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Annual Meeting
Waynesboro Repeater Association The annual meeting of the Waynesboro Repeater Association of
Virginia was held on The meeting was called to order at 1900 hours by the Association President, Charlie (WA4ITY). Self-introductions were made of the current officers and the individuals that were present in the room. The business portion of the meeting began with the Secretary, Al (KF4AGT), reading the minutes from the last annual meeting of the group, which was December 16, 2004. The President asked if there were any additions, corrections or deletions to the minutes. Hearing no response, a motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes as presented. The Treasurers report was presented by Gordon (WA4FJC). Gordon reported that the membership had increased by 3 members from last year. This brings the membership to thirty-six. Also reported was income from memberships of $992.99. Operation expenses of $1,348.77, which includes items such as bank fees, stamps, utilities, and repair work. Equipment cost totaled $453.00. Taking all these incomes and expenses into consideration, the present bank balance is $699.99. Gordon elaborated on our bank fees being applicable for accounts under $1,000.00. His recommendation was to establish a new account with a bank that does not charge a fee. A motion was made and seconded to authorize the President, Secretary and Treasurer to sign papers to change banks and establish a new, no fee account. The process for election of officers took place. Nominations were sought from the floor, but no nominations were made. Since, the present officers agreed to run for their respective offices, a motion was made by Bob (W4BLD) to elect the officers by acclamation. This motion was seconded by Dave (K4DND). The following will establish the officers for 2006: President WA4ITY Charlie Vice-President
KE4ASC
Secretary KF4AGT Al Treasurer WA4FJC Gordon WA4BLD, Bob, provided information about our repeater status. The discussion primarily involved the past record experiences, mainly breakdowns of the repeater. After several repairs and replacements it was determined to replace the repeater and batteries. Due to the generosity of some local hams, a new Kenwood radio and a back-up battery/charger system were donated to the Repeater Association. Additional discussions were held about the repeater system, which included the purchase of a Ferrite isolator, ECHO-LINK, and a tone-generation. On the subject of the ECHO-LINK, the club went on record to operate this feature on the repeater. This was made into motion by WA4FJC and seconded. K4KIP, W4BLD and N4JG0 were authorized to initiate and monitor this service. The President further discussed the donations of the radio equipment, thanking them for their generosity. K4DND made a motion and WA4FJC provided a second to have the Secretary draft letters of appreciation to the hams that donated the equipment. This included Dave and Carol Metzger and A.E. Aleshire. New business included a request by K4DND to use the .075
repeater for the races use. Since this
is a bonafide use for the repeater, All business having been conducted, the meeting was adjourned at 2010 hours. Respectfully submitted, KF4AGT, Secretary Al Bogden |