Monday, August 27, 2007

Minutes from August 23, 2007 - ELECTION SLATE ENCLOSED!

SCARC MEETING NOTES
August 23, 2007

President Rod Scott N1YZ called the meeting to order at 19:00 CDT by having the attendees introduce themselves and sign the meeting attendance sheet which is attached to this document. There were no visitors.

Nominating Committee Chairman Jack Evans KC4PZA presented the following slate for the upcoming election on September 13, 2007:

President – Bill Davidson KW4J
Vice President – Jim McLester W4YXU
Secretary – Jim Rogers W4ATK
Treasurer – Jack Evans KC4PZA
MEC – Rod Scott N1YZ
Director (2 Year Term) – Lee Aured KI4NMD
Director (1 year Term) – John Outland K3FP


A motion was made from the floor to add John Wilder WB4CCQ as an additional candidate for the MEC slot. The members were reminded that candidates can be entered as late as the actual voting event.

Secretary Bill Davidson KW4J announced that the CERT challenge is scheduled for Saturday, September 15 and that a review for it is scheduled for September 6 and 13.

Jack Evans reported that the following:
Ron Arant N4PHP replaces Dan James NU4A as a director on the Alabama Repeater Council.
The SCARC Tuesday night net will include a short technical Q&A session on various subjects. The first topic will be D-Star technology and uses.
We will meet at the Shelby County EMA on September 27 at 19:00

John Wilder has a new UHF repeater running in test mode at his QTH and the frequency is 443.350 MHz with a + 5M HZ offset and no tone at present.

Rod Scott will speak to the Chelsea COP (Citizens On Patrol) at the Senior Lodge, Chelsea on August 28. He will explain the benefits of amateur radio to them.

The meeting was adjourned and an informal discussion of D-Star technology and operation commenced with Mike Burns KE4DZU facilitating.

Attachments:
SCARC Attendance Roster
Secretary’s raw notes
Joan Ratchford’s email of August 22, 2007 concerning the CERT Challenge
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Thanks again to Bill, KW4J !,

Rod, N1YZ

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