[FARReps] June FAR Meeting Minutes - DRAFT- with corrections

[Al Brown]

Please advise of any additions/deletions/corrections.

73,
Al KZ3AB

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Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR)
Meeting Minutes
June 8, 2005

The meeting was held at the Fire and Emergency Services building in
Landover, Maryland.  President Mary Morris (N4TCI) called the
meeting to order at 8:00m pm.

Al Brown (KZ3AB) agreed to accept the post of acting secretary
and take the meeting minutes.

The people attending the meeting introduced themselves. They were:

George Stephens    W3GRS   Leisure World ARC
Chip Weems         W4PBG   Historical Electronics Museum ARC
Hugh Turnbull      W3ABC   Goddard ARC
Diane Zimmerman    AA3OF   Laurel (MD) ARC
Ed Brown           KA3ZPE  MD State Council of REACT Teams and
                            Prince George's County REACT
Bill Dobson        N3WD    Hanover Area Hamming Assoc.
Don Kirby          KR3A    Calvert ARA
William Hatfield   W3QX    Montgomery ARC
Mary Morris        N4TCI   Mt. Vernon ARC
Al Brown           KZ3AB   Maryland Emergency Phone Net and
                            Antietam Radio Association

The May, 2005 meeting minutes were corrected and approved.

There was no treasurer's report.

Old Business:

  -- Auto-Call: William Hatfield (W3QX) gave the Auto-Call report.
     The deadline for articles submitted for the Autumn, 2005
     edition of Auto-Call is June 15. However, if and only if your
     club has an article and/or pictures from "Field Day," the
     deadline is extended to June 29.

     Auto-Call articles may be submitted by email to R. Mark
     Jones at <N5RMJ at ARRL.net>.

     William (W3QX) asked for anecdotal submissions and first hand
     articles written by past scholarship recipients.

  -- Scholarship: Diane Zimmerman (AA3OF) reported that the deadline
     for scholarship applications for this year has passed. She also
     reported that $100 had been received from the Montgomery County
     Amateur Radio Club to be used for FAR Silent Key scholarships.

  -- FARFest: FARFest 2005 will be held Saturday and Sunday,
     September 10 and 11 at the Montgomery County (MD) Fairgrounds in
     Gaithersburg. Volunteers are needed to help set up on Friday,
     September 9, and clean up on Sunday afternoon, September 11.
     Help is also needed during the ‘Fest for ticket sales at the
     gates and various other duties. To volunteer, click on
     <www.farfest.org> or contact Dan Blasberg (WA8YPY) at
     1-301-345-7381 or via email at <WA8YPY at ARRL.net>.

     Chip Weems (W4PBG) suggested, *for the second time*, that a map
     and directions to FARFest 2005 be included on the FARFest web
     page and on the flyers.  Mary (N4TCI) indicated that this would
     be done.

  -- By-Laws: There has been no progress on modifying the by-laws.

New Business:

There was no new business.

Announcements:

-- The Frederick (MD) hamfest will be held on Father’s Day, June 19.
-- Field Day is the weekend of June 25 – 26.
-- The BRATS hamfest is scheduled for July 24 at the Howard County (MD)
    Fairgrounds.
-- The Berryville (VA) hamfest is scheduled for Sunday, August 7.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:21 pm.

The next Foundation for Amateur Radio meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, July 13 at the Lee Center in Alexandria, Virginia.

Respectfully submitted,


s/E. Allen Brown


E. Allen Brown, KZ3AB
Acting Secretary