QNEWS - MARCH 28 VK4 ON AIR 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------* DID YOUR CLUB TELL ANYONE ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO THIS WEEK? QUEENSLAND (VK4) STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures, contacts and answers to your questions. tinyurl.com/uddvmx98 ------------------------------------------------------------* THE FOLLOWING NEWS CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR AUDIO SERVICE Available in Audio RIGHT NOW www.wiaq.org.au OR www.vk7ax.id.au/wianews/ Also search QNEWS (make sure it IS the Ham Radio QNEWS) in your podcast. listennotes.com/podcasts/q-news-ar-news-from-queensland-qnews-vk4bb-SHd0OpZILt1/ ------------------------------------------------------------* VK4 SILENT KEYS @ JULY 2020- MAY 2021 WIA YEAR SK CALL SK NAME ADVISED BY ex-VK4KJO Joachim Ostrenski (Joe Ski) 9/9/20 (vk4zz) VK4CNP Norm Philips 20/10/20 (vk4bat) ex-VK4FPJT Paul J Turner 22/10/20 (vk4bb) VK4HBN Alan Whiting 20/11/20 (vk4zz) VK4KAL Gordon Loveday 24/11/20 (vk4zz) VK4ZJD Paul Donovan 01/03/21 vk4zz) ------------------------------------------------------------* ------------------------------------------------------------* Hello, I’m Geoff Emery, VK4ZPP, and I’ve been thinking. It is a great relief for the residents of the south east of VK4 to see the skies clear and the sun shining. For those old enough to use the power of nature, getting the washing dry in the sunlight is a beautiful thing to do, for the rest of us there is the hope that the atmospheric noises will abate for a while and even although many didn’t have great success in the John Moyle Field Day we can hope that those fleeting and tenuous signs of solar cycle 25 continue to strengthen. Maybe it is just my perception but it seems that the weather and the serious outcomes diverted some of the worst trolling from the pages of social media. I must ask why would it take torrents of rain and flooding to turn off this behaviour if the perpetrators weren’t possibly located within the effected areas. I trust that the damage can be quickly rectified and people find the stability and support that community can provide. I trust that the sad tormentors of the internet may learn some humanity as they get their lives back on track. We are racing to the closure of the ACMA consultation paper and I trust that amateurs around the country have or are taking time to submit their private opinions to the regulator. This is not to overwhelm the ACMA email and postal system but simply and importantly it is a demonstration of the importance that the amateur community places on the proper functioning of the Amateur Radio Service. It may seem inevitable that the preferred Option C will be the choice that the ACMA makes but the needs of our cohort to properly engage with our world wide community must not be jeopardised simply for a process of expedient cost savings at the whim of the Government of the day. Within the next week members of the WIA should be receiving their Amateur Radio magazine with enclosed ballot materials and those who do not receive the AR magazine will be getting their voting materials separately. I have offered my thoughts that whomever we vote for must be dedicated to running the Institute and not have a covert plan to promote any outside entity. That is, who takes a seat at the Board table must adhere to the requirements of being a company director and work for the WIA when representing the Institute and its members. If you feel that someone whose name appears on the ballot paper cannot meet those standards, you need to cross out that name. We have important issues to consider and act upon, let us do so with the spirit of amateur radio in our minds. I’m VK4ZPP Geoff Emery and that’s what I think�.how about you? ------------------------------------------------------------* QNEWS Social Scene QUEENSLAND (VK4) STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PORTAL Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest news, key facts and figures, contacts and answers to your questions. tinyurl.com/uddvmx98 Due to the COVID-19 situation, please check these events' direct for up-to-date status information. 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