THE ARTICLES FOR THIS MONTH

BEAN FEED 2011
AD5LJ

The annual MVRC Bean Feed was held on 1 May 2011. The Bean Feed is normally held on the last Sunday in April but was delayed this year to avoid a conflict with Easter Sunday.

The Bean Feed tradition was started by the club in 1964 and the 2011 Bean Feed was the 35th event! The initial Bean Feeds were held every other year at the La Mesa Fire Station and then move to Las Cruces in the early 1970's. During the 1970's the event was held at various locations in Las Cruces and eventually moved to the Las Cruces Fair Grounds as an annual event where it remained until 1990. The Bean Feed moved to its current location in 1993.

This year's Bean Feed was very successful.

The total income was approximately $1800 of which $1400 was from equipment sales. 42 Meals were served. A VE session was held and 6 people took tests. Four passed (2-techs and 2-generals).

The Bean Feed was well attended. The attendees came from all over southern New Mexico, El Paso TX, a few from Albuquerque, NM a few from Juarez, Mexico and two from Colorado. The New Mexico ARRL Section Manager (Don Wood) and his wife attended.

The following people made the Bean Feed a success.

• KD5SSJ - Food Donation

• AE5XI, KD5SSJ, KD5UZF, W3GWU, KF5KHJ - Food Prep, and kitchen clean-up

• K5KMC - ticket sales

• W0SWK - Talk In

• KD5OHA - Parking, Road Signs

• N5WQ - Ham License exam

• AD5LJ - equipment sales, clean-up

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CLUBHOUSE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
AD5LJ

On Saturday, 14 May, several people assembled at the clubhouse to performance maintenance and general interior clean up. The tasks accomplished included:

•    Repair of hot water heater,

•    Securing loose exterior siding,

•    Calking cracks in the exterior siding,

•    Repairing wind damage to the roof,

•    Turn off furnace and put air conditioner into service,

•    General clean up of the clubhouse interior

•    Trash removal.

 The following Amateurs helped with the work;

•   Terry AE5XI

•    John WK5C

•    Cash KD5SSJ

•     Ron KE5KLK

•    Gus N0YRQ

•     Furman KF5KHL

•     Randy KE5EMP

•     Bob AD5LJ

An extra photo thrown in to the html version (but not the pdf) just for fun. Do you know who the person in the middle of the front page photograph is? Most will, but just in case below is his name tag taken from the original of that photo.

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MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETING
KD5UZF

MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
KD5UZF

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