[NLRS] NLRS Club Donations

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Hello NLRS land.

Historically speaking,  during our NLRS meeting, we have voted to donate club 
money to the ARRL's  Education & Technology Program as well as QTH.net.   The 
donation  amount has varied a little bit over time, but has typically been 
$200 to QTH.net  and $100 to the ARRL's Education & Technology fund.  As we are 
a small  club with yearly income based mostly from dues that amounts to about 
$425 per  year, this is a fair chunk of our budget.  Our clubs bank balance 
typically  sustains itself around $1,000 with yearly income and expenditures 
balancing  out.  I think its significant to note that club members also donate to 
 QTH.net on an individual basis via the Aurora'08 registration process and  
perhaps even individually throughout the year.  Last year we also captured  $ 
285 of club member donations for QTH.net.   

Looking forward  to possible donations for 2008, I would like to float the 
general idea that we  continue to donate at this overall level but that we 
include the ARRLs Spectrum  Defense Fund.   One thought would be to donate $100 
each to the ARRL's  Spectrum Defense Fund, their Education & Technology Fund, and 
to QTH.net for  a total of $300.   

This is just my thought, but I wanted to  plant the seeds for discussion at 
our business meeting.

73, Jon
W0ZQ  




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