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DCARC Minutes
The DCARC held its monthly meeting on APRIL 13,2009 at the Rennaissance Center.
THESE ARE THE MINUTES OF THE DICKSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB MEETING FOR APRIL 2009.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE:
RICHARD, SKIP,
CHARLES,
JEFF,
BECKY,
VOLLIE,
LARRY,
BRUCE,
DALTON,
JEFF,
AND SEANA.
THERE WERE 2 CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES.-----
THE DATE OF THE MEMPHIS FREE FEST IS APRIL 17, AND THE ADJUSTED MEETING NIGHT FOR THE JULY MEETING IS JULY 14.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO DISCUSS THE MAY 2ND PICNIC. IT WILL BE HELD AT LAKEVIEW PARK. ARRIVE AT 6:00PM - EAT AT 6:30PM. VOLLIE WILL BE MAKING A LIST OF FOOD ITEMS, SO LET IDM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO BRING. DON'T FORGET WHITE ELEPHANT
ITEMS AND PLENTY OF CASH.
WE DISCUSSED THE SUCCESS OF THE VE SESSION WIDCH WAS HELD ON MARCH 28.
WE HAD 4 PARTICIPANTS, ALL OF WIDCH PASSED.
THE 3 NEW HAMS ARE:
TOMMY WOOTEN,
DALTON HALL, AND
CHARLES TALLEY.
SAM BROWN UPGRADED TO A GENERAL.
CONGRAULATIONS TO ALL!
CHARLES IS PUTTING TOGETHER A LEAFLET TO HAND OUT TO ALL NEW MEMBERS OR VISITORS OF THE CLUB, TELLING A LITTLE ABOUT US AND THE OPERATIONS WE ARE INVOLVED IN. HE READ OVER THE ROUGH DRAFT AND GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE CLUB MEMBERS OF CHANGES
AND ADDITIONS.
THE SOCCER FIELD AT BUCKNER PARK WILL AGAIN BE FIELD DAY SIGHT. FIELD DAY WILL BE HELD JUNE 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, EVEN THOSE WITH NO LICENSE, SO BE SURE TO INVITE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WE WILL DISCUSS FIELD DAY
MORE AT A LATER MEETING.
JEFF SPOKE ABOUT A NEW SYSTEM FOR SPOTTERS WIDCH HE BECAME AWARE OF DURING IDS NORMAN, OK SEMINAR. IF HE IS TO BE ONLINE WITH WEATHER PERSONNAL THEN IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT OTHERS HELP WITH SPOTTING AND/OR NET CONTROL.
JEFF ALSO TOLD US THAT STEVE MANLEY APPROACHED IDM ABOUT SETTING UP A ROOM FOR THE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB AT THE NEW EOC LOCATED ON COWAN ROAD. SOMETIME SOON WE WILL GET TOGETHER AND GO SEE THE ROOM DECATED TO OUR OPERATIONS, AND LET STEVE KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED THAT THE CLUB ITSELF CANNOT PROVIDE.
BRUCE TOLD OF THE NASHVILLE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB SPONSERING A TAILGATE PARTY ON PENNINGTON BEND RD ON APRIL 25. GET WITH BRUCE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO.
CLUB WAS ADJOURNED. TREASURY REPORT $651.00 OPENING BALANCE - $33.00 DONATIONS MAKING
A TOTAL OF $684.00.
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