[FARC] FARC Approved Minutes 6-20-11

[Herb Palm]

      Frederick Amateur Radio Club (FARC) "Approved" Minutes

                       For   June 20, 2011

Meeting:  The club meeting was called to order at    7:08 pm     by 
President     Jim Ridgley

Introductions:   See Attendees

Minutes:   The minutes for May 16, 2011 were read.

Vote on Last Months Minutes:   Approved unanimously  (Corrections as 
needed) -  None

New Licenses and/or Upgrades:  No new Licenses,  no Upgrades.

Treasurer Report:   Checking Account - $2,594.05  CD - Maturing February 
2012 - approximately
$12,000.00

      The treasurers report was accepted by a voice vote of the membership.

New Member Application(s):    Steve Cooperstein - KB3VPT (Tech)
                     David Connelly - Studying for his Tech License

Old or Ongoing Business:

-FARC Club Radio Station -
      Herb Palm - K3HCP, visited the club station on 6-7-11 to find both 
radios turned on.
      The last entry in the log book was for late March, 2011.  Since 
the main power supply is
      under the locked desk, it is possible to turn on any radio that 
might NOT have been
      powered down individually, as always recommended, thereby powering 
up radios in the
      locked desk without knowing about it.  Therefore it was 
recommended to feed the main
      AC into the desk to a "main power strip" which then controls power 
to any attached
      equipment.

-Organization for Regional Amateur Clubs
      E-mail was received wondering if this year as in the past, our 
club would provide
      $1,000.00 toward the annual Scholarship Fund.  The established 
procedure is to give
      $1,000.00 Scholarships to licensed Hams and full time students.  
Jim Ridgley made the
      decision in behalf of the club to make our regular annual donation.

-Field Day, June 26-27, 2011
      The club station will be set up on the top and directly below deck 
of the Frederick
      Memorial Hospital under the direction of Joe Durnal, NE3R, one 
station to be for
      Radio/Voice and one station for CW/Digital Modes. The antennas 
will be on the top
      deck and the radios below in the shady area.  Volunteers and 
operators are needed and
      welcome.

- ARES
      Hams are invited to sign up for a free Red Cross sponsored course 
on "Shelter Operations" on 6-
      21-2011 at their headquarters in Walkersville.

      A large Charity - Bike Race will be held around Utica Park in 
Frederick requiring
      various 2m stations for communications.  This event is scheduled 
for October 8, 2011.

-RACES
      There are no scheduled exercises this Summer

-SKYWARN
      Since there were no storms, Skywarn was not activated.  To report 
any unusual weather
      conditions, call 800-253-7091.

New Business:    -  There was no new business.

End of Meeting:  The meeting ended at   8:24 pm.

Attendees:

Jim Gillespie - K3DQ
Bill Lazzaro - N2CF
Ben Nardy - W3ZUP
Steve Cooperstein - KB3VPT
David Connors - KB3TVE
Emmett Bonner - WA4UWD
Leonard Keepers - KB3NL
David Connelly - Studying for Tech License
Jeff Fishman - KB3FIO
Joseph M. Durnal - NE3R
Lou Popowsky - KB3RNT
Mike Santangelo - N3PPA
Rhett Lehtoner - Visitor
Mark Whitmore - AB3KS
Jim Ridgley - N3HTA
Herb Palm - K3HCP

Respectfully submitted, Herb Palm - K3HCP