JUNE 3 BRARA GENERAL MEETING

Our BRARA monthly meeting will take place June 3rd in person at the West Boca Branch of The Palm Beach County Library. People arrive in person between 6:00 – 6:30 PM and Zoom chat opens about 6:00 PM. The business portion of the meeting starts at 6:30 PM and the presentation begins about 7:00 PM.

Our speaker this month will be Patrick Bolan KJ7ZSU, His topic will be Geochron clocks.

20 years ago, Patrick was working as a construction manager for Home Depot, and saw his 1 st mechanical Geochron in a conference room.  10 years later, he bought an old Geochron that – Patrick discovered – he could not repair. He took the clock to the only place in the world that still made Geochrons… just a mile
from his house.  He felt a moment of destiny, and told the retiring owners, “If you were ever interested in selling his company, I’d like to be a part of that conversation.”  He couldn’t afford their price, but offered his own house as collateral to purchase Geochron’s tools and inventory. Today, the mechanical clock is built and restored in Colorado, and Patrick manages the Geochron Atlas product he created from the Pacific Northwest with a small team of local developers. Every Atlas is kitted in his basement.

Patrick has a talent for persistence. He’s a 2x Ironman triathlete, 2 graduate degrees, married 30 years, and recently finished a 23,000 mile motorcycle tour to visit 48 Geochron owners in 48 states. And he’d like to install a ham rig on his motorcycle someday.

The meeting location is the Palm Beach County Library Boca West Branch, 18685 State Road 7, Boca Raton, FL 33498

ZOOM Meeting ID: 865 5255 5294

Passcode: 123456