[HCARC] September 2015 Minutes

[Gary Johnson]

HILL COUNTRY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Meeting Minutes

3 September 2015

MEETING COMMENCEMENT

The meeting was called to order by President Terry Hipskind (W0HIP) who led
us in the Pledge Of Allegiance.  There were 37 members in attendance who
signed the attendance sheet plus 2 guests: David Swift KG5HFL  and Douglas 
Boese KF5GYP

MEMBER AND GUEST RECOGNITION

President Hipskind explained the 50/50 and gave out tickets to the following
people for having helped during the past month:  Barb and Pete Schuyler
(N9NM, N9OF respectively) for providing goodies for the break and to Gary 
Johnson N5BAA for helping John Hughes KF5VNB with his antenna.

The August 2015 minutes were posted and approved.

The Treasurers report was read and approved

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Repeater (Harvey K5HV) – Working on WIFI connection for the new repeater.

VE Testing (Fred W0LPD) – No Candidates for October test yet.  Will need 10 
days lead time prior to the test time to schedule the test.

Red Cross Liason (Terry W0HIP) – Nothing

SKYWARN – Larry Altman (N5QED) Nothing

Field Day (Gary Johnson N5BAA) – Nothing additional since Field Day is the
presentation.  Waiting For September to come to settle on FD 2016 location.

ARES – Terry Hipskind is working on the badges


OLD BUSINESS

The motion to hold Field Day at OLH School in June 2016 that had been tabled 
was voted on and approved unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS

Web site host has been changed and a new website uploaded.

Remember Elections in November.

BREAK FOR REFRESHMENTS FROM PETE, BARB SCHUYLER

Presentation was by Dale Gaudier on Antenna Modeling using using EZNEC. 
Dale helped us understand how easy it is to use the program.

The 50/50 was won by:  Robert Russell KF5AIE 23/23 split.

Submitted:

Gary Johnson
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013/14/15