[K3pzn-board] Re: FEBRUARY CLUB MINUTES > PK
Pat Kilroy
[email protected]
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:59:38 -0500
Hi Joe,
I'm sorry I didn't write sooner, but I noticed one omission that I
was hoping to include in our minutes. It was an announcement early
in the meeting regarding the next AMSAT-DC (local AMSAT) meeting.
Here are the main points:
AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR (brief version)
WHO: All ham radio operators, students and educators are invited.
WHAT: Talks, demos, tutorials and socializing about amateur
satellites and balloon experiments in the mid-Atlantic area.
WHEN: Sunday, March 21, 2004, starting at 12:00 noon EST.
WHERE: NASA GSFC Visitor Center auditorium, Greenbelt, Md. 20771
WHY: Fun, education, public service, cool, and more fun.
HOW: Talk-in on 146.835 MHz WA3NAN/R and on APRS map.
HOST: Pat Kilroy, N8PK, [email protected]
WEB: See http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/ for late breaking info.
Thanks,
Pat N8PK
At Monday 04:06 AM 2/16/2004, [email protected] wrote:
>Today's Topics:
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> 1. FEBRUARY CLUB MINUTES (CORRECTED COPY) (JOSEPH EBAUGH)
>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:50:18 -0500
>From: JOSEPH EBAUGH <[email protected]>
>Subject: [K3PZN-List] FEBRUARY CLUB MINUTES (CORRECTED COPY)
>
>HERE IS A CORRECTED COPY OF THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 2004
>
>JOE
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>CARROLL COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Minutes
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>(Corrected copy)
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>The Carroll County Amateur Radio Club met on February 9, 2004 at the Fire=
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>Training Center.
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>President Beckman N3SB, called the meeting to order at 1935 there were 26=
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>members and 3 guests present, he had everyone introduce themselves.
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>President Beckman made the following announcements; next Board meeting=20
>February 18th in Sykesville QTH of Frank K3MTT, dinner before the meeting=
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>at Beck=92s; the next club meeting will be held on March 8th at the FTC,=
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>election of officers will be conducted at that meeting; he asked for=20
>nominations; the FCC will issue a NPRM this week in reference to the BPL=20
>issue; he read an article in the CC Times in reference to the proposed=20
>move of the EOC; a repeater system has been donated to the club by the=20
>trustee Al K3ZE, installation will be decided when the system is in hand,=
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>Al is awaiting word from Verizon when we can pick it up; the club received=
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>a thank you pin from AMSTAT for the recent donation; a 24 point switch was=
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>donated to the club by Bill N3XLY; the youth group will meet Feb 14th at=20
>the club from 1-4PM; Clint W3ARS will travel to St Martin, while there he=
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>will try some 6 meter EME, he leaves on the 14th and returns on the 21st,=
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>good luck Clint.
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>Committee Reports
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>Secretary =AD Joe N3YIM, there is old business to complete this evening, a=
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>copy of the January minutes will be posted, motioned by Keith KB3HHK that=
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>they be accepted was seconded by Chuck N3TOT, voted and passed.
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>Treasurer =AD Bill N3WM gave the current financial report, motioned by John=
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>K3KWO and seconded by Laird KB3LMB that the report be accepted, voted and=
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>passed.
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>Board of Directors =AD John AK3Z gave a report of the last meeting, a copy=
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>is posted in the radio room, and points of interest were the=20
>communications van; chairmanship of the membership committee; the donation=
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>of the repeater; the up coming auction and the clubs equipment insurance.
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>Repeater =AD no report.
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>ARES/RACES =AD the CARET met at the FTC on Saturday January 31st; there was=
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>discussion of the communications training course as presented by the ARRL=
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>by Keith KB3HHK; the proposed Sky Warn Class is now being scheduled for=20
>April, as instructors are not available for the anticipated March classes.
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>Publications =AD Joe N3YIM, the newsletter has been mailed and is on the=20
>club web site; anyone with input please get it to me in Microsoft Word if=
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>possible.
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>Station =AD John AK3Z reports that the Tribander assembly needs to be=20
>completed; bad weather is holding up completion of the outside work; he=20
>contacted the county about the use of the county towers on site, they have=
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>no information on the towers and he will try to get that from them if=20
>Morrison Towers is still in business; there will be no major purchases in=
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>the coming year as the station is nearly complete, emphasis will be place=
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>on getting the communications van on the road and operationally ready.
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>Training and Education =AD Clint W3ARS reports that classes are ongoing on=
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>Sundays, CW starts at 5:30PM and theory at 7PM; the Tech class is using=20
>the new instructional tapes and seems to be going very well, the students=
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>are very impressed; he would like to do a crash Tech class with adults=20
>only for a full day with the exam immediately following the session.
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>Digital =AD John K3KWO is asking for more checkins, his antenna is up and=
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>receiving good signals from those that do check in; he has offered his=20
>help in getting anyone who needs help to get on the air; the committee=20
>meets at 7PM every meeting night.
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>Membership =AD Al K3ZE has taken over the roster duties and will keep track=
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>of those who owe dues and send them reminders; he will also keep track of=
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>club officers and chairman of committees as well; a copy of the roster is=
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>available to members by request to Al; non-members who want a copy of the=
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>roster must have the approval of the Board of Directors before it will be=
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>released; he gave statistics on several area clubs in several areas of=20
>interest, and our club is above the norm in many areas.
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>Youth =AD Doug reports that the next session will be February 14th at the=
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>FTC from 1-4 PM.
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>Hamfest activities =AD Joe N3YIM reports that the Tailgate Fest 5 contract=
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>has been signed with the AG center for August 15th, setup August 14th at=20
>4PM, Mike N3VOP will chair the event; the Board will have flyers prepared=
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>shortly for both events as the first event is in March.
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>Old Business;
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>The Board motion for monies to repair, title, license and insure the=20
>communications van was discussed at length; insurance was the real issue=20
>and could be cost prohibitive for operation of the van if not resolved;=20
>the question of loan to others clubs was discussed, if we support another=
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>club our driver must accompany the van. A committee was formed and=20
>approved to head up the project, those volunteering were John K3KWO, Keith=
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>KB3HHK Chairman, John N3MNM, Joe N3YIM, Chuck N3TOT, Rob K1HR, Frank K3MTT=
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>Co-chair, Pat N8PK and Eric KB3HKG, any member may become a member of the=
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>committee and it is hoped that members will volunteer time and skills to=20
>complete the project.
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>Keith KB3HHK asked for the question, a vote was taken and the motion=
passed.
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>Laird K3LMB asked that the Board consider the establishment of a Life=20
>Membership, Clint W3ARS suggested that the Life Membership fee be set at=20
>20 years of regular membership; President Beckman made it an issue for the=
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>next Board meeting.
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>The 50/50 was won by Bill N3WM (again), he donated his winnings, $22.00 to=
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>the van restoration fund.
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>An auction of items no longer needed to support the club was conducted to=
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>close out the evening.
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>Meeting adjourned at 2245.
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>Submitted;
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>Joe Ebaugh, N3YIM
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>Secretary
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Patrick L. Kilroy WK
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-1673 fax
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