March 4, 1998 Meeting Minutes
Meeting was held at 1830L in the CARC Shack, 401 Barton Hall.
Attendees:
Tom Schwabel, N2WLG
Steve Holland, N1RAO
Matthew Kleinmann, KG2LH
Ruth Lance
Brad Ackerman, N1MNB
Michael Collins, KF6EXF
Cyrus Yunker, KB2URA
Charlie Corbe, KB2LXS
Jim "Dr. Volts" Hardesty, N2DRT
Business:
Top News:
Contest: The ARRL DX Contest (Phone) is this
weekend. It will be starting Friday at 1900L. We will be
operating as N2WLG (see below "Club License"). We will
also be doing our station cleanup. This is the biggest contest of
the year, so come out.
Other Business:
Bike Race: We have agreed to assist the Bike
Race. We will supply a minimum of 4 operators, with hopefully as
many as 7 or 8. I will try to check in on the TCARC net Sunday
and see if they are interested in helping too. We would nominally
like one operator with each race group (3), one at the starting
line/command area, and one with the EMS team. Additional
operators for the race marshals would also be good.
Budget: The news is good. We were approved for
all of our items, including the phone and a new cypher-lock.
Total allocation was $1185.
R-390: The R-390 has been sold. We will make
approximately $330 from the sale. It is now gone, getting ready
to be shipped.
Club License: It expired. If you use the club
station, use your own call. W2CXM should not be used until new
paperwork for the club license is filed. Tom agreed to be license
trustee until a permanent trustee can be found. Charlie agreed to
operate the repeater (146.61-) under his call (KB2LXS) until the
club license is renewed. We are still looking for a permanent
trustee/advisor. Matthew is currently the leading candidate.
Ethernet: Not happening anytime soon, at least
through the AF. Any ideas about reasonable solutions to this
problem are welcomed.
Dues: We decided that levying dues for all
members would be unwise. If dues are to be levied at all, they
will most likely be a "station use" fee associated with
a per semester or per year fee for having a key and the
combination to the station. Regardless, we decided not to do this
immediately, and opted instead for hosting a hamfest/computer
show on campus as a fund-raiser/club promotion. The tentative
date is 5 September 98 with a tentative location of A-Lot on
north campus. Many details are undecided yet (fee structure,
whether to provide tables, etc).
Dr. Volts: We have tentatively set a date of 28
October for the seminar. The topics are yet undecided, as is the
venue, but Matthew is working on seeing if we can get a room in
Snee Hall. We will try to publicise through Student IEEE, CEPS,
flyers. Entry fee is yet undecided.
Misc.:
Activities: Contest schedule and other
relevant event schedules can be found on the CARC web page.
Next Meeting: March 25, 1998.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael C. Collins, KF6EXF