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CLUB STATION SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING AN INCLUSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE FIELD
DAY DURING THE 2022 ARRL FIELD DAY, THE LAKE MONROE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
LMARS IN CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, FOCUSED ON INCLUSIVITY.  IN THIS MONTHS
COLUMN, DAVE HILLEBRANDT, W4CI, AND LMARS FIELD DAY CHAIRMAN RICH WILSON,
WR4RW, SHARE HOW THEIR CLUB PUT ON THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL FIELD DAY YET,
WHICH INCLUDED A CW STATION FOR BLIND HAMS.  WHEN LMARS BEGAN PRELIMINARY
FIELD DAY PLANNING SESSIONS IN JANUARY, WE REQUESTED THAT THE ORLANDO
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OARC JOIN US FOR A COMBINED EVENT.  WE INCLUDED OARC IN
OUR PLANNING SESSIONS FROM THE START, AND OUR FIELD DAY TEAM ALSO VISITED
OARCS MEETINGS.  WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT EVERYONE WAS WELCOME TO COME TO
FIELD DAY.  WE ALSO CREATED A BUTTON WITH THE 2022 ARRL FIELD DAY LOGO THAT
INCLUDED BOTH CLUB NAMES, IN AN EFFORT TO SHOW THAT EVERYONE WAS A PART OF
THE TEAM.  ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, AL, W2AS SK, ALWAYS USED TO SAY, ALL ARE
WELCOME, AND THAT BECAME OUR BYWORD FOR THIS YEAR.  WE ENCOURAGED EVERYONE
TO PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER WAY THEY CHOSE OPERATING, SETUP AND TAKEDOWN, OR
EVEN A SPOT AT THE WELCOME TENT FOR VISITORS.  MAKING A PLAN EARLY ON IN
THE PLANNING PROCESS, TWO BLIND CLUB MEMBERS ASKED TO SET UP WHAT THEY
CALLED THE BLIND GUYS CW BGCW STATION.  DAVE HILLEBRANDT, W4CI, AND TOM
MOORE, KF4YEY, HAD OPERATED DURING PREVIOUS FIELD DAY EVENTS AS REGULAR
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