[SMCARA] Meeting new business discussion

Tue Jul 18 13:31:57 EDT 2017

Ren,  I may be of help, to bring a copy of Tom's (ND3N) 2016-17 budget 
plan.  This would allow members to get an idea of what the clubs account 
starting point was last year, what was forecasted to be spent, and where 
our account ended up at.  I think this would also give us a good idea of 
where we would be financially next year at this time, if we choose to 
purchase the tower.

Jason
N3YUG

On 07-18-2017 1:16 PM, Ren Ramirez wrote:
> Afternoon everyone,
> 
> I am going to propose another new item on a club capital purchase
> Thursday and I wanted to give the group a little time to read and mull
> on it a bit before then.  The capital purchase is Gene Talley's
> portable mast system.
> 
> Background:  At field day it was brought to Boz and my attention that
> this would be the last year that Gene would supply the mast for
> personal reasons and was going to list it for sale.  We talked to him
> about it and he has agreed to let the club have first chance at it for
> a reduced sale price of $1,700 dollars.  Trust me, he can get a lot
> more for it from the open ham community!  With this 1,700 bucks we get
> the whole setup, instruction manuals, and training for a core team of
> club members on how to SAFELY set this up/take down.
> 
> Discussion:  I feel that this is an awesome opportunity for our club
> to acquire this item.  Not only for field day but also for SES events,
> emergency activations, or anywhere else the club would like to set up
> an HF presence with the beam.  Gene's offer is reasonable and
> technically, we have the funds to cover this but, it would effectively
> cut our reserve in half!  An idea Boz brought up is that the club
> finance 900 dollars of the cost and the members of the club make
> donations to cover the rest.  As of today, we have 74 paid up members
> on the books.  IF (big key word here)  IF all 74 members put up 11
> dollars, the mast is ours!  Realistically, I doubt that but some of
> our more active and generous members may put in more to achieve the
> goal of acquiring it.  There are other issues with the purchase of
> this item but they are all logistics and can be worked on after the
> purchase.
> 
> Folks, they don’t make these anymore.  This mast is as rare as hens
> teeth and if the ham community gets word that this could be up for
> sale, it will command a MUCH higher price than what is being
> generously offered to us so as a club, we should not allow this
> opportunity to pass us by.  Think really hard about this as well as
> supporting the motion to move on this or at the least, get a
> discussion group going at our next meeting to seriously consider
> acquiring it.  Think about it everyone, and think about being generous
> with your donation to purchase this item.
> 
> Thanks for your time and look forward to seeing you all (WITH YOUR
> DUES...) on Thursday.
> 
> 73
> 
> Ren W3BNY (Treasurer)
> 
> PS.
> 
> Im open to start the discussion now via the reflector if everyone is
> good with that (click the reply all or change the reply to the
> reflector address)
> 
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