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This tip sheet contains a number of ways that you can help ARRL promote its 90^th Anniversary throughout the remainder of 2004. By getting involved in one or more of these activities, you'll also be promoting Amateur Radio in the community and gaining added exposure for your club.

1. Use the ARRL 90^th logo on club letterhead and all news releases for the remainder of the year.

2. Use the 90^th Anniversary theme during hamfests and conventions on brochures, programs, booth signage, etc.

3. Use ARRL's 90^th during Field Day and other activities your club plans to be involved with this year.

4. Refer to the backgrounders on the PR pages if a reporter wants more information on Amateur Radio. They cover the important basics, including ham radio's role during emergencies.

5. Start up a licensing class in honor of the 90^th and alert the press. Post colorful notices on bulletin boards in prominent places such as libraries, supermarkets, radio/electronics stores, bookstores and your local community center.

6. Contact your local library and offer to set up an informational display on Amateur Radio.

7. Call local broadcast radio talk shows and volunteer to be a guest. The relevance of ham radio in today's wireless world would be a great topic to propose.

8. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper alerting readers to the 90^th Anniversary. Include some facts about your club and invite readers to contact you for more information.

9. Invite your mayor or other local official to your club's next public event or emergency communications exercise, and don't forget to invite the press.

10. Approach your local TV and radio stations with ARRL public service announcements. It's possible to tag the announcements with the club name and phone number for more information. Contact ARRL for details on the PSAs.

11. Hold a ham radio "open house." Invite your non-ham neighbors (and their children) into your shack and let them try a few contacts.

12. Volunteer to speak on the subject of Amateur Radio at a local Rotary, Kiwanis or other service club meeting.

13. Bring ham radio into a local classroom and let students get on the air.

14. Make sure that all local public safety officials know that you serve as a spokesperson for ham radio in the community, and offer information on how hams can assist them during times of emergency.

15. With his or her permission, put a local reporter on your club newsletter mailing list.

16. Develop informational handouts about your club that can be left in local radio/electronics stores.