TARC Board of Directors Meeting
December 1, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:15p.
The minutes from the last meeting were presented and reviewed. The minutes were approved.
Treasury
No treasurer’s report was presented.
Computers
No updates this month.
Tower Effort – Warren, W1GUD
The antenna systems are working OK now.
A regulator and spring mod was made to the SixPack
Rotators are functioning as intended.
Multi-Multi operations at the clubhouse should use both towers.
The C31 still has tune issues on 15m … The internal antenna tuners are needed for that antenna/band
The 75/80m wire antenna needs to be fine tuned.
40m ops on the 240 are great.
FGARC
The Tampa Hamfest is coming up this weekend.
Wes is collecting a shopping list of items the club needs, which include:
N female to male barrel connectors
A VHF radio
Diplexer
TNC
Cable
Digital
The club is planning to install a WinLink node at the clubhouse.
The shopping list for parts has been presented to Wes.
The desire to install an APRS Digipeter at the 025 antenna site was presented. Discussion focused on what was need. Wes will look for parts for that as well.
Next Meeting … Stay posted.
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
November 4, 2005
Unapproved
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:10p.
The minutes from the last meeting were presented and reviewed. A change to the Internal account balance was noted.. The minutes were approved with changes noted.
Treasury
Facility Account has a balance of ~886.
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Internal Account has a balance of $1607.56
External Account has a balance of $1811.25
PayPal Account has a balance of ~ $ 231.00
We owe Bart, AF4TK $188 for the new lawnmower.
The Treasurers report was Approved.
Computers
No updates this month.
Tower Effort – Warren, W1GUD
The band decoders are back at the manufacturer for repair
We still need help completing the concrete top-pour on the tower and guy posts. If you can come out, contact Warren.
Jim, WA3DIT is working on some wire designs to string from the back tower. There was discussion if any one has a design for a Carolina Windom, or if one was at the Clubhouse.
JOTA – Warren, W1GUD
We had an excellent turnout for Jota. Over 60 scouts and 40 adults were in attendance. We had PSK (xxWBL), Blake, N4GI doing Morse Code (CW), We had two stations on phone, and Bill, N4WEB had a direction finding event outside.
FD Format bug-out – Bill, N4WEB
The planned format for Field Day will be a club bug-out.
Bill stated he has a short list of 4 sites chosen, and will be working shortly to acquire permission for one or two of them for FD. Larry, KR4X is the only other person who knows the list.
Gary, KC5QCN is working to have an EDICs training class that weekend (go figure J). A question was raised if Steve might be able to bring his cow for the event.
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Website
Dan, KA2TOC has offered to help with the website … We need to approach him.
The board approved a design similar to the Orange County ARC website design.
There was discussion of hiring a professional website designer, but that comment was tabled.
FGARC
The Tampa Bay Hamfest will be December 3rd and 4th Manatee County as in previous years.
There is the possibility of beer being sold.
Kenwood has stated they will be coming, along with HRO.
Icom is not coming this year.
There will be about $9,000 in door prizes this year.
Operating Positions, Lu, K4LVR
Lu, commented that when contesting, that it is best not to have the two main stations located behind each other, but side-by-side.. While the Geezer-Gear is out being re-capped, that the second Icom 756 Pro II will be moved where the Geezer-Gear is currently. This will be in anticipation of Sweepstakes Phone the weekend of 11/20. There are further plans to relocate the Geezer-Gear when it returns, along with other possible equipment shuffling to make things more suitable for operating.
Keating, KC4HSI moved we adjourn, and Lu, K4LVR seconded …
Next Meeting … Stay posted.
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
October 6, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:20p.
The minutes from the last meeting were presented and reviewed. A change to tower expenses was noted. The minutes were approved with changes noted.
Treasury
Facility Account has a balance of ~886.
We have ~ $640 in outstanding bills. ~$240 is available
Approximately $1000 will be due for insurance in a month.
Mike, NI4M is owed $139 for the website hosting he paid for personally.
We owe Ron Lebron ~$550 for the tower work he has performed.
Internal Account has a balance of $1607.56
External Account has a balance of $1811.25
PayPal Account has a balance of ~ $ 231.00
Keating, KC4HSI made a motion to accept the Treasurers report. Warren seconded. Approved.
Computers
Please provide Danny Conner suggestions/needs and offer to help him with the work of upgrading our computers.
Tower Effort – Warren, W1GUD
The feedline work has been completed. We had to do our own.
1 Pl-259s were completed.
The feedlines have been run to the top of the tower and connected.
Control lines have been installed.
Bill, N4WEB is doing the switch box interconnect cables. These should be ready by 10/7.
The work parties were able to sand, prime and grout the 6 guy posts. and a 6” pad was poured around the SE guy post.
The short tower (if 70 feet can be short!) needs some tuning.
The 15m elements on the C31 need tuning.
The Hardline for the 1.2 GHz beam still needs to be pulled
Bill’s Inverted V has been installed on the back tower to support MARS, CAP, and 80//40m. It needs to be elevated to the 80 foot level on a horizontal mast.
Some discussion was made about a 160m antenna being strung into the woods. No word on if this will be done before the 160m season.
The Patch Panel needs to be re-worked. Labeling, cables, and connectors don’t work well.
Program Night Ideas
Several suggestions were made, including the following:
NVIS antennas
Cert group antenna night
HF training classes
Contest training
2m/70cm portable J-Pole
Repeater Net
Ian, W4RIR volunteered to do the first Tuesday night net.
JOTA – Warren, W1GUD
The event is on 10/15 from 12:00p till 4:00p
Dan, KA2TOC will be doing Satellite, Digital, PSK-31, APRS and or WinLink
A large group is expected about 3:00p. Please be sure to help out
Lona will be bringing pizza
Blake, N4GI will be demonstrating CW
Burglar Alarm
We need to get one for the clubhouse. This topic has been discussed before. Can we get someone to offer one? Mike, NI4M is the expert, we should ask for his recommendations.
FD Format – Bill, N4WEB
The planned format for Field Day will be a club bug-out. The entire club will deploy to an unknown location till 2:00p on the Friday of the event.
As we get experience with bugging-out, then we should try a ‘rough-bug-out’. This initial one will be a group style.
Gary was asked to ensure we can have an EDICS training session that Saturday. The normal bonus points will be pursued, including press releases, etc. We need someone to bring a video camera and film the event.
Website
Bruce, N4ZXI is stepping down as webmaster, since work issues are preventing him from that role any more. Lu looked at the various website suggestions submitted, and presented several variations.
Keating offered to create the first layout of a site and have it ready in a couple of weeks for review.
Bill, N4WEB will provide Keating with Dreamweaver, if he needs it.
Communications Trailer
Keating, KC4HSI as for a current status on the effort to acquire one.
FGARC
The Tampa Bay Hamfest will be in December in Manatee County as previously.
There is the possibility of beer being sold.
Kenwood has stated they will be coming, along with HRO.
Icom has made noise they do not intend to attend.
There will be about $6,000 in door prizes this year.
Repeaters, Lu, K4LVR
Lu brought up the topic of locating an APRS digi-peater at the .025 repeater site. We need to buy a duplexer, radio, and TNC (basically we have an antenna). It was brought up this needs to be discussed with the repeater trustee (Mike, NI4M), since changes at the site, have to be reviewed with the site owners. It was noted there is a repeater 15 kHz down from the APRS frequency (147.375, Shiners), and we could cause interference.
Someone commented that a KPC3+ with 8.3 or higher will support the digi-peater role.
Next Meeting … Fred Flemings, SOK
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
September 22, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:40p.
The minutes from the last meeting were presented and reviewed. A change to K4CRT’s call was pointed out. The minutes were approved with changes noted.
Treasury
No report was presented.
Biff commented about ~$960 was spent on the SixPack, 2-band decoders, and 1000ft of LMR-400 cable.
TarcFest – Biff, K4LAW
TarcFest netted about $1400 after expenses
Attendance was down slightly due to the hurricane. We were off about 50 attendees. The vendor total was about 40, so we spread them out more to give more elbow room.
Tower Effort
The SixPack switch, band decoders and 1000’ of LMR-400 have arrived.
A soldering party is planned (Warren to coordinate) will be held to get the connectors (16 of them!) on the coax.
We received a donation of rotator cable for the SixPack control cables.
A work party will be coordinated (Biff/Warren to coordinate) to apply Rustoleum and primer paint to the tower support poles and top them with grout. Monitor the repeater for details.
NAQP Results – Bill, N4WEB
NAQP was a success, with 4 operators for 11 of the 12 hours. We had 858 QSOs, 113 multipliers, and approximately 86000 claimed points, in Multi-Multi phone. Now we wait to see how we place.
Computers
Danny Conner has offered to complete the computer setup at the clubhouse. Danny would like to be able to select his own work parties as a condition. Mike, NI4M so moved, Warren, W1GUD seconded. It was approved
Website
There was quite a lot of discussion about the website template and the need to replace it with something more appropriate for the club. Jim, WA3DIT, Mike, NI4M, Lu, K4LVR, and Bruce, N4ZXI were appointed the task of devising a new template for the website.
Lu requested that all future uploads of content be funneled via him for inclusion on the site. Lu will be presenting to the board proposals for a new site template at the next board meeting. .. Submit your ideas to him no later then 10/4
Email Service – Mike, NI4M
The e-mail service has been switched over from the older server to the new service. It is now a RELAY only mail server and does NOT host mail boxes. Also note, there could be issues with mail delivery if you relay to hamclub.org from another relay service.
There are on-going issues with RoadRunner and our mail provider … These are being investigated.
Spam has been a persistent problem, and one that will not entirely go away. Every effort is being made to reduce it, and some of them may cause some inconvenience. If you are experiencing issues, contact Mike, NI4M for assistance.
While discussing the SPAM issue, a proposal was made to make the TARCLIST a closed list, (aka whitelisted); meaning that it will only accept e-mail for forwarding from authorized e-mail addresses. This means to submit mail to the TARCLIST, you must do so from the address you registered to the TARCLIST from. The motion was made by Warren, W1GUD, and seconded by Lu, K4LVR. It was approved.
A motion was made to moderate the subscriptions to the TARLIST. Currently subscriptions are automated. This will change to a request and approve format. A distribution list called info-list@hamclub will be the moderator group. Mike, NI4M made the motion, and Warren, W1GUD seconded … It was approved.
Communications Trailer
The efforts to procure a trailer are moving from a HomeLand Security Grant approach to a corporate donations effort. The intention is to receive donations, buy and outfit the trailer, and title is as a county asset.
Similarly, we would like to approach local corporations for donations and trailer rental/sales firms about donations for a TARC owned trailer as well. Jim, WA3DIT, Ian, W4RIR, Lu, K4LVR, and Warren, W1GUD are heading this up. They are currently working on presentations and a video clip to present to potential donors. Ian is working on a list of potential donors.
Field Day 2006 – Bill, N4WEB
Bill brought up for discussion the topic of Field Day 2006, and the approach/style to plan for. After some discussion and the relevance to the last two hurricanes, it was decided to have a Bug-Out Field Day, where we as a club deploy somewhere on short notice and operate from there as if we were on an emergency deployment. A motion was made from the floor for a Bug-Out Field Day in 2006. It was approved.
Bill asked for comments, suggestions, etc on how we should approach the bug-out.
Jota – Warren, W1GUD
Jota is 10/15, at the clubhouse. Watch the reflector for form more information. We have had inquiries from all over the area, so we are expecting a large turnout.
Next Meeting … Watch the reflector for details.
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
August 12, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:17p.
The minutes from the last meeting were presented and reviewed. No changes were made and they were approved.
Treasury
Internal Account: $1465.73
External Account $1769.15
Facility Account ~$1000.00
Currently 20% of dues go to Facility Account, but it is not being transferred at the moment.
We owe Ron Lebron $500 additional for the tower work he has done
Tower Effort
The 40m, C31 and M2 Orion rotor are on the back tower. The 20m and 10m feedlines are not connected presently.
Some volunteers are needed to complete the following items:
We need to purchase an Array Solutions Six-Pack antenna switch and 2 band decoders. The decoders operate in manual or automatic mode.
The switch is approximately $700.
We also need 1000’ of LMR-400 at ~ $200
A motion was make by Bill, N4WEB to buy this needed equipment. The spend limit is set at $1000. Ian, W4RIR seconded the motion. The Motion Carried.
It was noted that all additional antennas on the back tower need to stay below the 100’ level to avoid interaction with the two Yagis on the top.
It was suggested we devise somekind of recognition for the effort put in on the back tower. Plaques, dinner, etc were discussed. There has been a precedent for this in the past.
Membership
Kathy reviewing membership list and who has/not paid.
Contests in August
Bill, N4WEB is doing NAQP SSB in Mid August. Come on out.
We will have a cookout if enough people attend, and possibly clean-out the conex.
Website
Bruce is bringing the website over to the new service provider slowly, to minimize disruptions.
The mail system will be converted to a mail forwarder, vs. being a mail system.
Members may have to re-sign-up to continue access to a hamclub.org e-mail access.
Jim will be publishing the newsletter and hosting it on the new website. Check it out when he has it completed. Keating is collecting articles.
TarcFest
KB4CRT will be bringing his Cobra helicopter. You’ve got to see this thing!
Someone needs to signup to promote selling Club polo-shirts a the club table.
Kathy/Mark will be cooking. The item this time will be Philly Cheese steaks.
It was noted that we have some excess to our needs gear and antennas. It was agreed to review what we have and make what we can available for sale at TarcFest. This includes excess antennas, tube gear, etc.
Field Day 2006
Mike, NI4M made a motion to nominate Bill, N4WEB as FD chair for
2006. Bill accepted, and Bart, AF4TK seconded. The motion carried.
It was noted we will need some additional gear for next year, including F12 EF-140 40m rotatable dipoles, and replacement parts used to fix the C31. An inventory/accounting is needed and parts ordered before next year.
Communications Trailer Update
DERA has talked with Tallahassee about receiving some Homelane Security grants. Its possible we might be able to get some funding to acquire a trailer via this route. There is also a possibility we might get some support from the local government. Status unknown a present.
Miscellanous
The lawnmower has died. A new one is needed.
Bart, AF4TK made a motion to spend $200 on a new (used) mower. It was approved
Hientz is in the hospital. Everyone needs to keep him in their prayers..
A motion was made to support Newsline, the program we play weely on the TarcNet with $100 from the External account. The motion was approved.
Gary, KC5QCN has suggested swapping out our older diesel generator for a propane model. The board agrees with the idea. Mike, NI4M to work with Larry, KR4X about this possibility, and where to site it in the yard.
Next Meeting … 9/22 … Site unknown … watch the reflector and on the repeater.
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
July 7, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:15p.
A motion was made not to read the minutes from the last meeting. Motion Passed.
Attendance: Biff, Bart, Warren, Keating, Wes, Gary, Jim, Mike K, Bill
Communications Discussion
Biff wanted the board to review the ideas and concerns and organize the solutions as a triage. He complimented the committee on the write up and asked for suggestions how to implement recommendations.
The committees should come out of tonight’s meeting with a list of tasks that can be accomplished in the near term.
Suggestions presented:
· Encourage members to mingle with new members of those they do not regularly do so with.
· Encourage shirt purchases. Make them available at all events
· New member recruitment – membership committee
· Introduce members as the join – membership committee
· QSL s – membership committee
· Club roster publishing – membership committee
· 1st Wednesday – everyone
· New member kit – This is critical – membership committee
· Club newsletter – A discussion ensued.. An editor needed to collect articles and present. Should be published initially every quarter. Jim was rail … oops volunteered. Keating is the publisher
· Meetings – format good … Need to maintain a good focus. Email notices would be helpful. We need more station open houses and radio classes to encourage upgrading
· TARCnet - encourage participation
· Do training on 2nd and 4th Mondays
· Repost the calendar on the wall … Bill will hang
· Talk on the repeater … get the activity up. Its becoming a wasteland out there
· Broadcast and media exposure – Warren to handle
Membership Discussion
We need a membership committee. They need to be our cheerleaders and encourage non-members to joining
The personal touch works here … Call vs mailings.
Possibly a Recruiter of the Year recognition
Combined other activities:
· Update the webpage
· Look at e-mail service … What to do? An actual service or a forwarding service?
· How to promote our “Special Club Status”? Biff will handle this
· Get an answering machine for the club phone line … Bar to donate one.
· Hand out certificates of appreciation/accomplishment to members as warranted … Field Day Certificate a good start.
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
June 2, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:20p.
The minutes were presented, but a page was missing from the printed version. The missing page was read at the meeting to those in attendance.
Treasurer
Approximately $2400 is in the Facility Account. A check for $1069.79 will be made to Julio to reimburse him for antenna parts.
Currently there is approximately $4600 in the internal account and ~ $1200 in the external account
TarcFest XIV – Biff, K4LAW
The next installment will be 8/27.
As usual, this will be an ARRL sanctioned event, so we will receive goodies to give away.
Field Day
The EOC, courtesy of Larry, KR4X, has provided us with two new batteries for the generator out back. We need a new ‘float’ charger that does not cook the batteries. Bill to talk with Larry
Antennas – Warren, W1GUD
The replacement parts have arrived. Julio won’t be available to coordinate the installation until after Field Day.
Communications – Biff, K4LAW/Pete, KZ1Z
Bruce, N4ZXI has been unavailable to address the transfer of hamclub.org to the Club.
The club roster needs to be published on disk when available. Updates to the roster will be made as dues are paid.
An updated dues letter is forth-coming that addresses the privacy concerns regarding publishing members contact information.
A fax will be sent to the media for the upcoming Cub Scout Day at Plant Park, Field Day, and Kids Day.
The committee held a brainstorming session regarding what direction we want to take the website. Several topic areas were discussed.
A motion was made to move the web server and mail system to an out-of-state location/hosting provider after our experiences during last years Cyclonic Disturbances.
Mike, NI4M made the motion, and Bart, AF4TK seconded. Motion CARRIED.
Bill, N4WEB to put together options for a hosting provider, based on the following criteria:
Ability to support address lists, forums, Mail (and webmail), a website, e-mail forwarding capability, domain hosting, handle approx. 100mb of traffic monthly.
Repeaters – Lu, K4LVR
The .025’s PA has not been replaced. We have a new one that is capable of 100w, but will be set to run (loaf?) at 48w or so.
The plan is to have this new PA installed by 6/13. Hopefully Echolink is kind to this one J
Computer Committee
Gary’s (KC5QCN) company, Sinclair, is donating some computers to the club. They will be P2/P3 class systems.
Echolink progress happening slowly with the systems we have.
Discussion
There was discussion on the results of the Hurricane simulation the club participated in. The turn-out was not great, and we have some operational areas to address.
There was a general discussion on club membership, and overall participation in various events.
Keating, KC4HSI was nominated (railroaded J) as the Club EC. Bart, AF4TK made a motion he be accepted and the motion carried.
There was a discussion of creating a club membership kit for new or prospective new members. The Communications Committee will take this up.
A policy was agreed to that no Club equipment would be loaned to members for personal use, only for Club approved activities.
The appropriate motion was made and the meeting adjourned at 8:55p
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
May 5, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:45p.
TarcFest XIII – Biff
~ $1,100 net profit into the account after expenses
~ 341 attendees this time
~ 55 Tailgaters attended
~ $175 were our expenses
The next date will be published once we know CGA’s availability
Field Day – Gary
A Field Day meeting will be held at the clubhouse after the Hurricane Conference. Specifics coming.
The MAC unit will not be here this year. The Brandon Club is using it.
We are getting a balloon to raise an antenna this year. Lu to check if there are any height restrictios.
We collected $122 for food so far. More $$$, more food J
Mark and Kathy won’t be attending and will be out of town … We need volunteers to cook.
We anticipated having the Fire Department and Tampa Police Command trailers, plus Dan’s RV. SSB/CW/VHF covered. No specifics on GOTA yet.
May 22 is the next FD committee meeting.
FlQP – Bill
We logged just under a 1000 QSOs, and claimed 168k points in Multi-Multi. We had a great attendance, with 13 people coming out. Keating and Sky cooked.
There were a total of 5 operators, N4WEB, AF4TK, WA3DIT, W!GUD, and N4GI.
Antennas – Warren
We are pulling he HardLine up the tower. We need a tower guy to help out.
The rotator and mast need to be moved to the correct position
All the ICOM radio interface cables have been located.
NEW Business
Communications
Pete, KZ1Z was nominated to the position of Public Information Officer for the club (PIO). A motion was made and APPROVED.
A proposal was made to have the hamclub.org domain name transferred to the club. A comment about the need for a webmaster was raised. A discussion ensued, but no motions made.
A discussion was made regarding the club newsletter. A suggestion was made to have one published quarterly, and to keep the website up to date.
A lively discussion on the creation of a club mailing list and publishing it to the membership. The discussion centered on what would/would not be published.
A motion was made by Bill, seconded by Warren to allow the members to opt out select data from the mailing list. Motion REJECTED
A decision that a new member packet needs to be created with the club history.
A discussion for the need to a publish an annual club calendar was held .. No motions were made.
A discussion on the dwindling activity on the 147.105 repeater. This include the nets. It was mentioned we have recorded messages on it to get people using it.
The current net controls are:
1st Tuesday Bill
2nd Tuesday Warren
3rd Tuesday Lu
4th Tuesday Pico
5th Tuesday ????
A comment about playback ability for the latest officer info ???
A Keating made a motion, seconded by Jim to link the 105 and 025 repeaters as needed. APPROVED.
Warren made a motion for a club policy, seconded by Keating
Policy: The intent of the TARC Board of Directors is to place a priority for the foreseeable future on the improvement and perfection of existing repeaters (105/025), then focus on other repeater opportunities.
The motion carried with one opposed.
Club Shirts – Bill
Bill offered to buy additional club poloshirts for sale to the membership. Cost to the club will be $3.00 ea. Each shirt will be Tan with the club logo embroried on them. 100 will be ordered and should be available by Field Day
Computer Committee
A request was made for more current operating systems on the systems in the clubhouse. Gary suggested he might be able to locate faster machines as well.
A comment about getting upgraded anti-virus software was made, and a discussion ensued. For the time being, Ghosting will be used to address any virus related issues.
The Keating/Lu made the appropriate motion and the meeting adjourned at 9:35p
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
March 17, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 8:15p.
Only 5 Board members were present, hence there was no quorum. No official voting could take place.
Biff asked those in attendance to read the minutes and propose any changes … None were made.
An ‘informal’ concurrence of the minutes was made.
Treasury – Biff
Biff stated there was not much money in the account. After dues are paid and TarcFest XIII, we should start to have some funds again.
There was discussion regarding the available funds in the treasury, and up coming obligations of the club. The topic shifted to how funds would be allocated to the three club accounts going forward (internal, external, and facilities).
TarcFest XIII –
TarcFest is 4/16.
A question if we could get the MARS and SouthCars groups to come out. An informal check will be made.
TarcFest will have the same format as the others, and a request was made for all in attendance to get the word out on the various reflectors and nets.
Tower Project
There was discussion ordering the needed antenna parts to replace the components missing. Approximately $1092 will be needed. A motion will be placed on the Board@hamclub list to approve the expenditure.
Club Elections – Biff, K4LAW
Biff discussed the club officer positions that now need to be filled,
Chairman
President
Vice-President #1
Vice-President #2
Secretary
Treasurer
Various motions were made for individual, but none could be voted on and will need to be tabled till the next meeting.
Field Day –
Gary, KC5QCN will be Field Day chairman for 2005.
This year’s event will be a fun event, and all are encouraged to participate, operate, or libate … your choice. We will put up as many stations as we have people who want to operate.
General discussion – All
Lu commented we are missing all but one of our Icom computer interface cables.
Please get the word out and try to locate them.
Lu mentioned the computers at the club need updating, especially with USB interfaces.
BARS/TARC spring picnic planned, but no date set. Gary/Biff will coordinate to set this up.
The Ranger at Lake Park on Dale Mabry approached us about placing an antenna and tower on the property. Some discussion ensued.
Bill and Mike F. are working on another repeater site for the club … more to come as things finalize.
TARC Board of Directors Meeting
February 17, 2005
Biff, K4LAW called the meeting to order at 7:37p.
Club Elections – Biff, K4LAW
A discussion on the elections process was discussed.
There will be a printed ballot. All candidates contested or otherwise will be on the ballot.
A canvassing committee will be chosen by Biff to count and record the results of the balloting. The candidates in the contested seats are invited to observe the count.