12/03/2025
Good afternoon,
It is hard to believe that the month of December is now upon us, the Southwest Ohio GMRS Association is approaching another successful year of operations. I am proud to say the organization has once again achieved the below in 2025:
Multiple social events that promote interaction with our membership and operators
Multiple radio programming events that support our members to effectively communicate.
Successful preventative maintenance of all participating sites
Fixed antenna replacement at the South site
Soft commissioning of the East site (More work to be done)
Continued organizational presence and temporary comms at the largest radio convention in the world (Dayton Hamvention)
Locally participated in the Cincinnati Hamfest
Participated in Amateur Radio Field Day (Summer Session) with 3 various HF stations and 1 satellite station to help bring awareness to each service
Continue to expand on our weekly net to give the activity substance and value for all attendees
Expanded partnerships with the Cincinnati FM Club and The Milford Amateur Radio Club
As you can see the organization has been very busy as all our activities are done though the generosity of our volunteers. Our volunteers are eager to assist with running the net, programming radios, servicing equipment, working a booth, meeting new members or even just contacting someone new on the radio for the first time. We are all appreciative of your efforts and look forward to other members stepping up in the future.
As we look to close out 2025, we currently have 260 members of the organization. Most of our sites are now updated and in a good place to help ensure longevity and reliability. Unfortunately, we do not have a crystal ball to determine what is needed in the future, but I feel the Leadership of the organization has properly prepared for that. The Executive Leadership Board has approved a reduction of $10 for our annual organization dues.
We should have the renewal link updated sometime this afternoon. If you were enrolled on automatic payments, the PayPal platform will not allow us to edit the amount charged, meaning we must start over with the new amount, this is why it was cancelled. We did have a small handful of folks that paid on 12/1, we will contact you personally to figure that out.
We are in a world where most of our expenses rarely go down. I speak for the entire Executive Leadership Board when I say we appreciate every one of you and look forward to chatting on the network soon!
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