EAST KOOTENAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB MEETING
April 14, 2018
Annual General Meeting
Minutes
Present: VE7LOC, VE7DNG, VE7CRJ, VE7KFR, VA7CSH,
VE7NEK, VE7RWD, VA7BAJ, VE7MRP, VE7ECR, VE7JBE, VE7GSJ, VE7CZE, VE7DLR and
VA7WN
Regrets.
VE7CRX Guests: Nil
Meeting called to order: at 2:02 PM by VE7LOC
Sick or injured
amateurs: Nil.
Adoption of the agenda: 2 Additional items added under new business.
Minutes adopted by consensus. Carried.
Correspondence: NIL
Adoption of Minutes of
Feb 10, 2018 meeting: Motion by KFR,
second by CSH. Carried.
Business arising from
the minutes:
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Item
C. Continued discussion with Terry Balan from the RDEK EOC about creating an
outline for equipment update of the club station at the EOC for grant
submission (possibility 20K). Lance spent morning with Terry helping Terry prep
for his license.
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Item
4 Club equipment inventory in sea can—on going.
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Item
5) next social meeting will be a discussion of band plans.
Treasurer’s Report: March 31, 2018 Balance 1361.911 term deposit 5067.00
Total 7395.28
Motioned
by NEK for adoption of his report. Second GSJ. Carried
New Business:
1) Elections: LOC opened the nominations, no further
nominations received. All those nominated at the last meeting were elected by
acclamation. The slate of officers for 2018-2019 are:
Lance Cuthill – President, Ken
McDonald-Treasurer, Randy Miller – Vice President, Doug Newberry- Secretary.
Lance declared elections closed.
Authorized signatures will be changed at the Kootenay Savings Credit
Union to be any 2 signatures of the three officers: President, Treasurer and
Secretary.
2) IRLP relocation and
upgrade. LOC gave a brief history of the IRLP equipment and the challenges
presented by the computer’s size and noise. LOC indicated DNG had agreed to
have it set up at his QTH but cannot accommodate the size and lack of internet
connect ability. NEK and DNG discussed the options available to upgrade the
equipment. One option is MICRO-NODE, which offers various modes of operation,
for $495USD, if has a .2 watt built in radio. DNG noted this may not be enough
power for a reliable connection to the repeater. The other option is to go with
the Raspberry PI unit
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offered by the IRLP people themselves. We
would use the transmitter and power supply the club currently has and this unit
would replace the huge computer and provide Wi-Fi capability. Its price is
$329USD. GSJ noted it might be better to get the Micro-Node due to offering
more modes. LOC asked for a motion from the membership whether to continue to
operate an IRLP node. This motion was made by GSJ, Second NEK. Carried.
Further discussion was held and LOC asked for
a motion to form a committee made up of members, CRX, DNG, NEK, GSJ and MRP and
they could spend up to a maximum of $1000. Motion made by NEK, Second by GSJ.
Carried.
3) Discussion was held
about RDEK EOC equipment upgrade. LOC asked for a motion to form a committee to
explore what we need for the EOC station and upgrades for the club repeater system. Motion was made by CSH, second by RWD.
Carried. The committee will be made of MRP, DNG, JBE and CRX. The equipment
requirements will used as a basis for the club plans and coordination of a
grant application with the RDEK.
4) Refer to item 3.
5) Membership held a discussion as to the
status of the decal/crest design. NEK will contact CRX and query if design is
getting further updates.
6) Discussion was held regarding dates for June
BBQ and August picnic at Wycliff park. ZIP will pick dates and report back.
7) RDEK
Emergency Operations Center Bi-monthly meeting. DNG attended and gave a brief
report.
8) Rocky Mountain Road Rally, Invermere area. Rally will be held May 25-27, 2018.
Volunteer amateur radio operators are needed, mobile units are recommended for
Saturday operation. Fairmont repeater link will be off for this weekend. GSJ
said it was a very worthwhile adventure. He took part last year. For further
information contact GSJ.
Roundtable
Discussion was held about club participating in Field Day June 24-25,
2018. LOC will discuss with CRX. ECR talked about items she had for sale DNG
said send him an email and he will send it to club members.
Meeting adjourned: at 3:18 PM by KFR
NEXT
MEETING: May 19 social meeting about Band Plans at 2:00
PM for a social meeting at the Shop of VE7LOC