October 14, 1998 Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting, 10/14/98

ATTENDEES:
Mike Collins, KF6EXF
Steve Holland, N1RAO
Katie Whitman, KB1CIU
Brad Ackerman, N1MNB
David Bell, KC2DCF
Art Bell, KC2DCD
Tom Schwabel, N2WLG
Yumeng Bell, KC2EAM
Cyrus Yunker, KB2URA
Doc Kinne, N2IKR/NNN0BFA-T

BUSINESS:
Jamboree on the Air: Sat. the 17th, be there at 1pm.
Dr. Volts: Dr. Volts is now a definite. Everything has been approved! Need to cut a check - $300 for Dr. Volts, put up posters and advertise in other ways. Set-up - possibility of using the space sciences van

• $1 admission for students
• $3 admission for faculty and general public

ATV Repeater: discussed location - on Barton or Bradfield?
Meeting Times: Discussion of meeting times and frequency. It was voted that we shall meet at 6:30pm every other Wed.
Meetings will be held on the following days:

• Oct. 21
• Oct. 28
• Nov. 4
• Nov. 18
• Dec. 2

Misc.:

1. Katie has offered to ask her father to make the fiberglass pole needed to hold up the new antennas.
2. Y2K Compliance?!?! Our membership cards and QSL cards, are, in fact, NOT Y2K compliant!!
3. Add a full set of study guides to the library, complete with Morse Code tapes, etc.
4. When will we destroy the refrigerator? Removal plans to be made.
5. Begin work on next year's ham fest after the Dr. Volts show.
6. Possibility for repeater repair over Christmas Break?
7. 10 meters and 15 meters are now VERY active
8. We still need to get a redirect for the webpage.
9. Katie managed to finish a large portion of the incredibly backlogged QSL cards!

Activities:

1. CQ WW DX Contest, Phone -- October 24-25

Contest schedule and other relevant event schedules can be found on the CARC web page.

Next Meeting: October 21, 1998, 7:00 PM.

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