NIRAA board meeting minutes, 2017.01.14 @ 6:00 pm

Board members in attendance prior to the Jan club meeting:
	President: Mark Colby (N8TWO)
NO	Vice President: Curt Wilson (NK0T)
	Treasuerer: Dave Knittel (KC0CQH)
	Secretary: Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC)
	Director: Harold Lucan (N4HRL)
	Director: Stan Johnson (W0SJ)
	Director: Tom Bicket (AE0TB)

hamfest committee?
	gateway park shelter if not NCC

possible topics for presentations
- W0SJ inductive loaded vertical antennas
- N4HRL what sal army did with the bell ringing money (march?)
- go boxes
- soldering 102
- may and june: field day (learn logging software)
- have one meeting (march/april) at the EOC
- pitfalls of portable antennas
- emergency power / maintenance and trickle charge of lead acid
	

Feb Stan endfed verticals
Mar Harold salvation army
Apr n/a at eoc
May n/a field day prep 1
Jun n/a field day prep 2
Jun n/a 24 field day last full weekend in Jun 24-25
Jul ??? go boxes
Aug (meeting?)
Sep ??? emergency power
Oct ??? soldering 102
Nov (christmas party)
Dec Stan pitfalls of portable antennas


- use google groups to create a mailing list intead of tracking them separately
	nathan to set it up

- board unanimous to authorize dave to buy a book of stamps for his mailing

- discussed sending post cards to non club members nearby on special programs
to help boost membership and to notify of upcoming hamfests

- chris going to continue being repeater custodian?

- ideas for this year's meeting presentations?
	dstar presentation? or fusion?

- swap meet committee
	w0hhf
	n8two
	n0tkc?
	ncc is probably out
	get together monday after breakfast to discuss