### Upcoming Meetings
-**Thursday, April 14, 7:30 PM** George Lemaster, WB5OYP, will show equipment pictures from Bletchley Park. This meeting will be at the [Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Rte 50), Falls Church, VA.](http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/tj/)
+**Thursday, August 11, 7:30 PM** The August meeting is CANCELLED on consultation with AMRAD Chief Greening Officer André Kesteloot, N4ICK, as our contribution to saving the planet.
### Recent Meetings
-**Thursday, March 10, 7:30 PM** Greg LeSage, N6LYU, will talk on his Beverage antenna system. This meeting was held at the [Oakton Library](http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ok/).
+**Thursday, July 14** This meeting was a preparation for our Manassas special event of 21-24 July jointly with the Ole Virginia Hams. See Upcoming Events, below.
-**Thursday, February 10, 7:30 PM** Mike Toia, K3MT, will talk on antenna modeliing and antenna theory. This meeting will be at the [City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Fairfax, VA](http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/fx/). Meeting entrance is in the parking garage, other doors are closed at meeting time.
+**Thursday, June 9** Chris Paton, W3CUM talked about Skywarn. See a recap of his talk in the July-August AMRAD Newsletter.
-**Thursday, January 13, 7:30 PM** Frank Gentges, KØBRA, will make a presentation on the latest do-it-yourself surface mount techniques.
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-**Tuesday, December 14** At this Annual Meeting, we elected the following Directors and Alternates.
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- Directors: Terry Fox, WB4JFI and George Lemaster, WB5OYP (2011-2012)
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- Alternates: Paul Mooney, K4KRE and Rob Seastrom, AI4UC (2011)
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-The meeting approved a project proposed by Bill Fenn, W4TS, for a special event commemorating the First Battle of Manassas in July 2011, details to be developed. See minutes of this meeting in the Jan-Feb 2011 issue of the AMRAD Newsletter.
+### Upcoming Events
-**Wednesday, November 10** This meeting was a briefing by Doug Lindsey, KB3HER, on SHARES, MARS and emergency communications related to continuity of government.
+**August 7,** Berryville Hamfest, Berryville, VA [svarc.us](http://svarc.us/hamfest/)
-### Upcoming Events
+**September 16-18,** ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, Baltimore, MD, [tapr.org](http://tapr.org/)
-**April 23.** The Raleigh Hamfest, see: [http://rars.org/](http://rars.org/)
+**September 17** ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia (http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/roanoke-division-convention-virginia-beach-hamfest)
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