[K3CAL] Resolving Our Club Differences and the Repeater Committee

[Edwin A Noell Jr]

To All,

Because of the misunderstandings and confusion over the past several 
weeks, Dave, W3PQS, requested that all who could meet for lunch this 
past Wednesday please do so.  If you could not be there, I want to let 
you know that those who attended discussed the problems you have been 
seeing on the Reflector.  We did iron out several of our differences.  
There was nothing secretive or private about this meeting and I will 
gladly discuss it at our next monthly meeting on April 7.  If you want 
to know what we discussed before then, please email or call me.  I can 
also give you a list of the members who were at this lunch meeting.  And 
if those members present have anything to add to this email, please do so.

The resulting meeting was very productive and I believe that we all 
agreed that moving CARA forward was our collective goal.  We may still 
have some differences in how to approach the future of CARA, but we did 
decide that enjoying the hobby of ham radio is a lot more important than 
harboring disputes over administration.  We also vowed to talk openly 
about any differences we may have and not vent on the Reflector.

Clearly, I want to thank Dave for making the move to call for this lunch 
meeting.

Regarding the Repeater Committee and the work on the Prince Frederick 
repeater project, we decided that the only fair move concerning the 
committee was to disband and then re-form it.  With that, I have the 
following information and a request.

Dave, W3PQS, Weaver will continue as the Project Manager for the Prince 
Frederick Repeater and will choose the people he needs to finish this 
Project. If you'd like to volunteer for this, and are willing to put in 
the time and effort, contact Dave directly. Dave and his group's work 
will be ongoing and will not be a part of the 1-, 3-, and 5- Year Plan 
that was discussed at the March meeting. There was a misunderstanding 
about how that plan would affect any needed work on any of our 
repeaters.  I deeply apologize for making my intentions unclear if you 
thought I was suspending all work on the repeaters until the plan was 
implemented.  The misunderstanding is all on me.

If you wish to be on the Repeater Committee, please let me know if you 
would like to volunteer.  When the new Repeater Committee is formed, 
those members on the committee will select their own chairman.  If you 
are not on the Repeater Committee, that does not mean that you will not 
be working on a repeater in the future.  Per CARA's by-laws, the 
Repeater Committee is an ADVISORY function and works on the repeaters in 
an emergency.  The actual work that may be required on a repeater as 
advised by the Repeater Committee is actually performed by a WORKING 
PARTY.  The Working Party is separate and in addition to the Repeater 
Committee.

If you don't like something I do, _please_ talk to me!  I have many 
ideas about what I'd like to see the club do, but I have no authority to 
act alone.  If you think I am wrong, tell me!  Contact me by email at 
enoell at verizon.net or call me at 410-610-7509.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Ed
KC3EN
President,
Calvert Amateur Radio Association
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