January 29, 2009 AEA Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes

The ARC meeting took place in A3 dining room B.
Present were:

• Frank Voit - President
• Bill Wysock - VP
• Victor Cortez - Secretary
• Kirk Crawford - Club Web Master
• JC Cantrell
• Daniel Bartz
• Mark Shockey
• Don Taylor
• Archie Buchanan
• David Ping
• Roger Driver
• Jason Bayone
• Jay Glowachi
• Nick Wagner

Voit brought the meeting to order at 11:35 am

A motion was made to modify the club By Laws to reflect a $6.00 charge for retirees instead of the current $12.00 and to insert a "no term" limit instead of the current 2 year term. Motion passed.

Received, in cash, dues from Daniel Bartz and David Ping. The $24.00 will be turned over to Joe Barger, Club Treasurer.

A discussion on what to do with surplus equipment took place among those present. Several ideas surfaced but pending resolution. Place an ad in the Happenings referring those interested to a link where it will list the items and price Make an offer to ARC membership first to see who might want to purchase any of the items Conduct an auction Sell the items on Ebay. LOL

A motion was made by Don Taylor and to purchase the rotor for the D8 Ham Shack. Motion passed.

The new location of the repeater currently located on the A1 roof is still an issue. Ping and Wysock will continue to work it.

A question was raised. Should the club officially petition for a 44 frequency pair. Archie indicated that it is possible to continue to using the test pair currently used by inserting a PL. Ping will continue to look into this.

Taylor will provide El Segundo/COS/Chantilly contact information to Victor for reporting to Donna Kahl.

It was suggested that more efforts go into replacing HF antenna for the A2 Ham Shack. This issue is pending.

Voit adjourned the meeting at 12:30 pm

The next ARC meeting is February 26, 2009. A notice will be sent out at a later date.

Contact me directly if you have any questions.
Victor Cortez - Secretary.