Location:
John, W2GW, the LIDXA President, called to order the meeting
of September 14th at 8:15 PM. Members
present (per sign-in on the blackboard) included W2GW and XYL K2MAU, KC2OPX,
W2VZQ, AB2NT, W2FGD, N2KA, and new member, Bob, W2PNJ.
The
club welcomed to the LIDXA our new member, Bob, W2PNJ.
Since the club’s Secretary, Ed, K2MFY could not make tonight’s meeting,
Karen, KC2OPX, offered to take the minutes and forward them to Ed for editing
and issue.
In terms of DX, specific activities were highlighted:
Starting
the business portion of tonight’s meeting was the approval of the June 15th meeting minutes. These minutes were accepted as
presented. In addition, the minutes were
prepared in advance by K2MFY, and sent out to the membership with the September
meeting notice. Thanks to the efforts of
KE2LJ, Pat, the minutes appear in the LIDXA web site at: http://www.qsl.net/lidxa.
W2GW gave
the monthly Treasurer’s report. John
indicated that about 20 members had paid their dues. A new roster, as of August 31, was sent to the
current membership by W2GW; also K2MFY included it in the meeting announcement. In order to stay an ARRL-affiliated club, at
least 25 members must be part of the club.
The next LIDXA update to the ARRL for club status is required in early
2008.
It was
reported that long-time LIDXA member and past President, Lenny, KB2HK, was
recovering from a stroke. The membership
wished Lenny a speedy and healthy recovery.
Marv,
W2FGD, stated that Saturday, September 16, the NJDXA would be hosting their
annual summer picnic in
Art, N2KA, was happy to report that
he had just received his BS7H, Scarborough Reef QSL card from the manager.
With
Pat, KE2LJ, the present LIDXA Vice President, leaving the NYC area for a
A DVD was then shown on the November 2006 international DXpedition to
This meeting concluded at around 10PM after all the scheduled business
and entertainment had finished. The next
LIDXA meeting will be held on Friday October 19, 2007.
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Ed Whitman, K2MFY
LIDXA Secretary