[EIDXA] Minutes of the April 24, 2015 meeting

[Marty Santic]

Let me be one to say, Glenn's presentation was fantastic!

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Rich Haendel <rhaendel at q.com> wrote:

> Minutes of the EIDXA meeting April 24, 2015
>
> The meeting was brought to order at 7:30 PM  by our President,  Jason, NR0X
>
>
>
>  1.. 52 hams answered the CQ call.
>  2.. Minutes of the January 2015 meeting were read and approved.
>  3.. The treasurers report was given, the spreadsheet was shown on the
> overhead projector.
>  4.. Repeater report, the repeater is working fine.
>  5.. Web site: Jason will make a login page so members can access limited
> information for members only. The effort is ongoing.
>  6.. Jason offered to host the EIDXA web page on his server at no cost. We
> still will need to pay for registration of the EIDXA.ORG domain. There
> was a vote to approve this transfer.
>  7.. W0IYH(SK)  has a crank-up tilt over tower for sale.
>  8.. W0SR asked that those who don't get reflector e-mail, please contact
> him.
>  9.. There was a discussion of upcoming DXpeditions. The DX spreadsheet
> was shown on the overhead projector. After some discussion it was decided
> that there would be no funding for VK0 at this time as some of the critical
> items have not been contracted for and  the list of operators is not
> complete. The VK0 expedition mentioned Kergulen as an interim stop to avoid
> Australian VAT taxes, but most likely there will be no radio operations.
>  10..  The club approved a donation of $500 to the VP8S South Georgian and
> South Sandwich Islands.   The club also approved a donation of $500 to the
> Juan de Nova expedition. One half these funds will come from the Tom Hise
> fund ( $500) and the other half will come from general funds.  Rich, W3ACO
> will make the payments via his Paypal account.
>  11.. Greg Lind, KC0SKN presented a field day effort in Hiawatha . He
> expressed a desire to operate 26A. He invited all those who wish to join to
> bring their own equipment. Generator power will be provided. Bring your own
> filters ! For details contact NR0X.
>  12.. After the break, Glenn, W0GJ made an excellent presentation of the
> Navassa Island DXpedition. Glenn answered many questions during the
> presentation. It was well received by all. Thanks Glenn for a first class
> operation and an ATNO for many !
>
>
> Submitted by Rich W3ACO
>
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