[OKDXA] OKDXA meeting minutes - Ham Holiday

[W5LE - Gene Lewis]

Minutes of Meeting of the Oklahoma DX Association

 

July 30, 2011

Ham Holiday - Oklahoma City

 

Corrected version -- August 1, 2011

 

 

President Gene Lewis welcomed everyone to the OKDXA forum at Ham Holiday

Prior to the beginning of the formal business meeting there were several topics that Gene brought up:

1.      Gene welcomed everyone and gave a brief overview of what "DXing" is all about. He also discussed some of the key activities of the OKDXA including the 5th district incoming QSL bureau, the Oklahoma QSO party, and OKDXA's financial support to selected DXpeditions. 

2.      Gene introduced Dave Duskin, NE5S, who is a DXCC card checker. The DXCC card checkers provide the service verifying a DXer's QSL cards so that the DXer does not have to physically submit them to ARRL HQ in Newington CT. 

3.      Gene also introduced Mike Schenkel, W5VXU, who has just become the director of the 5th district ARRL incoming QSL bureau. 

4.      Coy Day, N5OK, Chairman of the DX Advisory Committee, mentioned that at the recent ARRL Board of Directors meeting a decision was made to rename the "RTTY DXCC Award" to the "Digital DXCC Award". Coy said that this change will have no effect on the requirements for the reward since the RTTY award already includes contacts for various digital modes. Coy noted that for most operators these days RTTY is implemented by software communicating with a sound card in the same way that other digital modes, such as PSK31, is implemented. So changing the name of the RTTY award to the DIGITAL award is simply changing the name of the award to reflect the current nature of the award.

5.      Gene mentioned that arrangements are in progress regarding the speaker at the OKDXA banquet which will be on October 8th at the Best Western in Stroud Oklahoma. 

 

 

President Gene Lewis, W5LE, called the formal business meeting of the Oklahoma DX Association to order at 11:40AM. 

 

 

1.      Treasurer's Report: Secretary / Treasurer, K5TTT was not present. In his absence Gene Lewis gave a report regarding the club's bank balance. The current balance is $395.78. Future expenses that have been identified will be the purchase of a couple of award plaques for the recent QSO party. 

2.      Period of Membership: A motion was made by Coy Day, N5OK with a second by Bert Aaron, K2BA, that the period of membership be changed to begin on January 1st and end on December 31st of each year so that the period of membership aligns with the calendar year. [Currently, membership runs from October to October.] A vote was taken on this motion and it passed unanimously.

 

3.      Position of Director of SouthWest region: A motion was made by Gene Lewis, W5LE with a second by Coy Day, N5OK that Mike Schenkel, W5VXU, be elected to the position of director for the South West region of Oklahoma. A vote was taken on this motion and it passed unanimously. 

 

4.      Adjournment: There being no further business a motion was made by Roger Simpson, K5RKS, to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Mike Schenkel, W5VXU. The motion to adjourn was without objection and the meeting was adjourned at 11:55AM. 

 

 

Minutes recorded by Roger Simpson - K5RKS