[ETS/PARC List] ETS MEETING FRIDAY 3/4/2011

[jefflih at aol.com]

Meeting Friday MARCH  4, 2011 (rescheduled from  Feb 25, 2011)
Place   Clark Municipal Building  430 Westfield Ave  Clark NJ 07066
Time    8:00 PM.   Usual announcement on the repeater
Remember that it is THAT time again and that DUES are now $25.00

Minutes from the January  meeting: (held Feb 4 2011
The meeting postponed because of heavy snow from 1/28/11 was called to 
Order at the
Clark Municipal Building by President Joe at  8:15 PM, starting with 
the
Pledge of Allegiance and roll call.
Jeff  N2VHV,  read the minutes of the last meeting. Jerry, KD2KC moved 
to accept, seconded by Tim AB2ZK..
Treasurer’s Report - Victor, KC2NBC stated that the current balance was 
$x,xxx.xx.
Accepted by Larry W2LJ and seconded by Harvin K2CPA.
Correspondence – Victor KC2NBC told us about the bank that the club 
uses changing from Wachovia to Wels Fargo..
Technical Report – Gene KC2WDZ reported that the 220 machine is still 
being worked on but that we are unable to get to the site because of 
the heavy snow. Gene is also working on a special board for asterisk 
use.
Old Business – was not discussed.
New Business – We discussed the RVRC/ETS relationship regarding the 
repeaters, and learning from the weather that we have had that we 
should try to avoid scheduling anything to do with the repeater site 
during the December to March time span.
We also decided that the Feb meeting would be moved from 2/28 to March 
4.
Victor is also going to send out “Dues Reminders” E-Mails.
George W2VFW brought up the point about repeater messages and that he 
felt that they were somewhat excessive, this led to a general 
discussion with many people agreeing with George.
We did not take any action yet.
Health and Welfare – Jeff reported on Don K2DSV’s condition and that he 
was improving.
50/50 – was not run
A  motion to adjourn was made by Larry W2LJ  and  seconded by George , 
W2VFW.
Meeting closed at 9:21 PM.
There are 16 names on the sign-in sheet. All are club members.
Respectfully submitted by Jeff N2VHV.