[ETSList] ETS Meeting

[Jefflih at aol.com]

Meeting this Friday –Feb 24, 2006 
Time 8:00 PM  
Place – The usual place - Votech 
Usual announcement on the repeater. 
Looking forward to a good turnout. 
73 de Jeff (N2VHV) 
Minutes from Jan: 
Meeting at Votech was called to order by John N2LGS at 8:06PM  
We started with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by roll  call. 
The minutes of the last meeting as prepared by John N2LGS  were presented by 
Jeff N2VHV. Motion to accept was made by Don K2DSV and  seconded by Paul 
KC2CLX. 
Treasurers report as prepared by Treasurer Al W2KOG, was  given by Pres John. 
The December balance was $5197.46. The January balance is  now $4,643.34. 
Motion to accept was made by Walter W2WIQ, seconded by  Dave W2OIL. 
Technical report was given by Rich KB2LLM, All is well,  New backup battery 
on the main repeater and now have backup on the 220  machine. 
Health and Welfare: Paul WB2USA is SK Jim N2LFI, and Sid  WA2EEA were both 
mentioned as making improvements.  
Correspondence:  We got a THANK YOU note from Kathy. 
Old Business – Discussion  regarding activity on the repeater continued as 
did mention of presenting ham  radio to the scouts. As a group many of us will 
endeavor to answer new calls  “listening”. Jeff will be doing a ham radio 
presentation to the Cub Scouts in Clark with Rich KB2LLM  assisting. 
New Business: Tony N2WRK mention the upcoming PARC  meeting. 
Walter mentioned that the next meeting was time for the  nominating committee 
report. 
Mention was made of a new member  WA2IVW. 
Mention was also made  of  ‘SuitSat’ from the ISS on 2/3/06 using  145.990 
Rich also mentioned that we had very good relations with  the .625 people who 
used our machine while theirs was down.    
The 50/50 of $16.00 was won by Al  W2KOG. 
Motion to adjourn was made by Walter W2WIQ, seconded by  Janet K2MOM. 
The meeting was closed at 9:15. 
There are 18 names on the sign-in  sheet. 
Respectfully submitted by Jeff Lih N2VHV