2014 GFAARC Meeting Dates & Location Information

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The Great Falls Area Amateur Radio Club (GFAARC) meets the evening of the first Monday of every month at 7:00 PM.

The meeting takes place in the conference room at the Cascade County Disaster and Emergency Services (DES) building, located at 521 1st Avenue NW in Great Falls. Parking is behind the building, inside the fenced compound.

For those trying to picture the meeting location, please remember that the DES building was previously used by the County Weed and Mosquito Management office, as well as the County vehicle shop (both of which moved out to their new facilities near Manchester). When those two county functions moved out, the county DES office moved in. Same building, but with a different county function now.

Access to the DES building after normal business hours is through the vehicle yard on the back side of the building (North side). Look for the large chain link fence gate off of 6th Street NW. If you are coming from the direction of Central Avenue West, go past the Salvation Army thrift store and turn right just before Chuck's Chinese Restaurant & Casino. Look for the park bench seat with the yellow back rest advertising "Sherlock's Home" on the right side of the street. Turn right just BEFORE this park bench, and drive through the open gate.

Park up by the building, but PLEASE remember these two important restrictions:

-DO NOT BLOCK THE GAS PUMPS! These are used at all hours of the day and night by Sheriff's Department patrol vehicles.

-DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE DOORS! These are used at all hours of the day and night by the Cascade County Search and Rescue group.

The only exception to the "first Monday of each month" meeting night is when a holiday is involved. Therefore, please note that the September 2014 meeting will be held on Monday, 8 September 2014. This is due to the first Monday, September 1st, being Labor Day. We will delay our monthly meeting by one week so everyone can enjoy the Labor Day weekend!

Here are the GFAARC meeting dates for 2014:

11 January 2014 (Winter Social dinner instead of regular meeting)

3 February 2014

3 March 2014

7 April 2014

5 May 2014

2 June 2014

7 July 2014

4 August 2014

8 September 2014

6 October 2014

3 November 2014

1 December 2014

Please mark your calendars and join us for a club meeting!