[FARC] FARC Minutes for September, 2011

[Herb Palm]

Frederick Amateur Radio Club(FARC) "Approved"  Minutes for September 19, 
2011

Meeting:  The club meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by President 
Jim Ridgley

Introductions:   See Attendees

Last Months Minutes:        (Addition-   one)     Approved:  YES

New Licenses:   None

Upgrades:   None

Treasurer Report:  No Treasurer Report;  four(4) checks and $30.00 cash 
needs to be deposited.
The CD matures in February, 2012.

New Member Application(s):   None

Old or Ongoing Business:

- Ham Fests for October, 2011
     10-02-2011 Columbia Amateur Radio Club, Howard County Fairground
     10-16-2011 Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club, Davidsonville, MD
     10-23-2011 Carroll County Amateur Radio Club, Carroll County 
Agriculture Center


New Business:

- Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) - A BSA Scout Master asked Mark - AB3KS
about  working with them.  In the past we set up the antenna trailer in 
Baker Park and made quite
a few contacts.  This year JOTA is scheduled for October 15 &16, 2011, 
possibly using Echolink, D-Star,
and other forms of communications.

- FEMA - Instant Command System 400 course material such as instructors 
pay, booklets, and hand-outs will
no longer be donated by FEMA, as told to Jackie Fries. Courses 300 & 400 
are specialized.  Courses 700 and
800 are available on-line.  RACES requires member to have taken courses 
100 and 200.

- Free Material - HAM related material displayed on the table in the 
meeting hall are all free for the taking.


Committee Reports:

- Skywarn

The skywarn net has not been activated in the last month here in 
Frederick.  Two Winter Classes are
scheduled in Williamsport, MD on 9-21-2011 and Cumberland, MD on 
10-12-2011.  Basic classes are
scheduled in Upper Tract, WV , Washington, DC, and Leonardtown, MD, no 
dates available. There is no
knowledge of the Weather Services Open House, usually in December.

- ARES

The upcoming Cistic Fibrosis "Cycle For Life"  Bike Races Fund Raisers 
of 35 miles and 65 miles are
scheduled for 10-8-2011 in Utica Park, MD.  Volunteers with 2M radios 
are asked to participate, including
using APRS, if available, to provide communications from the base in the 
park and SAG/Sweep vehicles
along the route. After CF September meeting more details will be available.

ARES can use this event as a yearly Simulated Emergency Test(SET) by the 
Mutual Assistance Team(MAT),
as might be done for hurricanes and other emergency situations.

After hurricane "Irene" Joe Durnal made contact with the Section 
Emergency Coordinator Steve Beckman -
N3SB, for the concept of ARES-MAT(Mutual Assistance Team) as a team of 
ONE deployed to the Eastern
Shore after the storm to the Berlin Red Cross Shelter and was in contact 
with various Eastern Shore ARES
Section Teams on 2M and 80M.

- RACES

Commex was cancelled due to hurricane "Irene".


- MISCELLANEOUS

BY-LAWS Committee is planning to present the proposed new by-laws at the 
annual meeting.

Jeff Fishman is our clubs T-MARC representative. T-MARC wants to make 
sure repeaters are properly taken
care of.

The club stations antenna system still needs to be checked and worked 
on.  A class to instruct members on
using the club station is still in the works.


This Month's Program:

- APRS, presented by Joe Durnal - NE3R

End of Meeting:  The meeting ended at  8:16 pm


Attendees:

Mark Whitmore - AB3KS
Leonard Keepers - KB3NL
Jeff Fishman - KB3FIO
Jim Ridgley - N3HTA
Lou Popowsky - KB3RNT
Emmitt Bonner - WA4UWD
Joseph Durnal - NE3R
Jackie Fries - WB3KDS
David Kindred - K3PO
Herb Palm - K3HCP

Respectfully submitted, Herb Palm - K3HCP