OLD and NEW BUSINESS

Shirley informed the group that the County had called with notification of the opening of the ‘Gato Building’ and the possibility of holding meetings there. After discussion on the matter it was decided to find out all of the information in case of need, but to continue to hold the meetings at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall.
Shirley informed the group that a sympathy card had been sent in the clubs name to B.O. Lowerys’family.
Steve presented the group with a scrapbook that he had compiled from a box of old club papers.
Dean extended an invitation to the club to participate in the Florida Keys Club ‘Fox Hunt-Triple Fest’ to be held on March 9^that the Blue Heron Park on Big Pine, starting at 10:00 am and ending at 3:00 pm. The day involves a fox hunt, swap meet and fish fry. An e-mail will go out to everyone with notification. Frequency on Big Pine that day for info will be 146.52.
Shirley asked the group for input about Field Day for this year. Are we interested in pursuing a site in Key West or joining the Florida Keys group in Big Pine. After some discussion it was agreed upon to join the Florida Keys Club.

Election of officers

The group was asked if anyone present would be interested in an office. Jerry Turner has plans to leave the area around June and will not be able to hold his office next year. After polling the group, a vote was cast electing Tom Clements as President, Dean Nickless as Vice-President and Shirley Perpall as Secretary/Treasurer.
A new trustee will be needed with Jerry leaving. After discussion Tom Clements volunteered and will become the trustee for the club.
L.T. asked if anyone had info on the West Summerland Tower Site being erected. As far as he knew the tower is up at about 90 feet with construction continuing. No further information was known.
Barry filled the group in on the expenses of running the QSL.net site that we utilize for the club website and asked if the club would be willing to donate $10.00 to the cause. In previous years it had a couple of large corporate sponsors that picked up most of the expense but they will not be funding the site this year. After discussion a motion to donate $25.00 was made by Tom/Bill. Motion carried. Shirley will complete the form and mail the donation.
Tom read an article PC-SAT to the group with discussion following.
A 50/50 of $16.00 each went to Ryan Reeder and the club.
With no further business a motion to adjourn was made by L.T./Bill at 8:35 pm

NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 28, 2002