July Meeting Minutes
MIAMI COUNTY
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Meeting Minutes- July 9, 2010
The July meeting was called to order by President Josh/KC8OZA at 7:30pm.
Present were: Gary/WB8ROL, Scott/KB8JOY, Dave/KD8GEB, Robert/KD8GEH,
Dave/WB8PMG, Chuck/KD3SQ, and Brad KD8LWZ.
There were no printed or posted June minutes to approve.
Treasurer’s Report: Income which included $90 in donations, $40 in club dues, $45 from Dayton Hamvention booth sales, and $800 from Strawberry Festival PA. Checking balance is $2771.93. Report approved by acclamation.
Station/Repeater Committee: The IC706 does not power up. Josh/KC8OZA was appointed to find a qualified service agent to begin repair process. It was suggested and agreed upon to not include antenna/tower work in the club work party.
Building/Grounds Committee: Discussion held pertaining to work party to be held Saturday July 10. Focus to be on cleaning both buildings, disposing of trash and boat anchors to the county transfer station, and use for the meeting room in the north building.
Public Address: Systems at Miami County Fairgrounds are 2 work sessions away from being ready for the fair August 13-19. (That’s way ahead of schedule). MCARC will again provide man power on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th. Contact Dave/WB8PMG or Scott/KB8JOY if you can volunteer some hours. Easy duty.
MCARC Web Site: There is a need to re-load the ARES documents and the Sunday W8FW net rotation list will be published on the site.
West Milton Triathlon: Kudos are to be shared around to the 11 operators who supported the event June 19th public service event. Event sponsors were extremely complimentary and noted our group’s emphasis on welfare/safety for the participants.
Field Day: Several members commented on the event held at Piqua Edison College in cooperation with Piqua Amateur Radio Club. Deemed a successful event the crew ran class 3A and operated on batteries for the most part. NOTE: See pictures on the W8FW web site.
August Club Meeting: Scheduling of a work party for tower/antennas and discussion for a potential Christmas party.
September Club Meeting: The club will dispense with the business end of things and a program dealing with Digital Modes will be presented by Gary/WB8ROL.
October Club Meeting: The club will again table the business end of things and a program will dealing with PowerPoll and RigRunners will be presented by Josh/KC8OZA.
December Club Meeting: Again no business meeting……but a broad overview of RACES/ARES emergency communication will be presented by Dave/WB8PMG and Chuck/KD3SQ.
Announcements: Scott/KB8JOY is looking for a small (30-40-50 watt) stand-alone stereo amplifier for a project he’s working on. Working-old-used is okee-dokee.
Meeting adjourned at 8:18pm.
Submitted by Scott/KB8JOY