[FADCA] FRC minutes from 2/18/95

[bud thompson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Sinbine" <n4xeo at bellsouth.net>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 13:08
Subject: Re: [FADCA] FRC minutes from 2/18/95


> At 09:37 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote:
>>Hi
>>    This could be good and it could be bad. What it does is point out that 
>> there is an agreement.  The bad is the frequencies shown are not what was 
>> the final band plan.. Hopefully there is another memo supporting the plan 
>> we now use.
>>73  John
>
> Hi
>
> Looking at the FADCA web site we only show the minutes from Jan 96. bud 
> can you look at the files and see where we had OUR meeting that talked 
> about the new band plan being approved. I'm sure we will need those 
> minutes. The FRC web site is missing the Sept 95 minutes and the 1996 
> minutes so there is no way to check what happened at their meetings after 
> the 95 meeting on their web site. Anyone have the old FRC newsletters from 
> that time?
>
>
> Think about it .....
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>
> Bill Sinbine
> n4xeo at bellsouth.net

I moved to Florida in September 1997.

I was not involved with FADCA until the BOD meeting in February 1998.  I 
started taking minutes at the Hamcation Meeting Feb 12, 2000.  My minutes 
for that meeting then show that I was asked to take over as 
secretary/treasurer 'in the event the existing officer holder . . . can no 
longer assume the responsibility."

For at least one, probably two years, prior to that there was not an active 
secretary for the group so far as I know.

I don't have any minutes here other than those I have taken- and I've posted 
all those on the FADCA website.

Old pre-bud records - are sparse here.

I have a box containing "FADCA BEACON" rag from 1984 through 1989- fairly 
complete.  The box also contains "Packet Radio Magazine" 12 issues for 1986 
and Jan-Feb 1987 (combined) and March 1987.  I also have a single sheet of 
paper titled FLORIDA DIGITAL BAND PLAN" dated November 14, 1994.

I have a four-page FADCA BEACON dated Volume 1, Number 2, August 1995.  It 
contains FADCA Board of Directors Minutes June 3, 1995.  A by-laws committee 
had not yet produced an initial draft; the 'Black Hole" project was 
discussed; no progress in nominations had been made; consensus suggested 
following the FRC model for Directors.  The BOD went into Executive session.

Then back at the BOD meeting- Walt Maxwell, W2DU, president of FRC read a 
letter from FICADA suggesting that they felt they were being ignored by 
FADCA.  Maxwell also offered to FADCA the database program he is using for 
FRC records.  Al LaPeter, WB4DRF, FRC district #5 director made comments on 
the 'issue' of coordination.  He stated his belief that FADCA was moving in 
the right direction. Immediately after the meeting Roger Edwards was 
recommended to take over Frequency Coordination and was appointed by 
President Joseph Kuntz WB4TEM.

In a general note on FADCA and packet networking, one of the FADCA 
responsibilities is listed: "To provide a Frequency Coordinator for packet 
who reports to the FRC (Florida Repeater Council.)  His job is to see that 
the establishment of Switches and Nodes are (sic) with the ARRL and FRC.

Donno if that helps anything or not.

bud
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