SCARC Minutes from November 8

I was asked to post these here prior to Bill's blog being created in the very near future:
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Minutes of the meeting November, 10, 2007

The meeting was called to order by the president, Bill Davidson, KW4J, at 7:00pm.

There was a roll call with the following members present:
KW4J Bill Davidson, President
W4YXU Jim McLester, VP
W4ATK Jim Rogers, Secretary
KC4PZA Jack Evans, Treasurer
N1YZ Rod Scott, MEC
KE4DZU Mike Burns
KI4WZO Greg Evans
KI4VVI Frank Hoult
W4AVD Alex Davies
WB4CCQ John Wilder EMA
KF4JLI Mac White
N4DKE Charles Spanos
KA4VCA Michael Spanos
K3FP John Outland
K4NVJ Joe Ford VEC
KB4FKN Stephen Moss

The Presidental Plaque was presented to Rod Scott, N1YZ by the president honoring Rod's service to our club in the past year.

Vice President's Report:
Rod Scott, N1YZ will present the program at our November program meeting.

Treasurer's Report:
Checking Account - $71.43
Savings Account - $1571.60.
The treasurer reported he is conducting an audit of equipment in order to get the inventory filed with our insurance company in order. Any member who has equipment belonging to the club is urged to contact Jack.

Secretary:
The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and with one correction, accepted.

MEC:
ARES Training has begun on the Tuesday evening VHF net.
John Wilder has been working on the installation at the EMA.
Stephen Moss reported on the turnout at the Vulcan Run and alerted the club of the upcoming Meadowbrook Run.
Rick Seeders has been contacted in reference to a state grant and the proposed installation at the Shelby Hospital.

President's Comments:
The president described the e-mail information list and invited any members interested in receiving the email notices put their name on the list.

Board of Directors Report was given by the president.
The SCARC budget for the upcoming fiscal year was presented and opened for discussion by the members. The budget was adopted with a projected short-fall for the year of approximately $400.
In view of the short-fall, a motion was made by Mack White, KF4JLI, to raise the dues across the board by $5.00. The motion was seconded by John Outland, K3FP. This motion was tabled after a discussion and is to be voted upon at our next meeting in order to give ample time for members not present to present their comments.

$68.00 was collected for the repeater fund.
A discussion was held on the future repeater system (Pinnacle Point).

VEC Joe Ford, K4NVJ reported on the November testing session and the possible switching of testing dates with BARC.

Repeater Committee- No report

Red Cross Liason – Nothing to report

EMA – Lee and crew have done a great job. Antennas have been moved. G5RV is installed and operational as are UHF and VHF antennas. To be resolved are the installation of the APRS and Winlink.

Webmaster's report: Aliases are installed. Work progresses on the calendar of events. The president's email will change in the near future to kw4j@charter.net.

The Field Day committee chair person has been resolved as Ed Boutwell, K4ZSB. the field day site has not yet been selected.

New Business:
Christmas Party. December 13th at 7:00pm, Shelby County EMA. Turkey and ham will be provided. Members attending are encouraged to bring a covered dish. The program will be the “Dirty Santa”.

There was a motion to cancel the December 27th meeting and was seconded by Mike Burns. The motion carried,.

The president discussed the proposed calendar of events.

The meeting was adjourned.