[ETSList] ETS Meeting this Friday

[Jefflih at aol.com]

Meeting this Friday – July 28, 2006 
Place – Scotch Plains Police Dept  on Park Ave 
Time  8:00 PM  
Usual announcement on the repeater. 
Looking forward to a good turnout. 
73  de Jeff (N2VHV) 
The  minutes from last meeting: 
ETS of NJ 
Meeting minutes for  6-30-06 
Meeting at the Scotch Plains Police Dept. was called to  order by Pres  Dave 
W2OIL at  8:00PM.   We started with the Pledge of Allegiance,  followed by 
roll call. 
The minutes of the last meeting were presented by Jeff  N2VHV. Walter W2WIQ 
made corrections to last month’s minutes regarding that the  money was approved 
for the GreenBrook backup repeater and that the seconding  motion to adjourn 
was made by Charlie N2LHD. Motion to accept with these changes  was made by 
Don K2DSV and seconded by John M2LGS.. 
Treasurer’s report as prepared by Treasurer Al W2KOG, was  given by Pres Dave 
The balance was $xxxx.xx. Motion to accept was made by Al  W2DTP and seconded 
 
by George W2VFW.  
Health and Welfare: Jeff talked about Sid’s (WA2EEA)  situation regarding his 
age,  
Health, and equipment for the members to think about.  Walter told of Jimmy 
N2LFI 
And his efforts to walk. Al W2KOG mentioned that W2RBZ is  not doing well.  
Correspondence: No  correspondence 
Technical report. Walter W2WIQ gave some of the details  regarding the fix of 
the main Greenbrook repeater after Rich KB2LLM gave an  overview mentioning 
that the repeaters  
Were in much improved  condition and in fact were working quite well. He also 
mentioned that we are  using an amp at the backup site in Elizabeth that was 
donated by Sid  WA2EEA.   
Old Business – As part of the Tech report Rich had  mentioned that he had 
spent some money. John N2LGS moved that the treasury  release the funds needed to 
Rich. This was seconded by Charlie N2LHD and passed  by all.  We also decided 
to let the  Web address bill issue die. 
New Business: Mention was made of a new member – Peter  KC2NNW who was in 
attendance. Hank N2MU then spoke about the new IBOT  technology, some problems, 
and what to watch out for..  
The 50/50 of $22.00 was won by  KC2BLK. 
Motion to adjourn was made by Walter W2WIQ and seconded  by Rich KB2LLM.  
The meeting was closed at 9:26 
There are 21 names on the sign-in  sheet.  
Respectfully submitted by Jeff Lih N2VHV