[K3CAL] February 6, 2020 CARA Meeting Minutes
Peter Holt
mistralholt at comcast.net
Fri Feb 28 11:31:29 EST 2020
Dave. Thank you for the very good and detailed minutes. Very helpful.
Peter Holt, KB3SXB
> On February 27, 2020 at 10:25 PM Dave via K3CAL <k3cal at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> The minutes will be read for approval at the CARA meeting on March 5th, 2020. Meeting is at Harriet Brown Community Center on Dares Beach Road at 7:30 PM. Please attend. CARA dues are due now. Please pay at the meeting, by mail or by PayPal on the k3cal.org website. If paying through the website, make a note that it is for 2020 dues.
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> The next CARA board meeting will be held at IHOP Prince Frederick at 7 PM on March 26th. All members are welcome to attend.
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> Dave
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> February 6, 2020 CARA Meeting Minutes
> The CARA board meeting was held at 1900 at the Harriet Brown Community Center in Prince Frederick with all board members present and Don KR3A, Chris Kirby KB3CLG and Shawn Donley N3AE attending.
> Yaesu FTM 3200DR VHF Analog/Digital radio to be raffled off at tonight’s meeting.
> Kit Project for future meeting: TNC-X, Morse code keyer
> Projects and Events up coming: Field Day, Nets, NVIS Day
> Station Committee:
> All CARA inventory has been removed from Ed and Monica’s and is at station or Dick Ratcliffe’s house.
> Generator: Consider selling
> Kenwood 440 HF radio: mostly dead. Sell for $300+/- has new power supply
> MFJ Antenna Bridge: not working. Estimate for repair? Cannibalize from other unit to make one good unit
> Station Manager: Need to clean out station. Dave H will contact Steve Hempling N3IPN and Bob Balint KF3AA
> Outreach/membership:
> Dennis Bowling attended Wednesday lunch; may rejoin
> Reach out to former/lapsed members and encourage to rejoin (Les Dickey)
> Goodwill Ambassador Committee: Recommended CARA board to function as goodwill ambassadors to let Secretary know when a card or note is to be sent. Secretary to design a get well and outreach card for club. Send one to Ron WA4PRR soon; he fell again.
> Repeater Committee: Unsure of committee membership. Shawn, Dave W and others. President and Trustee as ex officio members.
> Tech Class this year: Reach out to CAP Cadets
> Next CARA Board meeting Feb 27th at 1900 IHOP Prince Frederick
> Add Shawn Donley to website admin privileges.
> Meeting adjourned at 1945
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> The CARA meeting was started at 1946 by President Bill with the Pledge of Allegiance.
> Attended by 9 members and one guest President Bill Hackett N3XMZ, Vice President Peter Holt KB3SXB, Treasurer Dick Ratcliffe W3RBR, Secretary David Hardy KB3RAN and Director Jim Tetlow K3UGA, Chris Kirby KB3CLG, Don Kirby K3RA, Shawn Donley N3AE and Adrienne Young KG5CIL. Wes LaPre Maryland Wing Commander Civil Air Patrol attended as our guest speaker.
> Secretary:Jan minutes approved as submitted.
> Treasurer: $4248.92 in account. Renewed website for 6 months
> Board meeting held this evening. See previous report.
> Repeater Committee: Bill H N3XMZ, Don Kirby Trustee K3RA, Dave Weaver N3PQS, Bob Sheskin N3PPH, Shawn N3AE plus one other.
> 2 meter repeater in Prince Frederick at SHA. Will be moving to hospital soon. Ironing out details and acquiring antenna, hardline and hardware.
> Membership: We currently have 10 paid up members. Need to reach out and get new members and encourage renewals to lapsed and former members.
> Guest speaker later: Promoted to Maryland Wing Commander today. Calvert County has 23 cadets. Currently no Comms Officer. More later
> Audit Committee Report sent. Most didn’t get the report. Shawn will resend. Reports minor accounting errors but books are in good shape. Missing details were added to books to correct.
> RACES: County still waiting for antennae. Nothing new from Al Jeffreys. Exercises coming up.
> Website: Volunteers solicited to upgrade and maintain website. Bill H, Dave H, Shawn D, Bob S, Jim T, Adrienne Y.
> Break at 2009 for coffee, cookies and raffles (radio and 50/50)
> Back to order at 2020. Yaesu FTM3200DR vhf analog/digital radio won by Dick Ratcliffe W3RBR. Proceeds of $65 to CARA. Radio donated by Jim Tetlow K3UGA. 50/50 pot of $20.
> Won by Dave Hardy KB3RAN $10 donated to club.
> Guest Speaker: Wes LaPre Maryland Wing Commander Civil Air Patrol formerly Calvert Commander.
> Cadets train as Ground Team Members and go on missions; real and practice search and rescue ops.
> Cadets get credentialled after training.
> Communications training: Signals from ground to plane, plane to ground, radio ops. Have repeaters, command center, vehicles and air mobile transceivers.
> Command Center: ALE and HF antennae. Monitor marine, search and rescue, CERT comm channels
> EPIRB tracking: Some real and most false alarms but good for tracking practice. And they practice with flyovers tossing out transmitters. (Fox Hunt)
> A part of US Air Force which pays for STEM, flight training, UAV flight, and simulator training
> $66 Adult membership and $35 for cadets annually. To join: Fingerprinted, FBI check, pay dues then train as radio operator, ground search and rescue, ride on flights, assist with parades and air shows. Then teach radio skills under their Professional Leadership Training program
> Local unit looking for experienced radio operators to train cadets for ground team radio procedures, phonetic alphabet and numbers. Train Command Center Communications Officers on setting up radio networks, antennae, and operations.
> Calvert CAP meets Tuesday 7PM at German Chapel Baptist Church. 1st Tues is development, 2nd is emergency management training.
> They will have a class aimed toward Command Post Operators Exercise on April 25th in Easton, MD. Discussed possibly fielding an NVIS Antenna Day station at Easton.
> Lots of questions and interest by club members. Thanks to Wes Lapre for the great presentation. Secretary will send a thank you.
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> New Business: Don says our by laws are not up to date regarding the meeting date. Secretary will contact past Secretary to get correct wording and update bylaws and post on website and make printed copies available.
> Dave H has information on HamCommunity. Com; a web hosting for hams and clubs. Will present at next meeting.
> Meeting adjourned at 2120
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