[K3pzn-board] FEBRUARY CLUB MINUTES

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:10:32 -0500

Joe,

The skywarn class for april is still tentative.  No dates have been 
selected.

73's;
Keith Krichinsky, KB3HHK

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From: JOSEPH EBAUGH <[email protected]>
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Subject: [K3pzn-board] FEBRUARY CLUB MINUTES
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:55:03 -0500

HELO TO ALL;

HERE ARE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY MEETING, CHANGES TO ME ASAP, THANKS

73'S JOE :-)

CARROLL COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Minutes

The Carroll County Amateur Radio Club met on February 9, 2004 at the Fire 
Training Center.

President Beckman N3SB, called the meeting to order at 1935 there were 26 
members and 3 guests present, he had everyone introduce themselves.

President Beckman made the following announcements; next Board meeting 
February 18th in Sykesville QTH of Frank K3MTT, dinner before the meeting at 
Beck�s; the next club meeting will be held on March 8th at the FTC, the 
election of officers will be conducted at that meeting; he asked for 
nominations; the FCC will issue a NPRM this week in reference to the BPL 
issue; he read an article in the CC Times in reference to the proposed move 
of the EOC; a repeater system has been donated to the club by the trustee Al 
K3ZE, installation will be decided when the system is in hand, Al is 
awaiting word from Verizon when we can pick it up; the club received a thank 
you pin from AMSTAT for the recent donation; a 24 point switch was donated 
to the club by Bill N3XLY; the youth group will meet Feb 14th at the club 
from 1-4PM; Clint W3ARS will travel to St Martin, while there he will try 
some 6 meter EME, he leaves on the 14th and returns on the 21st, good luck 
Clint.

Committee Reports

Secretary � Joe N3YIM, there is old business to complete this evening, a 
copy of the January minutes will be posted, motioned by Keith KB3HHK that 
they be accepted was seconded by Chuck N3TOT, voted and passed.

Treasurer � Bill N3WM gave the current financial report, motioned by John 
K3KWO and seconded by Laird KB3LMB that the report be accepted, voted and 
passed.

Board of Directors � John AK3Z gave a report of the last meeting, a copy is 
posted in the radio room, and points of interest were the communications 
van; chairmanship of the membership committee; the donation of the repeater; 
the up coming auction and the clubs equipment insurance.

Repeater � no report.

ARES/RACES � the CARET met at the FTC on Saturday January 31st; there was 
discussion of the communications training course as presented by the ARRL by 
Keith KB3HHK; the proposed Sky Warn Class is now being scheduled for April, 
as instructors are not available for the anticipated March classes.

Publications � Joe N3YIM, the newsletter has been mailed and is on the club 
web site; anyone with input please get it to me in Microsoft Word if 
possible.

Station � John AK3Z reports that the Tribander assembly needs to be 
completed; bad weather is holding up completion of the outside work; he 
contacted the county about the use of the county towers on site, they have 
no information on the towers and he will try to get that from them if 
Morrison Towers is still in business; there will be no major purchases in 
the coming year as the station is nearly complete, emphasis will be place on 
getting the communications van on the road and operationally ready.

Training and Education � Clint W3ARS reports that classes are ongoing on 
Sundays, CW starts at 5:30PM and theory at 7PM; the Tech class is using the 
new instructional tapes and seems to be going very well, the students are 
very impressed; he would like to do a crash Tech class with adults only for 
a full day with the exam immediately following the session.

Digital � John K3KWO is asking for more checkins, his antenna is up and is 
receiving good signals from those that do check in; he has offered his help 
in getting anyone who needs help to get on the air; the committee meets at 
7PM every meeting night.

Membership � Al K3ZE has taken over the roster duties and will keep track of 
those who owe dues and send them reminders; he will also keep track of club 
officers and chairman of committees as well; a copy of the roster is 
available to members by request to Al; non-members who want a copy of the 
roster must have the approval of the Board of Directors before it will be 
released; he gave statistics on several area clubs in several areas of 
interest, and our club is above the norm in many areas.

Youth � Doug reports that the next session will be February 14th at the FTC 
from 1-4 PM.

Hamfest activities � Joe N3YIM reports that the Tailgate Fest 5 contract has 
been signed with the AG center for August 15th, setup August 14th at 4PM, 
Mike N3VOP will chair the event; the Board will have flyers prepared shortly 
for both events as the first event is in March.

Old Business;

The Board motion for monies to repair, title, license and insure the 
communications van was discussed at length; insurance was the real issue and 
could be cost prohibitive for operation of the van if not resolved; the 
question of loan to others clubs was discussed, if we support another club 
our driver must accompany the van. A committee was formed and approved to 
head up the project, those volunteering were John K3KWO, Keith KB3HHK, John 
N3MNM, Joe N3YIM, Chuck N3TOT, Rob K1HR and Eric KB3HKG, any member may 
become a member of the committee and it is hoped that members will volunteer 
time and skills to complete the project.

Keith KB3HHK asked for the question, a vote was taken and the motion passed.

Laird K3LMB asked that the Board consider the establishment of a Life 
Membership, Clint W3ARS suggested that the Life Membership fee be set at 20 
years of regular membership; President Beckman made it an issue for the next 
Board meeting.

An auction of items no longer needed to support the club was conducted to 
close out the evening.

Meeting adjourned at 2245.

Submitted;

Joe Ebaugh, N3YIM

Secretary

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Next Board Meeting Wednesday, February 18, 7:30 PM at K3MTT's QTH in 
Eldersburg. Dinner @ E. W. Becks beforehand. Thanks Frank!
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