Minutes of the SEMARC Board Meeting
February 11, 2008
Attendees: Dick Roberts N0UC (President), Steve Howard AB0XE (Vice-President),
Dennis Ackerman KB0OQQ (Treasurer), Pete Sigtermans N0FKC, Skip Jackson KS0J, John
Regan KA0HYR, John W3FAF (Secretary)
The
meeting was called to order by the President, Dick Roberts N0UC at 7:42
PM. The minutes of the annual meeting
were read (taken by Jim Boyd) and will be submitted to the membership for
approval. Dennis Ackerman KB0OQQ
presented the
Treasurer’s report:
As
of January 31 2008, the balance of the accounts was General: $1985.46 and VE:
$108.19.
OLD BUSINESS
At
the annual meeting, the voting ballot was corrected (an error was present as a
result of verbiage confusion) and resubmitted to the membership. Dennis KB0OQQ
made a motion that we accept the ballots as received and reviewed by the
board. The motion was Moved Seconded and
Approved (MSA). The new results show
that Pat Story W0MCQ was elected as member-at-large. An e-mail will be sent out by Dick N0UC to
this effect.
BUSINESS
Committees
President
Dick Roberts suggested the following committees:
Club Scholarship Committee: Chaired by Jim Boyd KC0QCO
Program Committee: Chaired by Skip Jackson KS0J
Field Day Committee: Chaired by Gary Esler WK0X
Dennis
Ackerman made a motion to accept the above list of committees as given (MSA).
Club Scholarship Committee:
Our
discussion was limited due to Jim KC0QCO absence due to illness. The details of the committee’s activities
must be completed by May 2008 (John KA0HYR).
The board discussed how the scholarship is to be focused. The board will further discuss this and make
recommendations. A preliminary funding
idea was proposed by Steve Howard AB0XE such as having a pancake breakfast at
the VFW. Skip Jackson suggested that we
could approach some of the local ham radio distributors. He will talk to Dan Fish, Jay Bellows and
Twila Greenheck regarding possibilities.
John Thomas W3FAF moved that the
Treasurer provide a line item for the Scholarship and seconded by Steve Howard.
Programs:
Skip
has a program for February but is lacking programs through May. Steve suggested that we have a program on
digital voice or perhaps D-star. It
would be good to have an overview talk on propagation (John W3FAF?). Another talk topic of GMRS was suggested.
Field Day:
We
will move to another location (presently being investigated) this June. Locations will be discussed at future
meetings.
Membership:
Skip
suggested that we give new members a picture guide to the present membership
and officers of the club. Also, it would
be a good idea to hand out plastic IDs to the membership. This will be
“developed.” Regular e-mails will be
sent out to the membership.
ARES:
Steve
is setting up another ARES Website. The
“Radio Team” will show that we are organized at the county level. There will be a meeting on February 17 (no
details). The “Adventure Race” provides
a good practice field for ARES membership.
It will be held May 10th, runs for 10 hours and needs
volunteer operators (6AM to 6PM with a barbeque afterwards).
Hospital Radio Kit Project:
Skip
suggests that we schedule a program for February to complete the remaining 11
kits to be assembled. Operating
procedures will be written. Just a note,
this kit is not intended to be a final station for the hospital.
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:40 (MSA).
Respectfully
submitted,
John
H. Thomas, III W3FAF
Secretary
Minutes of the SEMARC Membership Meeting
Attendees: Dick Roberts N0UC (President), Steve Howard AB0XE (Vice-President),
Dennis Ackerman KB0OQQ (Treasurer), Pete Sigtermans N0FKC, Skip Jackson KS0J, Jim
Boyd KC0QCO, Jerry DeHaven WA0ACF, Vern Reiter WA0KRL, Don Nelson KF0UU, Bernie
Hanson KA0GX , Pat Story W0MCQ, Gary Esler WK0X John
Dean K0JDD, Dave Glass W0OXB, Roger Kamps KB0HVZ, Dan
Franz WD0GUP, Kevin Osborn KD0ABR,* Pat Osborn KA0RXX,* John W3FAF (Secretary)
* visitor
The
meeting was called to order by the President, Dick Roberts N0UC at
Minutes (John W3FAF):
The
minutes of the board meeting were passed around and read. They were accepted as
written.
Treasurer’s report (Denny KB0OQQ):
As
of
|
|
General
Fund |
VE Fund |
|
|
$1583.66 |
$125.30 |
|
|
$575.00 |
$57.81 |
|
|
($47.90) |
($74.92) |
|
|
$1985.46 |
$108.19 |
MSA.
Old Business:
At
the annual meeting, irregularities in voting were discussed. A re-vote was called and performed
there. Pat Story W0MCQ was elected as
member-at-large.
Scholarship Committee (Jim KC0QCO,
Skip KS0J and Jim KC0HYV)
Jim
presented recommendations obtained at the Committee Meeting held Jan 14th.
Some
of the questions addressed were:
How to get high school students
involved/interested in this,
How to start raising funds,
Criteria for awarding the scholarship,
Requirements (must be science, engineering,
mathematics or technology) and have an immediate family member licensed as an
Amateur Radio Operator,
have a cumulative GPA of >3.
The
school districts covered were discussed with the initial results including
districts: 834, 833, 200, 196,
New Business:
Dick
N0UC presented that 3 committees be formed as a result of the Board Meeting
recommendations:
Field Day Committee chaired by Gary
WK0X,
Scholarship Committee chaired by Jim KC0QCO,
Program Committee chaired by Skip
KS0J.
Field Day Committee Report: Gary WK0X said
that details were needed. Last year we
operated as 6F at the Fire Station. This
was a good choice. We have had a lot of
different sites in the past. Perhaps we
should have a different site this year.
An
operating plan is needed. Pat Story
discussed interference between the stations operating. Filters and proper antenna orientation may
help this situation. This will be
discussed in more detail later.
Program Committee Report Skip
KS0J asked for volunteers to help with this.
John Dean K0JDD and John W3FAF volunteered. There were requests for a program on
propagation.
John
K0JDD will bring food for the March Meeting.
A
Short program was presented by Skip KS0J on LED Lighting.
The
meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
John
H. Thomas, III W3FAF
Secretary