MANCORAD

December, 2006 Meeting Minutes

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President Carl ( KA9WYK ) called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M.

The November 2006 meeting minutes as e-mailed & posted on web site were accepted by motion from

Bob (KC9HBA ) and second by Ken ( K9HAG ).

 Carl officially announced the new club web site and thanked Marty ( KC9JGE ) for all the hard work in programming and redesigning it and Walt ( K9WL ) for donating the site.

The Treasurer’s report was given by Dan ( N9NCU ) and was accepted by motion from Jerry (KC9JNL )

and second by Steve ( K9ZW )

Carl ( KA9WYK ) reminded members of the up coming January 5th 2007 Christmas Party at the Fawn.

The member and guest cost is $ 11.00 per person.

The minimum attendance required is 30, and so far sign up is 21 people.

So please contact Dan  ( N9NCU ) with your reservations and money.

Club dues are also due for 2007.  Please get them in to Treasurer Dan ( N9NCU ).

Carl (KA9WYK ) discussed places to distribute the clubs flyers to attract new members.

Carl also brought up a need for a backup repeater, new freq. pair. 

( A definite need in case our repeater goes down.)

The discussion was in regards to have the clubs unused repeater worked on replacing crystals etc. in order to get it up and working. 

This was voted on and motion by Bob ( KC9HBA ) and second by Chris ( KB9VLS ).

John ( NZ9Z ) volunteered to be the chairman of this project and Dan ( N9FVZ ) as his volunteer.

Steve ( K9ZW ) reported on the December 9th and 10th  ~ 60th Anniversary Club event.

A total of 503 contacts were made.     69 on the 75 meter.       225 on the 40 meter and       209 on the 20 meter.

Thanking all that participated.

Steve (K9ZW) also announced a Jan 20th contest for CW/SSB/ RTTY and passed around a sign up sheet for anyone interested.  It will be a 12 hour event from noon to midnight.

Dan (N9NCU) our ARES EC gave an update of the Manitowoc County ARES/RACES Nuclear Drill activities conducted on Dec. 5th. 

Eleven (11) RACES members participated in the exercise and an additional four (4) checked in to the net in response to the Calling Post notification.

A Big Thank You to:  

W6BSF, NZ9Z, KB9VLS, K9WL, KC9HBA, KA9WYK, KC9HYD, KC9JNK, KC9JNL, KC9JGE and N9NCU.  And the additional emergency net check-ins from KC9AAH, N9QFY, KA9SCX and KS9SCY.

Dan ( N9NCU ) brought up a need for the club to purchase a VOM ( Digital Volt Ohm Meter).

There was a discussion and vote taken.  Motion by Dan ( N9NCU ) and second by Steve ( K9ZW )

Another Ham Cram was talked about for March and the purchase of test books.

Minimum book order for purchase is 15 at $15.95 each.

A vote to order was motioned by John ( NZ9Z ) second by Bob ( KC9HBA )

Steve ( K9ZW ) will be in charge of purchase.

Some of the future events were discussed as follows:

            Cobia: 

              ·   Reactivation weekend - last weekend in April

              ·  Museum ships on the Air - 3rd weekend in July

              ·  JOTA ( Jamboree on the AIR ) - Last weekend in Oct.

            2 or 3 Brat Fry’s depending on sales - May / June ( dates to be announced )

            Field Day / Family Picnic - June 23rd & 24th

            Kewaunee Trout Fest - Mid July ( date to be announced )

            Leukemia Bike a thon – July  ( date to be announced )

            2 ~ Hwy Clean up - May 22nd & Sept. 4th ( 1 hour each starting at 6:30 PM )

            October officer re-elections - October

            Christmas party - January 2008

Also future meeting program demonstrations/discussions:

            Severe weather

            Prop net

            PSK 31

            Membership Directory on web site.

                        For members only - Fun way to get to know a little about each other.

The monthly 50/50 raffle was conducted and the winner was Marty (  KC9JGE )

The treasury increased by $ 12.50 as did Marty’s pocket.

The motion to adjourn meeting was by Ken ( K9HAG ) and second by Dan ( N9NCU )  at 8:10 p.m. 

Followed by a social luncheon.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Dawn ( KC9JNK ) Secretary.

Meeting Attendance:(18)

Carl ( KA9WYK )                    John ( NZ9Z )                           Gene ( KB9KXF )

Dan ( N9NCU )                       Chris ( KB9VLS )                     Theresa ( KB9KXE )                           

Dawn ( KC9JNK )                    Theo ( KC9HYD )                    Tom ( KC9JGD )         

Jerry ( KC9JNL )                      Winston ( KC9FVR )                Gene ( WB9DQD )                  

Bob ( KC9HBA )                      Mary ( KB9GOY )                    Steve ( K9ZW )                       

Marty ( KC9JGE )                    KEN ( K9HAG )                      Dan ( N9FVZ )

Board of Directors Meeting Attendance: Present

KA9WYK – KB9YRC - N9NCU – KC9JNK – KC9JNL – NZ9Z – KC9JGE

Merry Christmas

Hope to see you all at the Christmas Party.

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Minutes Explanation / Correction

In the meeting minutes that were just e-mailed, I was informed that the discussion on the backup repeater is confusing.

It was decided to form a committee to investigate the possibility of changing the backup repeater to a full time repeater on its own coordinated frequency pair. This would eliminate the need of someone going up to the club shack and turning the backup repeater on / off and this repeater would be the backup to 61 on a full time basis. The committee will report back at the club meeting when they are ready.The motion was to form this committee which John NZ9Z is chairman. We are fully aware that the backup repeater is fully functional on the 61 frequency and ready to go if the primary 61 goes down. The committee will look into all aspects of what it will take and if we can get a freq pair, retuning , ect.

I hope this helps to clarify the issue and we will correct the minutes at the next club meeting in January.

Have a Merry Christmas,

Carl KA9WYK