** *Hey Everyone,* * Firstly, thank you for your patience while ARDC gets up to speed with our tickets. In an effort to minimize the backlog of tickets as efficiently as possible, we are holding a Ticket Party on Wednesday, October 16, from: 9a - 4p PDT 12 - 7p EDT 4 - 11p UTC 5p - 12a BST 6p - 1a CET If you’d like to attend and help us reduce the backlog, please see the inviteon the Groups.io Calendar of this subgroup (https://ardc.groups.io/g/44net/viewevent?eventid=2497221&calstart=2024-…) and RSVP to receive the Zoom link.You can also email me (rebecca(a)ardc.net <mailto:rebecca@ardc.net>) for the link if you prefer. If you did not attend our training workshop on Tuesday, we will hold another Portal Training Workshop immediately before the Ticket Party at: 8 - 9a PDT 11a - 12p EDT 3 - 4p UTC 4 - 5p BST 5 - 6p CET The invitefor the training can also be found on the Groups.io calendar of this subgroup where you can RSVP(https://ardc.groups.io/g/44net/viewevent?eventid=2497220&calstart=2024-10-16). You can also email rebecca(a)ardc.net <mailto:rebecca@ardc.net>for this link as well. Please note that participation in the workshop and the ticket party will require a signed volunteer agreement, which includes a confidentiality statement. This is because both the training and tickets will involve seeing Portal users’ personal information. If you would like to attend the Ticket Party and are unable to attend the live workshop, please let me know so we can provide you with a recording of Tuesday’s training session, along with a confidentiality statement to sign. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. 73, Rebecca KO4KVG * -- Rebecca Key - KO4KVG Communicaions Manager Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) ardc.net