[K3PZN-List] 2D CORRECTED COPY TO FEBRUARY 2004 CLUB MINUTES

[JOSEPH EBAUGH]

TRANSMITTED HEREWITH 2D CORRECTED COPY OF FEBRUARY CLUB MINUTES.

JOE

CARROLL COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Minutes

(2D Corrected copy)

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 Chairman, John N3MNM, Joe N3YIM, Chuck N3TOT, Rob K1HR, 
Frank K3MTT Co-chair, Pat N8PK 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.

Pat N8PK made the following announcement about AMSAT;

AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR

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, n8pk@amsat.org <mailto:n8pk@amsat.org>
WEB: See http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/ for late breaking info.
The 50/50 was won by Bill N3WM (again), he donated his winnings, $22.00 
to the van restoration fund.

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