YASME FOUNDATION GRANTS

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On 1 May the Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation announced several grants in furtherance of Yasme's goal of encouraging youth participation in amateur radio and operating activities.
* Three grants have been made to support the attendance of two Ethiopian, two Tunisian and two Kosovar amateur radio operators at the 2017 YOTA conference (http://www.ham-yota.com) that will take place next August in England.
* The Board has also made a grant to Kevin Richardson (G0PEK) and his daughter Lauren (M6HLR) for the purchase of ADRF and HF, VHF and UHF portable radio equipment in support of their activities to encourage youth involvement in amateur radio in the United Kingdom.
* Earlier this year the Board made a grant to facilitate the attendance of Dr. Tamitha Skov at this year's Dayton Hamvention Contest University (http://www.contestunviversity.com) session. A Research Scientist at The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, Dr. Skov is one of the Professors at the 2017 CTU and her talk is entitled "The Wonderful World of Space Weather". [TNX W6SZN]