WICEN News

This  is the weekend of the annual VRA Conference, and we hope to
bring you some news of it in a later broadcast.

The next major exercise is the annual  "Hawkesbury  Classic  Pad-
dle", which will be held on the weekend of 22nd-23rd October.  As
this takes place under moonlight for the most part, the safety of
the  paddlers  is of paramount concern, and WICEN provides an im-
portant communications net.  If you would like  to  help  out  in
this  worthwhile event, then please contact Kevin VK2CKD.  If you
have portable packet equipment, then so much the better.

The WICEN Co-ordinators conference will be held at Charles  Sturt
University,  Bathurst, on the weekend of 29-30th October, and all
are invited.  The cost will be between $36 and $58 (depending  on
when you arrive) for meals and accommodation, and is exclusive of
Saturday night's dinner, which will be held at  a  local  restau-
rant.   The  conference  will  commence at 0930 Saturday, and the
programme will comprise lectures on the role of various positions
in  the  organisation, to assist those in office (and to convince
aspirants that it is not too hard), together with guest  speakers
on "The role of the VRA", "WICEN in the DISPLAN", CREST, and oth-
er useful topics.  There will be an opportunity after the  dinner
on  Saturday to voice your views, and a short business session on
Sunday.  The agenda and full details will be sent upon receipt of
your application, which must be sent to Morton Williams VK2DEX by
the 14th October, along with a $10 deposit.  Topics for the busi-
ness  session are sought from RCO's, and they must be sent to the
State Co-ordinator, John Howard VK2AMH, also before the 14th  Oc-
tober.

WICEN is always looking for members to provide the community with
communications assistance.  Write to WICEN (NSW) Inc, PO Box 123,
St  Leonards  2065  for further information, or come up on one of
the WICEN nets: Blue Mountains on the first Monday of each  month
at  8.30pm  on  channel  7175  simplex,  Hunter each Wednesday at
7.30pm on channel 6900, Northern Rivers  each  Wednesday  at  8pm
around 3610 kHz, Central Coast each Thursday at 8.30pm on channel
7125, and Sydney each Thursday at 9.30pm on  channels  7150/8275.
If  there are any other regular nets then we'd like to hear about
them.

-- Dave VK2KFU, WICEN (NSW) Inc. Publicity Officer