East Kootenay Amateur Radio Club

Minutes of Monthly Meeting

EKARC MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1999. HELD AT KINGS CHAPEL (basement) Highway 95A, 10 miles North of
Cranbrook BC.

14 MEMBERS PRESENT. COMMENCEMENT AT 19:33.

Report of Sick or Injured Amateurs; VE7ERV in good health.

MOTION: VE7KFR, seconded VE7LOC the minutes of the last meeting

be adopted as read. CARRIED.

CORRESPONDENCE: C.N.I.B. request for donation.

C.N.I.B. Silver award for last years donation.

OLD BUSINESS:

VE7CRJ The link to Sparwood is up and running. A list of

codes for operation is forthcoming.

VE7CRJ The A.P.R.S. link is spotty and will be tuned in the

near future so we all will know exactly where we are.

VE7CRJ The hospital folks still have not gotten back to us

regarding New Years eve duties. VE7KD attended a

meeting and reported that the concern is a lack of

communication between other hospitals in the region and

we will probably be asked to set up stations to

communicate between them.

VE7CRJ Shaw Cable isn't willing to let us use their tower

without leasing hassles so CRJ will seek the continued

use of our present site from the new manager.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

VE7NEK reports the balances as of November 8, 1999 as follows:

Cash on Hand $0000.00

Chequing account $9898.78

Shares account $ 42.23

Total $9941.01

NEW BUSINESS:

VE7SKT A letter was received regarding a hamfest to be held at

Logan Lake BC, on June 23, 24, and 25, 2000. More

information can be received by contacting Larry Berkey

at [email protected] or phoning 1 250 554-7934.

VE7LOC The Kootenay International Hamfest planning meeting

will be held at the Pizza Factory in Creston on Nov.

17th. VE7LOC & VE7SKT will attend on behalf of the

club to gather more information.

MOTION VE7LOC, seconded VE7TED that we donate $100 to the CNIB

Amateur Radio Program. CARRIED.

VE7KD Gave us an informative reading on the calling

"portable" and "mobile" as interpreted by Industry

Canada. The bottom line is that there is no

requirement to call "mobile" and only rigs that do not

have an internal power supply and integral antenna

system which are relocated to a location away from the

licensed address are to be called "portable". This

means you shouldn't call "portable" when using a

handheld.

VE7EDM The homepage is down.

VE7TED Questioned whether the in-coming bureau was operating

with our clubs newest membership list. This list will

be sent out forthwith.

VE7KD ADJOURN

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Donna Grobell & Judy Becker from the Emergency Social Services

people and Jim _______? from the Cranbrook Emergency Coordination

office, gave us a very informative and timely talk and video

presentation on their role in time of disaster. They stressed

several points, among them that many different types of disasters

were possible, ranging from forest fires to floods (Y2K?). They

also stressed the importance of having Amateur Radio people and

their equipment available for emergency communications providers

in these situations. A fine presentation, well received.