The Heartland Signal December 2000 & January 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLUB NET : The club net is held on Wednesday night at 8:30 PM on 147.165 + CLUB DUES : Dues for year 2ØØ1 are $10.00 for an individual and $15.00 for a family. Dues paid after June 30th are half price till October at which time the dues go back to full price but are good through the following year. CLUB MEETING : The Heartland A.R.C.meets on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 P.M. at McFarland's Restaurant at 4133 SW Gage Center Dr. Next Meeting 01/11/2001 Up Coming Events : * Dec. 25- Christmas Day * Jan. 01 - New Year Day 2ØØ1 * Jan. 11 - Heartland Amateur Radio Club Meeting * Jan. 15- Test Session In Overbrook 7:00 P.M. (call WØNSW 267-6455 to preregister for the test.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes from the Newsletter Editor me NØWNT : I have volunteered to be newsletter editor and web page editor for the new year 2ØØ1 If any one has an article that they would like placed in the newsletter you can Email it to me nØwnt@parod.com or bring to the next club meeting, and all so if you would like to have some thing put on the club's web site let me know 73 de NØWNT Terry Heartland Amateur Radio Club meeting on 9 November 2000 Meeting was called to order, followed by a round of introductions. Secretary's report was read and accepted. Treasurer's report was read. Balance was $64.55, and no deposits or expenditures since the last meeting. The report passed. Old Business: Nominations for 2001 Officers will be at the December meeting. Scott NØXF also thanked the club for the help with both the CROP walk and Alzheimer's Assn walks. The club's repeater antenna is still on top of the Pauline Co-Op, along with 75 ft of 7/8" heliax that needs to be retrieved at some point. New Business: The heartland SiteRing has 30 club web sites on it and is going well. Proposed amendment to the bylaws: Any person having an interest in amateur radio is eligible to become an associate member, but shall not be entitled to vote for club officers, nor hold office. Test Session, Nov 10th 7pm at the Kansas State Bank in Overbrook. Nets: Nov 15: Jerry KØJAL Nov 22: Terry NØWNT Nov 29: Todd KØKAN Dec 6: Marge NØXFL Dec 13: Joni NØYF At this point the meeting was adjourned. Heartland Amateur Radio Club meeting on 14 December 2000 The meeting was called to order by Jerry KØJAL. Minutes of the previous meeting were read. Motion was made to accept the minutes, and that passed. Treasurer's report: $64.55 as of last meeting, no expenditures, $15.00 deposit from the donation can, leaving a balance going into the December meeting of $79.55. A motion was made to accept the treasurer's report, and that passed. Old Business: none. New Business: Second reading of Terry NØWNT's proposed by-law change. The by-laws was amended to include a reduced dues rate for associate members. The amendment passed. Motion was made to accept the new by-law with the amendment, and that passed as well. The new by-laws is as follows: Any person having an interest in amateur radio is eligible to become an associate member, but shall not be entitled to vote for club officers, nor hold office. Associate member dues will be 50 percent of the rate for regular member dues for a full year. Nomination were held for year 2001 officers. The nominations are: for President: Jerry Lineback KØJAL for Vice-President / Secretary: Joni Kline NØYF for Vice-President / Treasurer: Deb Mannell KCØFFQ The amateur radio club's SiteRing is going well. So far 36 clubs are on the ring, and there have been 1015 referrals to the WØHRC web site. Nets: Dec 20- KØJAL Jerry Dec 27- NØWNT Terry Jan 03- NØXFL Marge Jan 10- NØYF Joni -------------------------------------------------------------------------- President: Jerry Lineback -KØJAL VP/Treasurer : Scott Kline -NØXF VP/Sectary : Todd Brandenburg - KØKAN Newsletter Editor: Terry McDonald - NØWNT Newsletter Publisher: Scott Kline -NØXF Web Page Editor: Terry McDonald - NØWNT Web Page Address (URL) http://www.qsl.net/wØhrc ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heartland Amateur Radio Club in Topeka,Kansas WØHRC 147.165 + CTCSS PL Tone 192.8 Email wØhrc@qsl.net