[FCARC] January Meeting Notes

[Edward Roth]

Members in Distress I know one Reggie Reimund been in Hospital and nursing
home and is back home. But I can't remember his call. All is well in
Florida. Thanks. Ed WD8KRS

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 9:29 PM Craig Szczublewski <
craig.szczublewski at gmail.com> wrote:

> The meeting was called to order at 7:30pm by Bryan Patterson (KB8ELG) with
> 15 members and guests in attendance, the pledge of allegiance was given by
> all.
>
> Members in Distress: nothing to report
>
> Treasurers Report: The report was given and a motion was made by KD8WSL and
> seconded by KD8BHW. All present were in favor.
>
> Bills to Present: Two bills were presented.  The first by KD8KBU for $25
> for reimbursement for renewing the Clubs non-profit status with the state
> of Ohio.  A motion was made to reimburse KD8KBU by KC8UQU and seconded by
> KC8PCU, all were in favor. A second bill was presented for reimbursement of
> office supply expenses to KB8ELG.  A motion to reimburse him was made by
> WB8ZOI and seconded by KD8WSL, all were in favor.
>
> Hamfest Committee: KB8ELG presented a finance report from the winter
> hamfest showing a profit of $625.75.  A motion was made by W8TUX to accept
> the report, seconded by KC8UQU, all were in favor.  We were informed that
> there was a lot of positive feedback on the hamfest this year.  Attendance
> was also up year of year.  The next FCARC sponsored Hamfest will be the
> summer trunk swap on June 6, followed by the winter hamfest on December 5.
>
> Repeater Committee: Building maintenance was conducted at the end of 2019.
> New trim boards and fresh paint was applied, and the HVAC was switched over
> to heat for the season.
>
> Old Business: We still need to product a DX Engineering manifest for our
> County EMA to put in an Amateur station.  KB8ELG will be taking on this
> task.  The research into a License Plate for the Mast Trailer is still on
> KB8ELG’s task list as well.
>
> New Business: W8TUX commented that we are getting near time to have another
> deployment exercise for emergency services.  He will have information
> available at the February meeting for proposed deployment itineraries.
>
> Election of Club Officers: A motion made to retain the current line of
> officers by KE8BHW and seconded by KC8PCU. All officers confirmed they
> would accept the positions for another year, all were in favor.
>
> Good of Amateur Radio: A suggestion was made about using some king of VoIP
> or web conferencing software to include members at a distance for the club
> meetings. There are many commercial solutions available for voice
> conferencing, although EchoLink may be an option as well.
>
> Correspondence: The TMRA sent an invitation for a free table for the club
> (no equipment sales) at their Hamfest in March.  KB8ELG also mentioned he
> will be purchasing several tables at the event which he will open to any
> paid club members to sell their equipment on.
>
> Upcoming Hamfests:
> • Note: Livonia cancelled on 2/16
> • 2/16/2020: Mansfield, OH
> • 3/1/2020: Elyria, OH
> • 3/15/2020: Toledo, OH (TMRA)
> • 4/11/2020: Kalamazoo, MI (Crossroads)
> • 4/19/2020: Madison Heights, MI (GMARC)
>
> Club Nets:
> Weeknights at 10:30pm Bud's Midnight Madness Net -- 147.195+
> Wed at 8pm FCARC ES Net -- 147.195+
> Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 1st Wed 50.400 AM, 3rd Wed 50.125 USB, all others
> 52.525 FM Simplex
>
> Latest Club Information:
> On the web: http://www.k8bxq.org/
> On Facebook:
> https://www.facebook.com/Fulton-County-Amateur-Radio-Club-206939596063938/
> E-Mail
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> list: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/fcarc
>
> VE Testing: The club gives testing at 9am the last Saturday of each month
> at the George's Radio Service in Wauseon, contact Tom Servoss (KC8UOM) if
> interested, you can find his phone number on the www.k8bxq.org website
> under the VE Testing section.
>
> Saturday morning breakfast at the Delta 109 at 9:00 AM, in downtown Delta,
> OH.
>
> The next regular club meeting will be Monday, February 17 at 7:30pm at the
> County Administration Building.
>
> A motion was made to close at 8:36pm by KC8UQU and seconded by KD8KDS.
>
> --
> Craig Szczublewski
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