Minutes of Monthly Meeting
held on April 13, 1999 in Wycliffe
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES OF THE E.K.A.R.C.
April
13, 1999
King's Chapel basement, Wycliff Road & Highway 95a
17
members present, meeting commenced @ 1938
Sick or Injured
Amateurs:
VE7TED Injured in skiing accident, recovering
satisfactorily.
Motion: Adopt minutes of the last meeting as
read. Moved VE7OG,
Seconded VE7LOC. Carried
OLD
BUSINESS:
VE7TMG Annual General Meeting dinner booked
for Inn of the
South,
Price to be determined.
VE7CRJ We picked up another
Bingo last week when
another
organization
cancelled. This is worth about $1500
to
our Bingo
budget.
VE7CRJ The basic course scheduled for this
spring was
cancelled
due to lack of numbers but 4 XYL's
have
expressed an
interest in a course with VE7LOC to
finish
in mid
May.
VE7OG The MCX-100's are at VE7CRJ's awaiting
the e-proms to
arrive
before they can be converted and
reprogrammed.
VE7OG Reg raised the possibility of
the club sponsoring an
HF
award, possibly in
conjunction with Fort
Steele,
operating a
special op station along with a swap
meet
this
spring.
VE7OG Reg reported the 2-10 FM
repeater project is on-going.
VE7LOC Phone net to be
initiated for our next meeting
with
VE7SKT
organizing.
TREASURER'S
REPORT
As of Apr
1, 1999
Gemini
account $3875.08
Shares $
42.10
Total $3917.31
NEW
BUSINESS:
VE7CRJ Audit of our books time is here,
VE7SKT and VE7KD will
serve as assistant auditors with VE7NEK
VE7CRJ The
"On Air" magazine subscription that we donated
to
the Kimberley and
Cranbrook Libraries have folded.
Neither library has
received magazines in the
last
while so it looks
like that's that. MOTION VE7OG
sec
VE7KD "to
give the Kimberley library the
necessary
extra money
to purchase a subscription to "CQ
VHF"".
Passed
VE7CRJ May 16th is the "JOG &
BIKE" benefit and they
need
members to patrol
the course. Volunteers will
be
gratefully
appreciated.
VE7CRJ July 5th - 11th is the
"ACCORDION CHAMPIONSHIP"
who
needs volunteers
to work again this year.
Volunteers
will be
gratefully appreciated.
VE7NEK No on has contacted us
to do the "CHILDREN'S
FESTIVAL"
this
year.
VE7CRJ CNIB is looking for a donation to their
HAM fund again.
MOTION VE7LOC sec VE7RWD we donate $100 to CNIB
for
support for blind
hams. PASSED Some discussion
was
initiated over
getting the CNIB to send us a list
of
services they
provide to blind hams.
VE7CRJ Frequency coordination
dues of $20 are due again and
we
need to elect a
coordinator for our area. VE7TMG
was
acclaimed our
frequency coordinator and consensus
was
reached to send in
the $20 along with Trevor.
VE7OG The MCX-100's
sales will net us $3000. MOTION
VE7TMG
sec VE7LOC,
"that we use the moneys generated from
the
sale of the
surplus equipment to go towards
buying
building
materials for a club house on
VE7CRJ's
property on
the basis of an informal agreement
with
CRJ."
PASSED. VE7PJ & VE7KD abstained.
VE7CWM The
Rockin in the Rockies club show and shine will
be
June 12th this year
and they could use volunteers
to
man the roadblocks
along Baker St. More
information
coming in
the next meeting.
VE7TMG Adjourn @
2100
VE7BGO Gave us an excellent talk on Ham
safety. He
covered
topics such as
the importance of grounding
and
lightning
protection. His talk was especially
valuable
and pertinent
as the summer season approaches.