[SARES] fundraiser for library books

Dear fellow Sunnyvale ARES hams,

I recently checked the magazine copies of what the Sunnyvale
Public Library has available for checkout in the ham radio
book category and all ARRL license manuals are way outdated 
(from the early 1990s) and not applicable to any of the 
current FCC question pools.

I do understand that the city nowadays does not have the money 
to replace books that become outdated after a few years. I also
imagine the frustration a prospective new ham would go through
if she/he finds out that the books are not preparing you for the
currently administered exams.

With that I thought I make a request to the ham community: I 
am starting a fundraiser where people can donate any amount they 
would like to give and I will then order the books and morse code 
CDs from the ARRL. I have written to ARRL HQ and asked if we can 
qualify to purchase books with the instructor material discount.
    http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/discount/

I'd like to run this fundraiser through the quarterly ARES meeting
on Wed. September 10th, 2003.

Please let me know what you think of this idea (and if you like
to donate anything to this fundraiser).

73, andreas   K6OTT
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Andreas Ott                            andreas@naund.org
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