General Membership Meeting February 1998
Roll Call: 13 people were present. First time visitor (KC8FRW) John...
Minutes: Motion to accept minutes of last meeting made by Ed Spore, seconded by Dan Dundas...
Treasurer's Report: Treasurer not present..... (Someone needed to watch the door
for late arrivals)
Motions:
Brock, KB8WWG made a motion for the club to purchase a cable for the packet station, seconded by Ellie, N8EXE. Supported by the group.
Dennis, KB8OCG made a motion the club purchase cork board and wood to trim it in. So we wouldn't be destroying the paint job in the radio room at the Red Cross building with tape and other devices to put up information on the walls. Seconded Brock, KB8WWG. Supported by the group.
Ellie N8EXE made a motion to send a thank you letter from the group to thank Darryl for his efforts in helping and being the energy to start the ARCARS group. It was decided to go ahead with the letter and Ellie was going to compose it.
New Business:
Talk of having a bake sale and asking Wal Mart or another similar store to support the groups effort at their location. Also use channel 6 cable television for advertising Discussion dwindled and no motions were made........
Ed Spore thought it would be a good idea to mark the power connections in the radio room so that in the confusion of an emergency a mistake would be less likely when hooking up power leads to equipment. Also, he would like to see grid square maps for mobile and fixed station use made available for the radio operators to use in case of damage assessment assignments. If you need name tags you can contact Brock, KB8WWG or Kay at 987-9161.Old Business:
WD8DWR informed the group that 500 hundred entry forms had been sent out for the last bowling tournament and that participation in the event was poor and that member participation was poor. He also felt that if the tournament had been a singles play instead of the mixed doubles, that a better turn out could have been realized. The tournament should be done in January, February, and at the latest March. It was felt that not enough time was available to put it together..
Modules to be assembled by the club as a project are still being looked at and the price still a little high at 40 dollars each so lets keep a lookout for a good deal on this idea and bring it to the meeting to pursue this adventure.
Special interest group: Dennis KB8OCG informed the group that he didn't think we had kept our status current and asked the secretary to check into it through the A.R.R.L. Also if we are current then our members can renew the QST. subscription through the group and we get a kick back from the A.R.R.L. for our efforts. Darryl, KA8UKO has put in a request for the club to take on its own phone line at the repeater site. Darryl's request is being channeled to honor his request. Also group would like same phone privileges as the other phone line had.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn made by Dan Dundas seconded by Roger KI8CL. Supported by the group.