[EIDXA] MINUTES OF nOV 1, 2013 MEETING

[Richard Haendel]

Minutes of the EIDXA meeting Nov 1, 2013

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM by our President Craig, K0CF.



33 hams answered the CQ call.



Jim, W0SR introduced Jan Hise, widow of Tom, NC0O (SK) about Tom's request 
for a DX fund and his intentions of supporting DX operations.  Tom missed 
the Honor Roll by three entities. He was keen on getting all time new ones 
and supporting operations that would give him a chance to increase his 
totals.  Jan gave a very generous donation to the club for the purposes of 
filling Tom's intent.  A group led by W0SR is formulating additions to the 
by laws of the club to enable future club operations to adhere to Tom's 
wishes.



W3ACO provided minutes of the July meeting and provided a treasurers report.



Jason, KD0MND discussed service costs for our web site. He says we are 
paying a lot more than we are getting. Jason will look into alternate 
service providers.  A decision about a new provider will be completed by the 
January 2014 meeting.



Glenn, W0GJ noted that NCDXF has a plan for matching funds so individuals 
can join or renew their membership and NCDXF will get double the amount of 
money.



There was a discussion of upcoming DXpeditions. Two were noted, VK9MT 
(Mellish Reef) and YW0A, (Aves Island).   The club voted to donate $100.00 
to each.  Your treasurer, W3ACO made the donations through his Paypal 
account. On  Nov 2, both operations have acknowledged receipt of funds.



There was a discussion of support of hams in "rare" entities that could not 
get on the air and needed material or equipment support. W0GJ indicated that 
NCDXF had abandoned the idea as not practical.  Transportation costs, 
hold-ups in customs offices and other shipping exchange miscues caused the 
equipment and supplies mostly not to arrive. Successful importation of 
equipment to rare entities occurred when visiting hams brought equipment 
with them as baggage to rare places.   5T0JL and ET3AA were two success 
stories.



Rick N0YY agreed to provide a program about the PJ2 station at the January 
2014 meeting.  K9CT program will be delayed at least until the April 
meeting.



The present slate of officers was re elected. Your president is Craig K0CF, 
your vice president is Jerry WW0E and your secretary/treasurer is Rich 
W3ACO.



Glenn W0GJ made a presentation of his new multi-2 contest station and 
injected a bit of humor using cheeseburger analogies. W0GJ station score in 
the recent CQ SSB contest was a resounding 10.9 million points.  Well done 
Glenn and crew !



Rich W3ACO