{"id":36872,"date":"2018-04-25T09:09:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T13:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecngx342.inmotionhosting.com\/~hcraor5\/\/?p=36872"},"modified":"2018-04-25T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T13:09:59","slug":"hcra-board-of-directors-meeting-minutes-18-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/?p=36872","title":{"rendered":"HCRA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes – 18-April-2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

HCRA Board of Directors meeting 18-April-2018<\/strong><\/span>
\nAttendees:
\nPresident \u2013 WM1B (Dave)
\nVice President \u2013 OPEN
\nSecretary \u2013 N1FTP (Harold)
\nTreasurer \u2013 NV1Q (Juergen)
\nTech. Dir \u2013 K1YO (Bob)
\nProgram Dir. \u2013 W1AST (Larry)
\nMembership \u2013 K1VOI (John)<\/p>\n

Absent:<\/strong><\/span>
\nZero Beat Ed. \u2013 W1MOW (Gary)
\nAt Large \u2013 KB1RXO (Karl)<\/p>\n

——————————— Meeting Open at 7:10pm ———————
\nPresident Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 New keys are needed for the Field Day trailer, Bob will procure. BOB, K1YO to obtain
\n\u2022 NEQP is May 5 and 6. Will talk this up again and the new rules at Friday\u2019s meeting.
\n\u2022 Progress has been made to fulfill elected positions. These include Vice President, Program Director, and Member at large. Names will be placed on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Vice President Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 OPEN<\/p>\n

Secretary Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Nothing to report.<\/p>\n

Treasurers Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n– End of March Statement: (Please see below)<\/p>\n

Program Director Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 May, ARRL, QST editor, Steve Ford, will talk about Ham radio and Solar Activity…
\n\u2022 Jun, Field Day
\n\u2022 Sep, Open
\n\u2022 Oct, DX Engineering
\n\u2022 Nov, ARRL Section Manager, Ray, KB1LRL<\/p>\n

At Large Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Nothing to report.<\/p>\n

Membership Report:<\/strong><\/span>
\n– John, K1VOI and the Board are working on ways to tighten membership enrollment as well as expiration times and cross-checks of the membership database.
\n– Currently we have 67 paid members, 6 families, and 12 prospects.<\/p>\n

Technical Director:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 For Field Day, Bob reported that there is an urgent need for help in obtaining equipment (radios, generators), a GOTA station, trailer transport, an alternate power station, activities for youths, and the need for a greeting table.
\n\u2022 Additional help is needed for tear down, band captains, operators, and equipment pre-test.<\/p>\n

Zero Beat Editor:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Nothing to report.<\/p>\n

Old Business Postponed to MAY meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

New Business<\/strong><\/span>
\n– The Board is looking into individual job descriptions to further each ones responsibilities and enhance the positions in bringing in and welcoming new members. To broaden the scope and widen perspectives in order to keep the Association in good standing for future growth and knowledge.
\nA First draft of Job descriptions was distributed for individuals to review and submit comments. A 2nd draft will be presented at the next mwwting.<\/p>\n

Open Floor Discussion: (GOO \u2013 Good of the Order)<\/strong><\/span>
\n– For our next meeting, some topics of discussion will be:
\no Field day results and issues
\no More on job descriptions
\no New positions
\no Elections
\no Improvements<\/p>\n

Next Board of Director\u2019s meeting will be on 23-May-2018.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

——————————— Meeting Closed at 9:00pm ———————<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HCRA Board of Directors meeting 18-April-2018 Attendees: President \u2013 WM1B (Dave) Vice President \u2013 OPEN Secretary \u2013 N1FTP (Harold) Treasurer \u2013 NV1Q (Juergen) Tech. Dir \u2013 K1YO (Bob) Program Dir. \u2013 W1AST (Larry) Membership \u2013 K1VOI (John) Absent: Zero Beat Ed. \u2013 W1MOW (Gary) At Large \u2013 KB1RXO (Karl) ——————————— Meeting Open at 7:10pm ——————— […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36872","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}