[SMCARA] Club Constitution & Bylaws & Club Elections

[Tom Shelton]

Dan, et.al...

I concur with the change regarding the Trustee position.  

As far as extending the term for the President - a lot of thought went into that and I disagree with changing it for a couple of reasons...

As anyone who has been President knows, there is a lot of work done that isn't seen by the regular club members.  For every decision made, there are a number of people who agree and a number of people who will disagree, and it seems the latter are the most vocal.  With rare exception it is a thankless position.  In short, no one should have to put up with the position for more than 2 years.

Amateur Radio is a volunteer hobby.  If short, if no-one volunteers to fill the positions, perhaps this club should shut down.

All that said - if no one else steps up, I will re-run for the presidency.  But be aware that I will serve only as a figure-head and will not do much other than show up at the meetings (at least sometimes).

Tom Shelton, ND3N

-----Original Message-----
From: SMCARA [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Metcalf
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 10:05 PM
To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [SMCARA] Club Constitution & Bylaws & Club Elections

Good Evening,

I just wanted to mention a few items. 

One: We only have a few meetings left before our annual club elections.
I wanted to remind everyone that this is my last year as President according to the club bylaws. I wanted to put a bug in everyone's ear to consider running for a club office.

Two: If no one steps up then the club would be without leadership and thus the club would be dissolved. I am extremely concerned about this happening! Especially when every one I have spoken with has mentioned that they are not interested in being President. If it came down to it if the bylaws were changed to allow me another year I would run again to make sure the club is not dissolved. I am going back to school so I suggest this as a worst case scenario however being we need a month between proposal and vote on the bylaws and constitution changes a change would need to be proposed at the march meeting.

Three: Reading over the constitution the is one section that must be changed because it violates FCC rules.

"5. The Trustee shall posses a valid Amateur Extra Class Operator License to maintain the assignment of the Association’s (K3HKI) call sign and the Patuxent Naval Air Museum Radio Club (K3NHK) call sign.
The Trustee shall have full responsibility for the licensing and operation of all Association’s stations, including repeater, auxiliary, packet, and all other, and assure such operations are compliant with all applicable Federal, State, and Local Rules and Regulations. The Trustee shall be responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of the Association’s Equipment Inventory."

This violates the one callsign per club trustee rule of the FCC. We found this out by trying to consolidate trustees by making Tom Clarke the trustee of both K3NHK and K3HKI. We were denied license and I volunteered to be and currently am the trustee for K3HKI. This section and the section defining club officers needs to be amended to allow for two trustees. 

As for Presidential terms I suggest a maximum of 4 years. Again I am not looking to run again but I will if no one steps up and the bylaws are changed to give us the option. I will leave these suggestions to the Constitution and Bylaws Committee.

Thanks,
Dan Metcalf -- KB3UUN

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