We will have a Wednesday planning meeting this week. We will start at
6:45 PM. We will enjoy pizza, discuss this years calendar, current
projects and upcoming events.
**Highlighted Future Events** Remember to send events to
calendar@InfoAge.org to have them posted on planning calendar.
* Saturday, Feb. 6th - Blossom Think Tank & Matt O's Eagle Ceremony
* Radio Repair Clinic, Sat, Feb 20th, 0900, all day, 9032 A Section,
open to the public - Contact Ray Chase
* Saturday, Mar 6, 2010 Large Radio/Electronics Auction, all day Sat,
9032 A Section (snow date 13th).
* Saturday March 14th 1:00pm InfoAge Open House and new member drive.
* April 1st & 9th TIROS 50th anniversary
* May 6th V-E Day + 65 = dedication of 9032B & C as the WWII Home Front
Living Memorial Museum
* Aug 15th V-J Day + 65 = WWII Seminar and radar laboratory victory
celebration.
>>>>Recent events and progress: There has been a ton. Please email
things I miss to fill in the gaps.
Great events - Good Progress - Great press coverage
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1) Snow clearing was excellent – thank you to Kyle B. for plowing and to
the person who swept the snow off sidewalks and steps.
2) We have a Camp Evans history video on YouTube.com thanks to Ryan L.
3) We are making progress rebuilding the old 2” wide blinds – thanks to
Matt O. and Steve G. for getting the supplies. We have 15 sets washed
and disassembled.
4) The lights in 9162 are all re-wired. We have the covers to replace
and some ceiling sheetrock repairs. The TIROS anniversary is April 1^st .
5) In 9032 the EW room is all ready. Walls are painted, restored WWII
doors, grey painted floor. Bob P. will be replacing the light fixtures.
6) In 9032 the old NJARC antique radio collection room has had the drop
ceiling and lights removed, floor tiles removed, 1980s divider wall has
been removed. Next some minor wall repair, then the walls and floors
get painted. Bob P. will be replacing the light fixtures.
7) Thanks to Dan L. the ‘Night to Remember’ movie get together on
Saturday evening was enjoyable. Nice food and coffee. Thanks to Dan
J. for the assist on the sound issues.
8) Thanks to all, we have enjoyed low fuel usage this winter by being
frugal. Steve G. helped with the latest fuel oil delivery on Monday.
9) Thanks to Steve G. for managing the BRAC contractors who needed to
drill holes in the floors of 9032 and 9010 to sample for volatile
Hydrocarbons.
10) The Monroe Township Veterans Council will be visiting with 25 WWII
Vets on Wednesday, April 21^st . We need to have a nice tour for the
gents.
11) Thanks to BOT member Lynn B. I was invited to represent us at the NJ
Resources (aka NJNG) annual meeting. We were one of three featured
community service projects Chairman Larry Downs spoke about and showed a
film on InfoAge to the 250 guests. Good contact were made. See the
video at
http://www.njliving.com/videos/player.aspx?filename=video-3.flv&title=200
NJR Volunteers Restore InfoAge
12) Thanks to Dan L. InfoAge is a member of the Wall Chamber of
Commerce. Director Amanda would like to host a function at InfoAge in
the future. Nice outreach Dan.
13) Able, Michele and the Blossom volunteers are breaking all records
with enhanced museum attendance thanks to the Disney ticket program.
Michele is spending lots of time sorting and inventorying the donations
for foster children ‘Care-packs’ and the many excellent programs Blossom
hosts. The lights were on past 11:30 PM Monday night.
14) We have two copies “Radar Origins Worldwide: History of Its
Evolution in 13 Nations Through World War II” by Raymond Watson Jr.
Ph.D. There is a section on the Evans Signal Laboratory. He used at
least eight photos from our website. Ray C. and Steve G. are reviewing
our copies.
15) Thanks to Joe G. and John T. for making progress on cataloging and
sorting more of the Camp Evans technical drawings for our archive and
research. This will also help ge an office cleared upstairs in the hotel.
16) Mike G. is going above and beyond helping to make our dining room
and lounge look great for Matt O’s. Eagle Ceremony this Saturday. Matt
has helped Nels and Judy with our four haunted hotels. Mike’s goal is
to impress the scout council that InfoAge is a great place for Eagle
Court of Honors.
17) Thanks to Mike Thomas of the NPS a disk with photos of SCR-268, 270
and 271 models is in the mail.
18) Steve R. and members of the archive committee are working on an
Archive policy for InfoAge. Thank you to Steve for his leadership in
this effort.
19) Dan L. reminds us your articles for the next InfoAge Marconigraph /
InfoAge Signaleer are due by midnight March 31^st .
20) Remember to send your calendar entries to Webmaster John via email –
calendar@InfoAge.org
for setting up the google calendar and many other web improvements.
21) It is amazing how many memberships have expired. Get your $25 in
to help us with this good cause.
22) Blossom and OCAPA are teaming up to organize the second InfoAge Flea
market and stuff sale. Details to follow.
23) Our web committee is taking shape under John B’s technical
leadership. John, Steve G. and Michele have begun looking into using
Joomla to enable more persons to contribute to our web content.
24) Thanks to Joe G. for selling the printer cartridges Mike G. saved
from being tossed when the Tinton Falls CACI office was closed. We
have $73 for pizza and donuts.
25) The NJ State Library sent us the 1945 list of NJ companies who
earned the Army-Navy E – award. We can review the list at the meeting.
26) Steve G. found a great article in an issue of Wireless Age on the
Marconi High Powered Stations by C. H. Taylor. Lots of good technical
details. Thanks to our friends at the Chatham MA Marconi Station who
shared with us Mr. Taylor’s personal photo album. They had saved it
from an attic. We recognized ten photos from Belmar and New Brunswick
stations. One photo is of a Raritan river canal barge unloading the
sections of the steel wireless masts in Franklin Township. We will
share this with the Franklin Township Historical Society.
27) Thank you to Neil Bennett and the students of The Industry Film
School for the great DVD of our 2009 Haunted Hotel.
This Sunday was super busy with lots of visitors and families.
On site were Dave Sica, Dave Sn., Steve G., Jeff F., Neil N., Mike G.,
Harry K., Ray & Edith C., John T., Able & Michele R., Bella R., Joe G.,
Phil V., Marsha & Jerry S., Dan J. and …..
I hope to see you at this meeting to help plan make progress. It is up
to us to make historic Camp Evans a place of public benefit service that
is honoring to those who served there.
*Reasons to tell persons why to donate (via check or PayPal) 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 -
even if it is tough sometimes.**
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.
Thank you,
Fred
732 299-089
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