GGREC
Hamfest
This will
be held on Saturday 19th July 2008
 At our Large venue,
The Cranbourne Public Hall, On the corner of Clarendon St and High St, Melways
133 K4
(High Street forms part of the
South Gippsland highway in Cranbourne)
For more
information go to
the Hamfest Buyers
page
Persons
wishing to reserve a table position must Contact Dianne
Jackson VK3JDI before the event on 03 5625 2545 to
obtain a Stall Holder information sheet. For
more information go to the Hamfest Sellers
page (Book
early, positions are limited!)
2006 Hamfest
report - Bruno VK3BFT
The GGREC 2006 Hamfest has proven to be a huge success.
The number of amateurs calling Dianne Jackson to book tables increased
greatly in the week prior to the event. Unfortunately we had to
turn down some booking requests as all tables had been booked.
The day started
off at 7:00 AM with great support from the GGREC members pitching
in to get the hall ready before the sellers arrive.
The inviting
aromas emanating from the kitchen tempted people to the back
door looking for food, hot drinks and a toilet. I think we need
to look at providing breakfast next year if we can get the volunteers.
I was having a bit of trouble telling people the kitchen wasn’t
opened, after they had traveled hours to get to the hall.
The sellers
were let in a bit earlier than advertised to speed things up
a bit. I think that worked well as it avoided the rush to unload
and set up the tables. The rear car park would have been gridlocked
if we’d waited until the official time.
I was surprised
at the amount of good quality amateur radios and equipment that
was on sale, and also surprised to hear that a huge amount of
it had been sold on the day. I was too preoccupied with how the
event was running to stop and look for things to buy.
All the members
that came to help on the day did a fantastic job. I would be
reproducing the membership list if I had to mention everyone
that came along. What impressed me the most was that anything
that needed to be done was done without question, even though
it may have inconvenienced the person that was asked to do it.
I knew we
had a record attendance when Helmut called me to say that we
had sold out of food and run out of milk and sugar. An additional
48 sausages were purchased and they were soon sold out as well.
Luckily it was the end and the demand had all but dried up, so
we decided to close the kitchen.
At 1:30 PM
we decided to announce that the door prize was about to be drawn
and were advised that the sellers had not received a door prize
ticket. This may have been a catastrophe but for the good planning
by Albert. You see, we had handed out and sold off all 400 door
prize tickets that we had printed. Luckily, Albert had thrown
a printer into the back of his wagon “just in case” and
we were able to print out more door prize tickets for the sellers.
First prize,
a hand held GPS unit, went to Clifford VK3FMAU. Second prize,
a desk lamp / magnifying glass, went to David Russell VK3 XDR.
Third prize, the Drew Diamond construction book went to Bruce
Parnell. Fourth prize, a TTS Systems construction kit and assorted
items that were donated on the day went to Dan Hasllett VK3DWH.
Apart from
one minor dispute between buyer and seller, that ended amicably,
the day was a huge success.
The GGREC Club
members that contributed to the success should all be proud of
themselves as I only heard praise for the professional way that
the day was run and how the sellers were looked after (except
for the hungry punters in the morning).
And now for
JOTA……..
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