many successful years working 
together with HARA Arena and we wish the Wampler family the best.
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 > DARA and Hamvention® have been working on a contingency plan in the 
event HARA would become unavailable. We have spent many hours over the 
last few years evaluating possible locations and have found one in the 
area we believe will be a great new home! Due to logistics and timing 
issues, we will make a formal announcement introducing our new partner. 
This information will be coming soon. We all believe this new venue will 
be a spectacular place to hold our beloved event. Please rest assured we 
will have the event on the same weekend and, since it will be in the 
region, the current accommodations and outside events already planned 
for Hamvention 2017 should not be affected.
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 > We look forward to your continued support as we move to a new future 
with The Dayton Hamvention®.
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 > Ron Cramer
 > General Chairman
 > Dayton Hamvention 2017
 > mailto:chair at hamvention.org
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So there is the latest info.  We may be planning to go to the new site 
for 2017.

Frank K0BRA