HCRA BOD meeting notes for 20-Jan-2016<\/p>\n
Attendees:<\/strong> Absent:<\/strong> President Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Jim Mullen has volunteered to help out with updating our Website. VP Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n – 90 tickets for the TS590SG have been sold to date. The minimum goal is 150 Treasurer Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n – There was quite a bit of discussion on how to divvy up the funds from the Xmas Financial Statement:<\/p>\n Beginning balance: $6771.95 Membership Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n – There are 89 members with 80 paid and 9 family members. Question was Program Dir Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is a tentative list from W1AST<\/p>\n – February 6, 2016: Jon Koltai, Hamsource – Power poles & really cool shack\u00a0gadgets ======================================================<\/p>\n – September 9, 2016: Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP – Solar Power and RFI, what you Zero Beat Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Submit your articles by 29th of January. Submit anything, please. Someday there Technical Director Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n – 2 requests on interference. Services rendered, none.<\/p>\n ————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n Old Business<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Welcome Package:<\/strong><\/p>\n A draft of the Welcome Package was handed out. The BOD must read and submit In Favor \u2013 7 A motion was made for HCRA to pay for the printing of the HCRA tri-fold as well. Stub J-Pole Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n The material has been purchased and cut. 80% of the project is complete.<\/p>\n License class exams:<\/strong><\/p>\n Classes will be held on April 27,28, and 30. With Saturday being a full day. DXLabs Class:<\/strong><\/p>\n Setup will be on Feb 6th starting at 9am. Looks like 6-7 people will be in the class. ————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n New Business<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Field Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n We need Band captains ! Band captains bring their own radios and computers. Larry W1AST has volunteered to step up for 40m CW. Field Day will be discussed at the next membership meeting.<\/p>\n Open Floor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n More special classes and presentations.<\/strong><\/p>\n – Introduction to digital modes EZ-UP with Walls<\/strong><\/p>\n Gary made a query as to purchasing a good EZ-UP for the Club. In the $300 range.<\/p>\n One with walls. A motion to purchase a EZ-UP with walls and not to exceed $300 In Favor \u2013 7 The Big E\u2019s 100th<\/strong><\/p>\n The discussion was around HCRA participating for only a weekend. Gary will look Next meeting with be in Mid March and be a VOIP meeting. HCRA BOD meeting notes for 20-Jan-2016 Attendees: President: NT1K Vice President: N1FTP Treasurer: NV1Q Membership: K1VOI Program Dir: W1AST ZB Editor: WA1MOW Tech Dir: K1YO Absent: At-Large: W1MOR Secretary: WM1B President Report: – Jim Mullen has volunteered to help out with updating our Website. – A Web Forum has been created at \u201cmembers.hcra.org\u201d. The site […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[88,229],"class_list":["post-35073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes","category-field-day","tag-bod","tag-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPresident: NT1K
\nVice President: N1FTP
\nTreasurer: NV1Q
\nMembership: K1VOI
\nProgram Dir: W1AST
\nZB Editor: WA1MOW
\nTech Dir: K1YO<\/p>\n
\nAt-Large: W1MOR
\nSecretary: WM1B<\/p>\n
\n– A Web Forum has been created at \u201cmembers.hcra.org\u201d. The site will be
\ndirected and administered by the BOD. It will be a members only site and
\nintegrated with our web site.<\/p>\n
\ntickets sold. Many tickets will be sold at the MTARA flea market. We should reach
\nour goal plus some.<\/p>\n
\nparty. From members to non-members to MTARA members and non-member
\nspouses as well as member spouses. There may be some double-dipping. This
\nneeds to be revisited.<\/p>\n
\nDep\/Wdr: $1038.68
\nEnding Balance: $7810.63<\/p>\n
\nraised, why does it take so long for some individuals to renew? Could there be
\nsome sort of incentive added to renewing? One suggestion was to put all the paid
\nmembers in Zero Beat. If your name is not there, you didn\u2019t pay. This also answers
\nthe question \u201cDid I already pay my dues?\u201d. Also discussed was greeting new
\nmembers and asking them what their interests are at the monthly meetings.<\/p>\n
\n– March 2016: \u00a0First Robotics Competition: Gary, WA1MOW
\n– April 2016: Mini Presentation: Jeff, AB1WT: Portable IRLP & Echolink Node PLUS
\nShow and Tell
\n– May 2016: Jon Perelstein, WB2RYV –\u00a0 How to Report Weather & How to Properly
\nRead Your Weather App
\n– June: Field Day planning, Jeff, NT1K<\/p>\n
\nneed to know
\n– October 7, 2016: Dennis Markel, N1IMW : The history of WCC and Chatham
\nMarconi Radio.
\n– Nov 2016: tbd
\n– Dec 2016: annual HCRA Holiday Party<\/p>\n
\nwill be blank pages in Zero Beat\u2026<\/p>\n
\nchanges to Jeff or Larry within the next 2 weeks. These Packages will be handed
\nout to all who pass their exams.A motion was made for HCRA to pay for the printing of the Welcome Package.\u00a0The front page should be printed in color with printing on both sides. Staples is\u00a0the preferred vendor for printing.<\/p>\n
\nApposed \u2013 0<\/p>\n
\nIn Favor -7
\nApposed \u2013 0<\/p>\n
\nBob, K1YO has volunteered to help with the Extra Class.<\/p>\n
\nThe Club will supply Coffee and donuts.<\/p>\n
\nAntennas and antenna accessories are supplied by the Club.<\/p>\n
\nJeff NT1K will be contacting the Parks & Rec dept.<\/p>\n
\n– Tips and Tricks on Towers
\n– Contesting in general\/Awards chasing
\n– Member Benefits<\/p>\n
\nwas made.<\/p>\n
\nApposed \u2013 0<\/p>\n
\ninto getting permission and location. Participants will be required to purchase\u00a0their own entry tickets for each day. To be successful, we need to make this a very
\nbig deal. SDR\u2019s, HF live, Multiple Monitors, tower, large antenna. More will be
\ndiscussed at the next BOD meeting .<\/p>\n
\nJeff will be handling the details with \u201cGoogle Hangouts\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"