{"id":2155,"date":"2020-09-10T18:04:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2020-09-10T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:04:38","slug":"rac-bulletin-rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-registration-is-now-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/10\/rac-bulletin-rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-registration-is-now-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"[RAC-Bulletin] RAC Canada 2020 Conference and AGM: Registration is now underway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"D_F ab_C em_N o_h A_6FsP P_3Y3Gk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"D_F ab_C Y_eTB en_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"X_6MGW\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif;font-size: large\">RAC Canada 2020 Conference and\u00a0Annual General Meeting:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"I_52qC D_FY W_6D6F\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"yiv4153356645\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"yiv4153356645gmail-null\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif;font-size: large\">Sunday, September 20<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>For immediate release:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to welcome all Amateurs to the <b>RAC Canada 2020 Conference<\/b> which will be held on\u00a0<strong>Sunday, September 20<\/strong>\u00a0before the RAC Annual General Meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no registration fee for this event and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/rac-canada-2020-conference\/#registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">registration<\/a>\u00a0is now underway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada 2020 Conference Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif\">The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/rac-canada-2020-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RAC Canada 2020 Conference<\/a><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif\">\u00a0is an interactive mini-conference that will feature interesting presentations on a wide range of topics as shown below. Whether you are a new Amateur or have been enjoying Amateur Radio for many years there will be something of interest for you to discover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif\">Given the great response we have received, we have now decided to\u00a0extend the\u00a0schedule to include a\u00a0keynote presentation followed by three sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif\">Each session will have multiple presentations so that participants can choose those presentations that are of most interest to them. In addition, all sessions will be recorded for viewing later so you won\u2019t miss out if two of your favourites take place at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Keynote presentation: 12 noon to 12:50 pm ET<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">First session (4 presentations): 1 pm to 1:50 ET<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Second session (4 presentations): 2 pm to 2:50 ET<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Third session (3 presentations): 3 pm to 3:50 ET<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, lucida grande, lucida sans unicode, lucida sans, tahoma, sans-serif\">The Annual General Meeting will then begin\u00a0after the\u00a0Conference at 4 pm ET.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Presentations and Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of presentations and the schedule of events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote Presentation: 12 noon to 12:50 pm ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cA Fireside Chat\u201d: \u201cAmateur Radio during the Global Pandemic and other topics\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An informal discussion featuring the following distinguished guests:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA: President, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Tim Ellam, VE6SH: President, International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Rick Roderick, K5UR: President, American Radio Relay League (ARRL)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Steve Thomas, M1ACB: General Manager, Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">In these unprecedented times, this is an excellent\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and possibly historic opportunity\u00a0\u2013\u00a0to engage in a discussion on the challenges we face today and\u00a0the future of Amateur Radio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First session: 1 pm to 1:50 pm ET<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tom Schuessler, N5HYP\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Amateur Radio and Youth\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Amateur Radio Challenges in Canada\u2019s North\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ron Thompson, VE8RT and Angela Gerbrandt, VY0YL<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">CY9C St. Paul Island DXpedition\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Phil McBride, VA3QR<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<strong>Second session: 2 pm to 12:50 pm ET<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">6m FT8 DXing\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ron Scwhartz, VE3VN<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Contesting: Remote Operating\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Cary Rubenfeld, VE4EA and Tom Haavisto, VE3CX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">VO2AC: Contest DXpedition to Labrador (CQ Zone 2)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chris Allingham, VE3FU\/VO2AC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Amateur Radio Hotspots: A Quick\u00a0Overview\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Allan Boyd, VE3AJB<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<strong>Third session: 3 pm to 3:50 pm ET<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">La proposition d\u2019une classe d\u2019entr\u00e9e pour les radioamateurs (en fran\u00e7ais)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Guy Richard, VE2QG\/VE2XTD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">Amateur Radio: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Allen Wootton, VY1KX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\">High Altitude Balloons: The Elevation Education\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kelly Shulman, VE3KLX<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><br \/>\n<strong>Instructions for Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our volunteers are now hard at work preparing the instructions for all of the presenters and we will be sending them to you in the coming days. We thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n<p>Please stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/rac-canada-2020-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RAC Canada 2020 Conference<\/a>\u00a0webpage for more information. We hope to see you at the event!<\/p>\n<p><i>Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT<br \/>\nConference Organizer<br \/>\nRAC Community Services Officer<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\">community@rac.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alan Griffin<br \/>\nRAC MarCom Director<br \/>\nTCA Editor<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\">marcom@rac.ca<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAC Canada 2020 Conference and\u00a0Annual General Meeting: Sunday, September 20 For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to welcome all Amateurs to the RAC Canada 2020 Conference which will be held on\u00a0Sunday, September 20\u00a0before the RAC Annual General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/10\/rac-bulletin-rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-registration-is-now-underway\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions\/2156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}