[nrv-hams] Tonight’s meeting

[dannywylam at gmail.com]

Thanks Ed

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> On Mar 23, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Edward Lener <lener at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
> Good morning everyone,
> It was late when the Zoom finally finished up (the officers stayed on to
> discuss some matters) but this morning I went back and dug out all the old
> sign-in sheets from 2019. Aside from the January eatin' meeting, which
> always has lots of family, we averaged about 21 club members per meeting.
> Even if all five of those additional people had voted no, there would have
> been no change in the result. (Of the 16 votes cast, we had 12 in favor, 2
> against, and 2 abstentions).
> 
> Even though we are still not meeting in person I for one feel good about
> this decision and hope others do as well. We had all four of the officers
> in agreement. We had the vote publicized beforehand. We had more than
> double the quorum required in the bylaws. We had time for plenty of
> discussion and input from everyone during the meeting, We had a favorable
> assessment of the rig selected from a club member who owns one himself
> along with positive signal reports from others.  And we are still being
> fiscally responsible - while we haven't been able to share full details on
> the club's finances over the air, even after purchasing the new Yaesu
> FT-991A and a manual tuner, we should have a balance remaining that exceeds
> what I found reported at this same point in 2019.
> 
> I think it was Bill Turner who pointed out last night that Field Day is
> also a chance for the club to reach out to the public and potentially
> recruit area hams (or make new ones!). This now gives us at least one rig
> with the "wow" factor to help do so.
> 
> Ed Lener, AK4IS
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 8:14 PM <dannywylam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 16 is probably an average number for a meeting. Usually the people on the
>> air tonight. Would be nice to see more
>>     73
>> 
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