{"id":7185,"date":"2020-02-19T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/?p=7185"},"modified":"2020-02-19T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T02:50:17","slug":"otvawa-agm-and-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/otvawa-agm-and-luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"OTVA(WA) AGM and Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTVA Western Australia 45th AGM and Luncheon<\/h2>\n

By Kevan Bourke.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday the 19th of November, 2019 President Rod Pernich opened the 45th meeting of the Western Australian OTC Veteran\u2019s and welcomed the Vet\u2019s. There has been a large increase in attendance numbers over the past few years due to relaxing of the eligibility requirements, recruiting efforts and retirements.
\nA special thank you to Don Charles for his efforts on the recruiting front. The new attendees over recent years are mostly ex OTC staff from the Carnarvon earth station and Aussat\/Optus. It\u2019s been a bit sad to see the CRS side of attendees decline as they once made up the majority of members. Due to the large number of people present this year the formal part of the meeting was held in the PITC conference room before moving to the lunchroom for some light refreshments and catch up.<\/p>\n

Guest Speaker<\/h3>\n

Guest Speaker Peter Lalor gave a short presentation on the Exmouth Communication Station where he worked for some time which was very interesting and well received.<\/p>\n

Carnarvon SES update<\/h3>\n

Matt Saunders shared some photos from the early days at OTC\u2019s Carnarvon SES. Many involving trail bike riding.
\nDenham Dunstall gave a plug for the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum. They have just obtained two ex-NASA Tracking Station antenna\u2019s which will be installed at the museum. Any other items people know about or have that are suitable for display at the museum would be greatly appreciated, especially anything OTC related.<\/p>\n

Some photos from the occasion [Photos by Kevan Bourke]<\/p>\n

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Members at the 45th OTVA(WA) AGM<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lunch is on<\/p><\/div>\n

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Keith, Mark, Ted, Dave & Tony<\/p><\/div>\n

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Andrew and Joe<\/p><\/div>\n

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Peter, Brendan, Chris<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mark and Andrew<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kevin, Paul and Jim<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ian and Tom<\/p><\/div>\n

The Next OTVA(WA) AGM is on 17th of November 2020.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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