Longmont Amateur Radio Club-LARC

Serving the Longmont Colorado Community!

“The mission of the Longmont Amateur Radio Club is to promote, support, and lead amateur radio activities in a manner that honors and exemplifies the radio amateur’s code, builds camaraderie within our membership, and serves our community’s needs.”

Call meeting to order: Jeremy, WG9T – 7:12pm MT

Officer and Committee Reports

  • Vice President: Bob WA2EKU, Meetings are scheduled up through March. Will contact Bob P. to finalize details of October presentation. Bob sold Max 45 2m brick for $50.
  • Secretary: Sebastian – NS0W – Discussion of previous minutes – approved.
  • Treasury: Jeremy welcomes Dan and will hand over in due course. Jeremy purchased a CD drive for $17. Laptop will be added to club inventory.
  • Membership Committee: No report.
  • Technical Committee: No report.
  • VE Testing: No report.
  • Website: Sebastian reported that backups is running from Jason’s site over to his site and he tested restoring it. Ed has to be thanked for his contribution.
  • Publicity: No report.
  • BCARES: No report.

Old business

  • Repeater has to be repaired. Jim will be asked to take rptr up to Ft. Collins to get it repaired – not more than $300.
  • Sebastian still owes club $50, Space weather presentation for Nov, the day before Thanksgiving to be reviewed.
  • 911 works as "911" – discussion re. the 911 call over the weekend. Jack is interested in helping with the repeater.
  • Coming 2nd Sat was scheduled for VE training – Jim cannot do it. Ray will ask Dean Rupert to stand in for Jim.
  • Echolink – club did not pay for it – Ed’s property and the club is fine with that.

New business

  • Budget. Shack in the box phase 4 (Antenna) will be the big ticket item.
  • Motion passed: There has to an audit to before handing off to the new treasurer. Past chair, present chair and VP to sign off.
  • Motion to reconcile club inventory and insurance – headed up by treasurer.
  • Discussion about new dues proposal. Proposal modified on new licensees – if free membership less than 6 months, next year membership is half price. Seniors in fiscal year. Free membership to board members scrapped. Proposal to be discussed at next board meeting.

Meeting adjourned: Jeremey WG9T … Time

Attendance:

1. Jeremy – WG9T

2. Ray – W9LQM

3. Jack – N0JPF

4. Dan – W3ETA

5. Bob – WA2EKU

6. Sebastian – NS0W