[K3pzn-board] December Club Minutes

[JOSEPH EBAUGH]

Happy Holidays to All;

Corrections, deletions or additions to me as soon as possible please, 73"s

Joe ;-)

CARROLL COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Minutes

The Carroll County Amateur Radio Club met during the Holiday Dinner on 
December 7th 2003 at Boulevard and Beyond, there were 31 members and 17 
guests present.

President Beckman called the meeting to order at 1830, he made the 
following remarks; the next board meeting will be on the 17th at Stables 
in Westminster; he announced the Jim WX3B needs operators for the 
contest on the weekend of 13-14th; the club participated in the November 
Sweepstakes and did well considering the antenna situations at the 
station and propagation was not all that good, the one station needed 
for a sweep had only 250 contacts and we were one of them, so not many 
had a sweep; Jerry N3GQK, John AK3Z and Steve have been working on the 
antennas for the past several weekends and have nearly completed the 
installation; January meeting is a �if you built it, bring it� to show 
your handy work; elections are to be held in March, if you want to run 
for office let the nominations committee know; he read a letter from 
Governor Erlich which granted the excess van from Maryland Public TV to 
the club.

Continuing he stated that the year in review was a good one, we were the 
only 11A at field day so we won that category; the tailgate fest was a 
success again this year; we supported the Civil War Bike Ride and the 
Wine Fest Bike Ride; there was a great response in support of hurricane 
Isabelle and finally the Mason Dixon Hamfest is getting bigger and 
better each year and this year was no exception.

The following members had comments;

John AK3Z reviewed the station work over the past year, new radios, new 
antennas and new furniture, he thanked Jerry N3GQK, Doug N5LBJ, Al K3ZE 
and Steve N3SB for their help with the antenna installations, and he 
further thanked Steve for all the time he has spent working on the club 
station.

Bill N3WM reviewed the club finances and thanked Steve for his many 
contributions to the club treasury.

Larry WX3F thanked all those who supported the call for assistance for 
hurricane Isabelle, he read the list of those responding, and he 
mentioned the meeting the Board and ARES/RACES committee had with the 
county communications personnel pertaining to our mission on the county 
master emergency response plan, he thanked those who helped with both 
the Civil War and Wine Fest Bike rides and during the Isabelle emergency 
he had the opportunity to brief all the county agencies on what the club 
can provide in the way of communications if called upon.

President Beckman awarded Certificates of Appreciation to the following; 
Jamie, daughter of Keith KB3HHK; John AK3Z; Bill N3WM; Jerry N3GQK; 
Joyce N3GQJ; Frank K3MTT; Keith KB3HHK; Bryan AA3XZ; Doug N5LBJ; Larry 
WX3F; Clint W3ARS; John K3KWO; Pat N8PK; Al K3ZE and Joe N3YIM.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Ham of the Year 
award, awarded this year to Mike N3VOP for his service to the club by 
handling the QSL mailings; Chairing the Tailgate Fest; co-establishing 
the Central Maryland 6 Meter Net and reproduction of the clubs Newswaves 
letter.

There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1920.

Submitted;

Joe Ebaugh, N3YIM

Secretary