2025 May Meeting Minutes

May 6th 2025 meeting Minutes

Treasurer's report 

Old Business:

Surplus equipment - Sell, trade-in, etc ? 

Radio room equipment - determine value of equipment we want to get rid of, determine what equipment needs to be replaced, likely the Icom 756. Determine what radio to get to replace it. Look into trading in equipment vs selling equipment. 

15m bandpass filter for FD - still need to order 

Club Call Sign trustee change from Paul, N8IG to Joe, K8JWL - need to file paper work 

New business:

New equipment to purchase 

EMA Communications Trailer - what do we want to put in it, do we need to allocate any funds for it? table for next meeting  

Fundraising - do we need to do any fundraising? 

no man power/interest to do a fundraiser 

Club promotion and new member recruitment at local community events, Hamfests, etc-what funding would be needed for table/booth space ? 
Facebook - chris, coordinate with rick and ema for social media promotion on Facebook.  

License Class - do we want to host a license class , what funding would be needed if any look into license class ? There is interest to put on a license class. 

Field Day - Location- Milford Center Park, Keckley Rural Life Center park on Bear Swamp Rd, Station 720, ?  - How much $ to allocate for Field Day supplies (food, coax, etc) 
Field Day will be at Keckley Rural Life Center park 

Receipts can be turned into the club for reimbursement.

FD Coordinator/committee additional FD planning meetings ? Ron to head up, Frank to help. Frank will coordinate FD planning meetings as needed using zoom, regular saturday morning zoom breakfast will be used for FD planning. 

May Club activity -  Hamvention 

Equipment insurance - Frank looked into equipment insurance through the ARRL 1.40 per hundred per year 

Frank KD8UFE motions to adjourn Ron, NX8Y 2nd 9pm 

 

Next Business Meeting is August 5th