[Coco] A quick question re Glenside CCC… how close is GCCCHQ to DeKalb?

[Jim Brain (2022-23 GCCC President)]

On 7/19/2023 2:17 AM, Kevin Havens W9JYD via Coco wrote:
> CQ de W9JYD my fellow CoCoNutz…
>
> At this point in time, I’m in Augusta, Georgia, in the final days of a huge
> mistake coming here (but irrelevant to this post, so won’t be discussing it
> further)… but I’m relocating to DeKalb, IL around the day I get paid in a
> little over a week from now.
>
> I’ve had “Attend a Last! CoCoFest” on my bucket list for EVER. Knowing that
> DeKalb is close to the place where Lonnie birthed the first (and farewell…
> nice touch imho) RainbowFEST somewhere round that area. And reading some
> back issues of CoCo~123 from Guilliame’s CoCo Archive… I seen some
> references to the town I’ll be moving to next month. But I’m just recalling
> from memory. I really want to hold a “dead tree version” of a newsletter
> again for that immediate high of nostalgia. PDF is where it’s at and always
> available (just generalizing) but sometimes I want to have a physical
> printed copy without Facebook, Messenger, instagram, iMessage, whatever
> intruding upon my reading by sliding down a notification that the developer
> deems appropriate…
>
> So, TL;DR… my question is in the subject line, basically. I need to get
> into doing things I love doing. I already found an amateur radio club there
> in DeKalb, and I remembered, with possibly fuzzy memory, that Glenside was
> in or somewhere around DeKalb. If anyone could help me with this,
> appreciate it.
>
> And if so, I will DEFINITELY join Glenside.
>
> 73s de W9JYD

It's about 44 minutes to the fest from the middle of Dekalb:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/DeKalb,+IL/Holiday+Inn+%26+Suites+Chicago-Carol+Stream+(Wheaton),+an+IHG+Hotel,+South+Gary+Avenue,+Carol+Stream,+IL/@41.9032011,-88.7648336,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x880f2a436a34225b:0x61572c0fee89d331!2m2!1d-88.7499128!2d41.9295355!1m5!1m1!1s0x880e54d2bff56681:0x6fa627c290cc9ea8!2m2!1d-88.1216731!2d41.9023429?entry=ttu

We hope you'll join us next year.

Jim

-- 
Jim Brain, 2022-23 President
Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
president at glensideccc.com
www.glensideccc.com