InfoAge Meeting, Wednesday April 29

Hello All,

We will have our regular meeting, on Wednesday, April 29nd at 6:45PM.
I extend a warm welcome to you to join in the meeting tomorrow.
We are hosting a regional PTA meeting in the dinning room so expected
new faces.

During the weekend we hosted Scout Troop 71 of Oakhurst, NJ lead by Don
Brockel. They were at InfoAge the 24th - 26th.
Thank you to:
Steve G. who coordinated the visit,
Dan L and Neil N. of the NJHDA who gave the boys a late night tour of
their Shipwreck museum.
Aaron, Dave S. and other NJARC who gave the boys a tour of the Radio
Technology museum
Ron O. and OMARC who gave the boys basic morse code lessons at the
Project Diana / TIROS site.
Neil N. of the EPA who gave the boys a Hazardous Materials Response
demo. Complete with tyvek suits and rubber gloves.
***The boys had a great time and they learned more than they realize.
The troop leaders were very pleased too.


***Upcoming events****
April 29th - We will host a PTA presidents meeting in our hotel to
encourage them to help InfoAge to help their kids and schools.

May 2nd - Radio Auction
May 2nd - Ship Wreck Symposium
May 2nd - Weekend in Old Monmouth - Day One
May 3rd - NJ Hall of Fame Installs Marconi - Tickets are available on
their website.
May 3rd - Weekend in Old Monmouth - Day Two

May 9th - Sunday - 5:30PM InfoAge helps Wall Kiwanis at the Wall Stadium
50/50 raffle. Please let me know if you can help. This is fun
especially if you like auto racing.
The club has supported InfoAge for years. Until we received gifts
from large multi-national corporations the Wall Kiwanis was our best
support when few others had faith in us.

We are in Emergency Stabilization mode now. We are attacking worse first.
We are making progress. I believe we have eliminated the major safety
hazards
We face the challenges of keeping the momentum of our regular activities
increasing and meeting the challenges of the additional grounds and
buildings.

*During the week... and weekend...*

- OMARC celebrated International Marconi Day as an official event
station at the Project Diana / TIROS site.
- The Harley Davidson of Long Branch Shop students visited Camp Evans
for a tour.
- Ray C., and company were at work on Wednesday, this weekend and
Tuesday. They are were getting ready for the auction. The guys are
really working at getting ready. Ray used his charm and influence, so we
are fortunate to have Mr. Richard Estes of Estes Auction to lead the
bidding.
-Dan L. is working with the Breeze to create an InfoAge radio spot.
- Dan L. found a less expensive printer for the newsletter. Thank you
to Evan K. for proof reading.
- We discovered a hole in the boiler building (9033) roof. Now I know
why there was water on the floor. The hole was repaired and it was
re-roofed today.
- We completed the first coat of silver roof paint on 9092 and the tan
side walls have their first coat.
- We began painting 9029. We have a primer coat on two sides of this
60' by 60' WW2 structure. The pattern 105 shiplap wood siding has a 5
3/8 face. When the BRAC contractors removed the interiors to eliminate
the fungus infestation the bob-cat they used tore eight to ten holes in
the siding from the inside. They simply nailed plywood on the exterior
to cover the holes. The rain water leaking under the plywood warped and
rotted areas of the siding. As they were tearing out the electric wires
to scrap the copper they tore off the south east exterior corner
boards. We need to replace a 4 x 8 area. The BRAC contractors also
poured concrete down the toilet and sink sewer lines from the former
rest rooms. Given the building has a concrete slab floor getting the
plumbing working will be a challenge.
- We sorted salvaged drop ceiling parts to repair the ceilings in 9017.
The drop ceilings were heavily damaged as the BRAC contractors striped
the copper from the building. They will be moved from the 9032C hall to
9017 before the auction.
- The Steward School of Business donated seven white boards, 12
trapezoid shaped desks and cabinets. Thanks to Mike G. for getting most
of them.
- Bob Buus provided a complete electric layout of 9093. Our hope is to
have similar documents for each building.
-Bob Pilcher brought us a floor standing radiator for restoring the WW2
look to the foundry.
- The Green Monster 7-UP soda machine has returned. It used to live in
the Hotel lounge. In a reenactment of a scene from Disney's Gullivers
Travels it was removed from Camp Evans to the soda machine doctor.
The GSC - Bob J., Jules and company had it repaired and it is the
first machine in the 9093 vending room. Give it a dollar and you will
get the soda of your choice.

We were open Saturday and Sunday. Thanks to all who were on hand to
greet visitors. We have a constant stream of visitors. Thanks to Steve
G., Bernie R., Dave Sn., JoAnne B., Vince L., Dan L., Evan K., Neil N.,
Board of Trustee Member Larry T., and others

In a review of the National Historic Landmark theme studies our site
could qualify for NHL status under three studies.
*Anyone want to start an application? *
The 'WW2 and the Homefront' study recommends Camp Evans as a potential NHL.
The Marconi Belmar Station could fit under the 'Travel and
Communications' theme in the wireless area.
The test of the regenerative circuit, Weagant's static elimination
advances and the Navy WWI communications center make the site NHL
significant.
Under the 'Man in Space' theme the TIROS ground control center, the
TLM-18 antenna, the mini-track calibration center, satellite tracking
starting with Sputnik, Explorer, Pioneer V and all US and Soviet
launches should qualify under the 'satellite tracking facilities chapter.
****Frank O. is uniquely suited to write this application and he will
attack it...

Infoage is an official Save America's Treasure's Project and we are a
Preserve America Steward organization. Wall Township is a Preserve
America Community
****

President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 on March 30, which included authorization for Preserve America and
Save America's Treasures grants.

***** I will be asking someone to research these grants. I did one
grant for Save America in 2002 and one for Preserve America in 2005
(lots of paper) - but when they called about the status of the transfer
- all I could tell them way sorry the transfer has been delayed. As of
March 24th 4PM that all changed....and the bill was signed on the 30th...

*Reasons to tell persons why to donate to our effort NOW: *
1) Saves an incredibly historic site
2) Honors WWII Signal Corps and Honor Front veterans
3) Helps education by inspiring kids to learn science
4) Furthers the development of a NJ Shore tourist destination.
5) Will create full and part-time employment
6) Improves property values in the North Wall and Shark River area.
7) We are the White House recognized stewards of the Camp Evans Historic
District and now it is under our protection for future generations

*No Passion = No Progress. We have passion and we are progressing.*
If we do not tell kids what great things others have done to improve our
nation how can we expect them to know what they are capable of.

Please remind me of things of have overlooked in this email. Please
excuse they items I have missed. No slight intended.
I get annoyed with myself as I ride up the Parkway to work and recall
many a good thing persons have done and I lost in my rush to get the
email out.
Another aspect of this is so many of you are doing so many things, I can
not keep up. In a way this is good.

This weekend we will really finish the scratch coat on 9006. I
purchased new concrete tools, so no need to find the old ones. Steve
has bags of sand mix somewhere... We should earn the balance of the
MCHC grant payment before Randy G. retires.

Thank you,
Fred