<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Reminder, please RSVP to <a href="mailto:ka1gtt@arrl.net">ka1gtt@arrl.net</a> if you plan to attend the Great Wall party THIS COMING WEDNESDAY 1/2/19. Looks like I have 17 saying “yes” so far!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Andy</div><div dir="ltr">KA1GTT</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Dec 11, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Andy Wallace <<a href="mailto:soldersmoke01@gmail.com">soldersmoke01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Important: please RSVP now to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="mailto:ka1gtt@arrl.net">ka1gtt@arrl.net</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"> so I can get a headcount for the restaurant. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="auto"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><span></span><br><span>Please join us for the 2019 holiday get together which will take the place of our normal meeting in January. (The Wednesday, Feb 6th meeting will be at the Chelmsford Bible Church.)</span><br></span><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">The BARS January 2nd Holiday Party Location is in Bedford, MA. This month’s meeting is very special as we greet the New Year and hold a New Year’s version of our traditional Yankee Swap.<br><br>Here are the details:<br>Date: Wednesday, January 2, 2019<br>Time: 7:00 PM<br>Where: Great Wall Restaurant, 309 Great Road, Bedford MA 01730<br>Restaurant Tel. Number: 781-275-7007<o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><a href="http://greatwallbedford.com">http://greatwallbedford.com</a></span> </span><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Program:<br>– Yankee Swap (Participation Optional for members. If you wish to participate bring a wrapped gift of $15 or less in value.)<br>– Dinner Buffet - includes soup (Cost $23 per person including tip – please bring cash as we will collect for the bill when you arrive). <br>– Beverages (other than tea and water) are not included in above cost.</span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Ordering beverages (other than tea and water) or menu items:<br>Beverages, other than Tea or Water, and menu items can ordered from the main restaurant menu (other than the buffet) at an extra cost that are not included as part of the Club’s bill. These can be purchased individually by paying the waiter directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; "><o:p style="font-size: 17px;"> If the bill winds up less than $23/person we will refund back the difference.</o:p></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Directions to Great Wall:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Coming from the North:<br>From Chelmsford and Billerica, follow Route 4 South into Bedford Center. Continue south on Routes 4/225 for about one mile (four traffic lights). At the 4th light (across from Papa Gino’s), turn right into the STOP and SHOP Shopping Center. The GREAT WALL is on the right hand side near the back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Coming from the North or South via Route 128:<br>Take the Route 4/225 exit towards Bedford. Travel about 1.5 miles from Route 128 and at the 3rd Traffic Light get into the Left Turn Lane (across from Papa Gino’s). Turn left into the STOP and SHOP Shopping Center. The GREAT WALL is on the right hand side near the back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Come and enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Andy</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">KA1GTT</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="mailto:ka1gtt@arrl.net">ka1gtt@arrl.net</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">PS the Yankee Swap rules from Jim, N1HTS, our Master of Ceremonies, are posted below. Consider joining the swap! It’s fun and you never know what you’ll end up with.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">==============</span></div><div><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Yankee Swap Rules:</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; ">Please be there by 7:30 if you want to participate as we can't add people once we start, which will be after <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">the meal and any business type discussions.</span></span></p><p class="default-style" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Everyone gets a randomly drawn number when they bring a wrapped gift of $15-ish to the swap.<br><br>Nobody leaves until the swap is over.<br>You can not pick the gift you brought.<br><br>The person who gets the first pick also gets the last pick.<br><br>The person with the lowest number starts the first round. They choose<br>a gift, open it and take it back with them.<br><br>One at a time in ascending order, a swap round begins when the next<br>person chooses a present, opens it, and decides to keep it OR swap it<br>for a present someone else has already opened.<br><br>If the person wants to keep the newly opened gift, the next round begins.<br><br>If the person wants to swap the newly opened gift for an already<br>opened gift, the person who receives the "new to them" gift can either<br>keep their new gift OR swap with any other opened gift which has not<br>been swapped in the current round. Swapping in that round continues<br>until someone is willing to keep their "new to them" gift.<br><br>Opening and swapping rounds continue until all presents are unwrapped.<br><br>The final round begins when the person who picked first (#1) gets to<br>choose from all the presents AND ends when someone in the swap round<br>decides to keep the gift they have received.<br></span></p><p class="default-style" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Let the games begin :-)</span></p><p class="default-style" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">Oh and after we are done you are free to negotiate a swap<br>for what you really wanted but didn't get.<br><br></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">jim</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><span></span><br><span></span><br></span></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>