Friday, September 26, 2008 Friday, August 29, 2008 First, let me thank you for volunteering your time for Oktoberfest coverage. We have been chosen as the quickest contact for anyone needing assistance during Oktoberfest. You will be provided with a red hat with LARG on the front of it to identify you as one of the team. The event is physically quite small (See attached JPEG image for a simple map of the venue). About 2 blocks all said and done. The plan is to have at least one of us sitting with the fire and rescue team passing traffic while the rest of us walk the venue in two shifts during the single day event. The following people have volunteered for the Oktoberfest event: John Westerman, WB5ODJ David Putman, KE4S Gene Carnicom, KD7IAV Kurt Reber, KI4FWB ***** TENTATIVE Bill Bowman, KA4UFI Chuck Graham, KI4IEO Frank Gentges, K0BRA, Meg Gentges, AI4UX, Dave Wendland, KE4OKY Paul Dluehosh, N4PD Nancy Dluehosh, KE4RTP William Buchholz, K8SYH Bettieanne Buchholz, KI4WSO Jeffery Slusher, KE5APC Jay Ives, KI4TXP, ***** CAN NOT MAKE IT Luther Guise, K5NOB Rick Miller, AI1V Chris Guthrie, KJ4BRX Since there are 18 of us I have decided to break the day into 4 moving parts and assign at least 4 people per shift. Please, feel free to stay the entire day, work half a shift, etc. We will make this work for everyone. The net will open at 9am sharp. 9am to 11am: John Westerman, WB5ODJ David Putman, KE4S Gene Carnicom, KD7IAV Kurt Reber, KI4FWB **** TENTATIVE Rick Miller, AI1V 11am to 1pm John Westerman, WB5ODJ Bill Bowman, KA4UFI Chuck Graham, KI4IEO Frank Gentges, K0BRA, Meg Gentges, AI4UX, 1pm to 3pm John Westerman, WB5ODJ Dave Wendland, KE4OKY Paul Dluehosh, N4PD Nancy Dluehosh, KE4RTP William Buchholz, K8SYH 3pm to 5pm John Westerman, WB5ODJ Bettieanne Buchholz, KI4WSO Jeffery Slusher, KE5APC Jay Ives, KI4TXP, ***** CAN NOT MAKE IT Luther Guise, K5NOB Chris Guthrie, KJ4BRX You will note there is one extra person in the morning and one extra in the afternoon. With all the people moving in and out of the event I figure that is the highest liklihood of when our services might be needed. If you are on a shift that doesn't work for you please respond via e-mail (with this subject unchanged) or call me on my cell phone at 703-431-9148 to coordinate a different time. I know there were some of you who said you were tentative. If that is still the case please let me know. Parking. There are three places to park: 1) Lovettsville Fire Department (this is quite a walk to Lovettsville, maybe a mile) 2) Lovettsville Community Center (take bus to main street or walk) 3) Lovettsville Game Club (take bus to main street or walk) You are also welcome to park at my house. My address is current in all the places you would find it. If you need a ride please let me know beforehand. My house is over 3 miles from Lovettsville! Directions: From Leesburg, head west on route 7. Take route 9 to route 287. Take route 287 north for about 5.5 miles. You will see the fire department on your left. If you keep driving you will see the game club on the left. Keep driving and you will drive into the 7-11 parking lot. We will be set up to the east of 7-11 (right next door). From Frederick, take Rt 15 south to Lovettsville road. Keep driving until you come to the stop sign at 7-11. We will be right there. After parking and getting into town we will meet initially at 8:45am on Saturday morning at the restaurant named "The Talk of the Town". They have coffee, etc., and we can get to know each other before we are called into service. We will then meet the fire and rescue team at 9am in the fire and rescue area (see map) where we'll do introductions with the Loudoun County team run by Mike Deli's team. We have a little over an hour with them to work through any details of the event with them. It won't take an hour so we can mingle as necessary before the event starts. Who works with the fire and rescue team on both shifts will be decided at the 9am meeting Saturday. If you are not on the morning team please just report to the Loudoun County fire department area and you will start from there. The frequency chosen for the event is 147.48mhz with no PL. I will be listening starting at 8am from my station here in Lovettsville if you need any help. Do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail. Just make sure you put Oktoberfest in the subject or your e-mail will be lost in my inbox forever!!! No doubt I have forgotten something so please keep an eye on your e-mail for updates later in the week! Look forward to working with each of you. Regards, John, WB5ODJ *********** Supporting data Here is a full list with e-mails: John Westerman, WB5ODJ Gene Carnicom, KD7IAV Kurt, KI4FWB kurt_20120@yahoo.com Bill Bowman, KA4UFI Chuck Graham KI4IEO cgraham163@aol.com Frank Gentges, K0BRA, fgentges@mindspring.com Meg Gentges, AI4UX, mgentges@mindspring.com Dave Wendland KE4OKY yad@cuisp.com David Putman, KE4S dave_putman@verizon.net Paul Dluehosh, N4PD n4pd@ieee.org Nancy Dluehosh, KE4RTP n4pd@ieee.org William Buchholz, K8SYH wgbk8syh@yahoo.com Bettieanne Buchholz, KI4WSO Jeffery Slusher KE5APC jeffslusher@gmail.com Jay Ives, KI4TXP, jayson648@yahoo.com Luther Guise, K5NOB k5nob@yahoo.com Rick AI1V ai1v@arrl.net Chris Guthrie, KJ4BRX chrisnmegan@verizon.net Sorted e-mails with duplicates removed: ai1v@arrl.net bowmanwf@yahoo.com carnicom@aol.com cgraham163@aol.com chrisnmegan@verizon.net dave_putman@verizon.net fgentges@mindspring.com jayson648@yahoo.com jeffslusher@gmail.com k5nob@yahoo.com kurt_20120@yahoo.com mgentges@mindspring.com n4pd@ieee.org wgbk8syh@yahoo.com yad@cuisp.com Michael A. Deli Battalion Fire Chief Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Battalion 1 A-Shift 1820 Wiehle Avenue Reston, VA 20190-5209 Phone: 703-689-2157 michael.deli@fairfaxcounty.gov