[FARReps] Draft FAR January Minutes

[Mary Morris]

DRAFT MINUTES
Meeting of The Foundation for Amateur Radio, Inc.
January 11. 2006

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

Attendees were
ORGANIZATIONS           		REPRESENTED BY
Calvert					Don Kirby, KR3A
Montgomery ARC			William Hatfield, W3QX
Mount Vernon ARC			Mary Morris, N4TCI
NRL ARC				Paul Bernhardt, KF4FOR
Acting Treasurer			John Chitwood, K3RGB

The December minutes were approved as presented.

Acting Treasurer, John Chitwood, K3RGB, gave the treasurer's report.
Autocall refunds will total approximately $725.  It was accepted as
presented FAR FEST did not lost $500 as was reported last month.   In  2005,
the Fairgrounds kept our $1,000 deposit.  Though this is shown as a debit,
this is really of 2006 expense. This deposit will be available to us if we
cancel FAR FEST.  We made a profit in 2005, $483.

Vice-President’s report  - Vice President William Hatfield, W3QX, reported
on our Web site efforts.  Ed Herbrechtsmeier, K3QX, is building the
replacement web page.  Soon, we will have a new, simpler link to the web
page.  It will be www.farweb.org <http://www.farweb.org>.  The original
link, www.amateurradio-far.org <http://www.amateurradio-far.org>, is still
in use.   The new web is still a work in progress.

William said the foundation needs directors and officers insurance.  This
protects officers form personal suits.  The expense for this would be from
$700 or $800.

William suggested we might have better attendance if we met at only one
location.  Another suggestion was that the foundation meet every other month
or quarterly or only once a year.

F.A.R. Fest - The 2006 hamfest will be September 9 and 10 at Gaithersburg.

Survivor’s Assistance - Paul, KF4FOR, reported on what’s happening in
Virginia.  He will coordinate with the Maryland’s representative -  Robert
Finger, W9GE - to get the word out over the web about what the program does
and who to contact.

Old Business:  No progress yet on the by-laws rewrite.

Announcements -
·	Sunday January 29th - Maryland Mobileers Annual Hamfest.
·	Wednesday February 1 is the BARC Free Minifest..
·	Feb 19 - Frostfest in Richmond, VA
·	March 25-26 - The Greater Baltimore Hamboree at the Timonium Fairgrounds
in Maryland
·	Sunday, February 26, 2006 - Winterfest.  To link to the fest site go to
<http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php>

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

The location of the next FAR meeting will be at Fire and Emergency Services
building in Landover, Maryland.

Mary Morris, N4TCI
	President