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            Southern Oregon Amateur Packet Radio Association
                     
Southern Oregon Amateur Packet Radio Association
Meeting minutes for 12-8-01
Providence Hospital, Medford



Meeting called to order by Vice Chairman Richard Suber at 10:00 a.m.

Present:
	Dick Suber - K7DDI		Don Barkemeyer - KI7UK
	Albert Lawson - WB7AWL		Wilma Barkemeyer - W1LMA
	George Malmstrom -  KC7JJG	Anita Malmstrom - KC7MGH
	Will Calvert - N7KS		Steve Grajada - WB6YQP
	Warren Olney - KB7EKF		Gene Burchfield - KO6DW

Minutes of the last meeting were approved.
Treasurer's Report was presented by Steve Grajada
	Total Funds 9-9-01      $351.61
	Bills to be paid:	$15.00 to Steve Grajada
	Outstanding Checks:	$936.00
	It was noted that Albert Lawson had yet to be reimbursed per last month's
board request.
Treasurer's Report was accepted and approved.
Secretary was asked to write a letter to Al Pion, thanking him for his
donation.

Announcements:
	Al Pion - KK7XO is the new ARES District Five Emergency Coordinator
	Ed Ewell - K7DXV is a new ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator for       
        Klamath County

Technical Reports:

1.	Albert Lawson noted that here are some early morning problems with
        nodes going north.  He is checking on this.

2.	Path from Hammaker to Redding is doing well.

3.	Albert noted that messages going to the State EOC, during the SET,
        worked well.  State wants messages going to them, be put into the local
        BBS and have the system forward them.

4.	Link to the north is working well

5.	The Northwest Weather Service may want our Scala antenna

6.	APRS is getting popular.  We in the Rogue Valley may want to put up an
        APRS repeater.  There is an APRS repeater on 144.39 is near Medford.

7.	The Network Policy will be looked at, by Albert Lawson, after the fist
        of the year.


Election of New Officers:
	George Malmsrom moved, and Steve Grajada seconded, that the slate of
nominations be accepted.  Passed.  The officers for the year 2002 are:

		President		Albert Lawson
		Vice President		Don Barkemeyer
		Treasurer		Will Calvert
		Secretary		Warren Olney

	A discussion of new signature cards and check signing polity was
discussed.  A new signature card was signed by all the officers.  It was
agreed that a check would require the signature of any two officers.

New Business:
	It was discussed that SOAPRA needs their web site updated.  Will Calvert
volunteered to chair the project.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.  Next meeting will be at Providence
Hospital on January 12, 2002.

Respectfully submitted,



WARREN OLNEY
KB74KF