[FARReps] FAR Minutes September 2005 Final

[Mary Morris]

Meeting of The Foundation for Amateur Radio, Inc.
September 14, 2005

The meeting was held at Lee Center, in Alexandria, Virginia. Mary Morris,
N4TCI,  called the meeting to order at 8:00 pm.

Attendees were
ORGANIZATIONS           	REPRESENTED BY
Alexandria RC			Harry Jones, N4CWP
Arlington ARC			Alan Bosch, KO4ALA
Vienna Wireless			  "                       "
Calvert				Don Kirby, KR3A
Charles County ARC		Tom Abernethy, W3TOM
Potomac Valley Radio Club	   "		"
Laurel ARC 			Dan Blasberg, KA8YPY
Montgomery ARC		William Hatfield, W3QX
Mount Vernon ARC		Mary Morris, N4TCI
NCAC				Jeanne Rexroad, N4ZGI
Sterling Park ARC		Dick Maylott, W2YE
National Cap. DX Assn.		  "                "
Treasurer			John Chitwood, K3RGB

The August minutes were approved as corrected. The secretary was absent.

Treasurer, John Chitwood, K3RGB, gave the treasurer's report.  It was
accepted as presented.

Vice president's report - Vice President William Hatfield, W3QX, reported on
AutoCall.  We have had no response to our request for AutoCall editor.  The
winter issue will be the last issue.  Suspension of AutoCall letters will be
sent to subscribers.  There are 304 paying subscribers.  Old copies of
AutoCall will be stored as sold at Hamfests for the near future.  The
AutoCall banner needs to be replaced with a FAR Banner.  An annual report
will be sent  in 2006, replacing the scholarship report in AutoCall.  This
report will be more like a corporate report.  William is heading the team
the improve our Web site.

F.A.R. Fest -  Dan Blasberg, KA8YPY, reported on the F.A.R. Fest.
Attendance was down from last year.  We were short staffed.  But considering
the problems, the Fest was a success.  Next year's dates for F.A.R. Fest are
September 9 and 10, 2006 at Gaithersburg.

Old Business:  No progress yet on the By Laws rewrite.

Announcements:
	NCAC training is scheduled for October 22.

The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

The location of the next FAR meeting will be the Prince George County Fire
Services Building, in the main auditorium.  The address is 6820 Webster St.
in Landover Hills, Maryland.


Mary Morris, N4TCI
	President and Acting Secretary