Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Nov 2016 This year the November gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was held at the Waverly Diner, to complete nominations and hold eletions for officers for 2017. There were 24 members (17 ARRL) and 11 guests in attendance this evening, listed below. All positions except director (Chris, N0CF) ran unopposed for re-election. Harold Lucan was nominated for the open Director position. The vote was held, with 7 votes for Chris and 18 for Harold. Positions running unopposed will continue to serve in their positions for 2017. 2017 Officers: President, Mark Colby, N8TWO Vice President, Curtis Wilson Secretary, Nathan Fisher, NØZYC Treasurer, Dave Knittel, K0CQH Director 1, Harold Lucas, N4HRL Director 2, Stan Johnson, WØSJ Director 3, Tom Bicket, AEØTB Harold gave a brief discussion of the Salvation Army's request for bell ringers at the Wal-Mart on Saturday Dec 3, and a sign-up sheet was passed around to collect volunteer availability. We should have at least three members available for each of the two timeslots, 10-12 and 12-2:30. Dave, Nathan, and Taryn (or Mark) for the morning and Mike, Vicki, and Dick for the afternoon. Dave has begun collecting dues ($20) for 2017. A link to the membership form is on the club web site (http://www.w0mg.net/) just above the animated logos at the bottom of the main page. (http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform2017.pdf) To help Dave keep our records accurate, please print and fill this form out when turning in your dues. Stan Johnson (W0SJ) has experienced a treefall after the recent snow and has a surplus of pine branches for holiday decorating, contact him if you’d like to have any, it sounds like he has as much as you'd like to take off his hands. Nick Miller (KD0WVN) has been given a collection of older photography gear to find a good home for. Equipment is random but includes several older film cameras and a variety of related photography equipment. The gear is to be given away, but please consider making some donation to the club if you find something of interest. Everything will be brought to the December club meeting, and anything unclaimed will be disposed of, so don't be shy. December's presentation will be by Bill Dedic, on DMR radio. Bill has assembled a channel arrangement for the DMR frequencies in the area and has been programming up radios. (mainly the Tytera MD380) If you have one in need of programming you should bring it to the December meeting. Bill also collects radios for programming at the Monday breakfasts and Tuesday tacos. You may want to get your radio programmed before the December meeting. There is a codeplug update (#17) available for this model that expands its features, update it prior to the meeting if you can. REGULAR EVENTS -------------- - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - hams meet informally at 9am every Monday morning at HyVee on University Ave - hams meet informally at 12pm every Tuesday at Taco Johns on University Ave - Iowa Digital Net runs every Tues night at 7pm on 3572.5 / 3574 ctr USB VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- - details on local tech classes still TBA HAMFESTS -------- (none) OTHER EVENTS ------------ - there is a new repeater on the air, W0RBK in Reinbeck, 146.655(-) 136.5 tone (Allstar Node 42069) =============================================================================== The NIRAA club meets on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 7pm in the basement of the Red Cross building (2530 University Ave) in Waterloo. Anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to attend. Our primary club repeater is on 146.94 mhz, negative offset, PL tone of 136.5 hz, with coverage centered in Black Hawk County. Our club website is at http://www.w0mg.net/ . Primary email contact is Nathan at sec(a)w0mg.net Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President, Mark Colby, N8TWO, pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President, Curtis Wilson, NKØT, vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary, Nathan Fisher, NØZYC, sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer, Dave Knittel, K0CQH, treas(a)w0mg.net Director 1, Harold Lucas, N4HRL, dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2, Stan Johnson, WØSJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 3, Tom Bicket, AEØTB, dir3(a)w0mg.net - Nathan Fisher Secretary, W0MG You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes or announcements. If you no longer wish to receive email, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists. This month's meeting attendance: Members: N0ZYC Nathan Fisher N8TWO Mark Colby N4HRL Harold Lucas KZ0MBI Michael Chapman K0CQH Dave Knittel KE0IWO Chris Goeller KE0IWP Janice Fitkin WB0UFU John Mills NK0T Curt Wilson KD0YKM Marlo Anderson N0VJB Michael Stevens AE0TB Tom Bicket N0HHF Judi Nelson W0HHF Dick Nelson KE0IYQ Seth Rindels N7PSA Craig Hundley KB0VGG Al Jones W0ALO Chuck Angel W0KER Rose Angel WA0TPN Scott Lowe WB0ZGX Jay Jebe W0SJ Stan Johnson KA0DBC Lois Johnson N0TKC Taryn Colby Guests: KE0FHP Jonathan Wbant-Kelley KE0DBT Linda Tackett Rebby Lucas Bonnie Nelson Autum Chapman Michael III Chapman Susan Knittel Judy Mills Linda Wilson Abra Anderson Joel Tuckett