Happy Birthday to the following MARC members with May
birthdays.
| Roger Brayton | W0PEG | May 6 |
| Dale Seago | KE5MKX | May 11 |
| Ray Fagen | KC5JHC | May 12 |
| Orr Swinford | WB5IZC | May 16 |
| Larry Nix | N5TQU | May 31 |
If you have a May birthday and are not listed then we don't have your birthday in our database! Please drop us an email with your birthday!
The Midland Amateur Radio Club will award a $500 scholarship to a Midland County senior graduating this spring.
Those interested in applying for the scholarship may download the application by clicking here.
MARC President John Wilder, Jr., WA5PFJ, has been named Engineer of the Year by the
Permian Basin Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. John is a Senior Electrical Engineer with HPF Consultants of Midland. He has coordinated the
regional junior high school mathematics competition called "Mathcounts" for the past three years.
CONGRATULATIONS JOHN!!
A new member directory in PDF format is available for download in several different layouts. The directory is only available to current club members. If you are a current member you should have received an email with the user name and password needed to access the directory. If you didn't receive the password just email the webmaster.
Click here to access the directory.
Your newly elected club officers for 2008 are:
| President | John Wilder, Jr. | WA5PFJ |
| Vice President | Charlie Stigen | KE5MBN |
| Secretary | Michell Martin | WA5ZAP |
| Treasurer | Alan Sewell | N5NA |
| Directors | Joe Coldewey | KK5ZG |
| Dwayne Frantz | KD5VOU | |
| Robert Wood | W5AJ |
Please support our hard working officers any way you can!
The Midland Amateur Radio Club will sponsor a Technician licensing class on February 23 & March 1, 2008.
The class will be held on two consecutive Saturdays at the Midland Police Department Training Facility.
Complete details of the class and registration information is located at http://hamclass.w5qgg.org.
Please spread the word to anyone you know who may be interested in obtaining their ham license.