HCRA Board of Directors Meeting
\n<\/b>January 7th, 2014<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0Location: West Springfield, MA. The meeting was called to order at 7:16PM
\nPresent: KK1W, KB1NWH, AA1YW, K1YO, N1FJ, N1KXR<\/i><\/p>\n
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OFFICER REPORTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Vice President – KB1NWH<\/span> Treasurer – AA1YW<\/span> Secretary \u2013 Open \u2013 KK1W will take notes<\/span> DIRECTOR REPORTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Technical \u2013 K1YO<\/span> Zero Beat, N1FJ<\/span> At Large \u2013 Not present<\/span> January: Fred\/K1VR presentation was well received. The audience learned a lot and posed many questions. OLD BUSINESS<\/span> 2013\/2014 Board Meeting Dates Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM<\/p>\n Respectfully submitted by Jim Mullen\/KK1W HCRA Board of Directors Meeting January 7th, 2014 \u00a0Location: West Springfield, MA. The meeting was called to order at 7:16PM Present: KK1W, KB1NWH, AA1YW, K1YO, N1FJ, N1KXR OFFICER REPORTS Vice President – KB1NWH Finished helping Dan\/KB1VWQ with his tower project. Also helped Bob\/K1YO and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eric\/W1MOR with tower\/antenna installations Treasurer – AA1YW Current financial report: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hcra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFinished helping Dan\/KB1VWQ with his tower project. Also helped Bob\/K1YO and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eric\/W1MOR with tower\/antenna installations<\/p>\n
\nCurrent financial report: $8410.03
\nStatus of WRTC Sales: $4875.00 sold to date
\nStatus of FT857 raffle: 112 tickets sold to date<\/p>\n
\nEd is handling USPS PO Box pickup. All mail is up to date<\/p>\n
\nJanuary\u2019s \u201cTech Corner\u201d about mobile installations was well received. There won\u2019t be a Tech Corner in March because of Show & Tell. Bob is considering many topics for future presentations including SWR, Test Equipment and Yagi theory.<\/p>\n
\nDiscussion about a better (less time consuming) method to handle USPS distribution of Zero Beat. Discussion focused on finding a service that can take the electronic version and mailing list, then print and mail. Frandy will investigate possible vendors to provide the service. Motion made, seconded and approved to allow a $25\/month maximum budget.
\nMembership – N1KXR<\/span>
\nCurrent Membership: 71 Regular, 9 Family, 3 Life and 4 Prospects
\nMembers joining after March 1 will have an expiration date of 8\/31\/2015
\nMembership has dropped about 10% from last year. Rich will be using database queries to generate a list of 2013 members that haven\u2019t renewed and will contact them directly
\nRich gave a short report of the January 4th<\/sup> ARRL Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n
\nTechnician, General and Extra classes are on track. The first class is scheduled for January 13th<\/sup>. HMC and Mercy have also been contacted about the schedule and the hope is they have interested personnel.
\nProgram \u2013 W1MSW \u2013 Not present<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFebruary: Fred\/AB1OC on Dxpedition to Bora Bora
\nMarch: Show & Tell
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>April: – OPEN<\/b>
\nMay:\u00a0 Chuck\/ARRL on the ARRL\u2019s \u201cIntruder Watch\u201d program
\nJune: Field Day planning, N1MM workshop, elections<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 The HCRA\/MTARA 2013 Holiday Party was successful. The total cost to HCRA for the party, after ticket sales and MTARA\u2019s portion was $786.08 ($15.72\/person). All monies have been received and bills paid. We have reserved the Steaming Tender for December 8th<\/sup>, 2014.
\nThe \u2018cloud database\u2019 project is nearing completion according to Jeff\/NT1K. Estimated completion: 30 to 60 days.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .
\nNEW BUSINESS<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Request from John\/Kx1x for funding of Venture Crew 510 (Crew DX) of $67. Motion made and approved unanimously.
\nWe are still searching for an interim Secretary. Jim\/KK1W will contact a few candidates over the next month.
\nAccording to Matt\/W1MSW Show & Tell planning is done and promotion will begin near the end of January.
\nEd has approached the Agawam Park & Rec department to reserve School Street Park for Field Day 2014 Ed is also putting out media announcements for the event.
\nThere is still some confusion over PayPal accounting. Jim\/KK1W and Dave\/AA1YW will get this resolved.
\nThere was much discussion over the future makeup of the board of directors. With the announcement of KK1W\u2019s retirement and the possibility of a few other long time board members departing in June there is concern over the future of HCRA. K1YO made some suggestions pertaining to BOD planning and KK1W will work on getting the word out to our members. The board encourages all our members to consider volunteering to insure the future health of HCRA.<\/p>\n
\nMarch 11th<\/sup>
\nMay 6th<\/sup>
\nJune 10th<\/sup><\/p>\n
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