Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, October 2017 The October gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:00 PM October 14, 2017 by Mark Colby (N8TWO). There were XXXX members (XXXX ARRL) and XXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: XXXX Minutes accepted with XXXX adjustments (XXXX/XXXX) (DIDN'T ASK) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave reports we have $1467.78 in the general fund plus $202.17 in the repeater savings fund. $5 OLD ACCT WE NOW HAVE A BUSINESS ACCOUNT WE NEED TO ADD A FEW ADDITIONAL AUTHROIZED ACCOUNT USERS FOR THE NEW BANK ACCOUNT. RECOMMEND AT LEAST 1 DIRECTOR Report accepted (AE0TB/KA0DBC) REPEATERS --------- no updates OLD BUSINESS ------------ CHRISTMAS DINNER COMMING UP NOV 11 (VETRAN'S DAY!) SIT DOWN FOR DINNER STARTS AT 5:30 (TAKING ORDERS) HAROLD ON BELL RINGING OPEN FOR VOLUNTEERS INDIVIDUALLY OR AS CLUB 1ST SAT IN DECEMBER (DEC 2) SAME HOURS AS LAST TIME 10-12, 12-2 WATERLOO WALMART (BUT WE HAVE A CHOICE) HAROLD IS TAKING VOLUNTEERS WE MAY HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET AT THE DEC MEETING DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLY HAVING SOME SORT OF BANNER OR SIGN INDICATING BELL RINGING SPONSORED BY W0MG ETC OTHER RINGING GROUPS ALREADY DO THIS SO THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A PROBLEM BUT HAROLD WILL CHECK LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE INTEREST WATERLOO WALMART IS OK WITH THE MEMBERS PRESENT JOTA NEXT SATURDAY WE WILL BE OUT AT THE CAMP NEXT WEEKEND MEMBERS FEEL FREE TO GET ON THE AIR AND CONTACT THEM MARK WILL GET A LIST OF FREQUENCIES NEXT SESSION IS FEB 17 CEDAR FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY TALK WITH AL TO SCHEDULE ALSO A WEEK FROM NOW FOR THE GENERAL CLASS BUT TOM HASN'T HEARD (25T?) LOCATION? DISCUSSION OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNT CO-ACCESS DAVE SUGGESTS CHRIS CONCLIN IS OUR CLUB TRUSTEE TOM REMINDS US HE IS NOT CURRENTLY A BOARD MEMBER DISCUSSING KEEPING THE NEWEST ELECTED DIRECTOR AND CLUB PRESIDENT ON THE ACCESS LIST WILL NEED TO HODLA MEETING OF THE BOARD AND THEN BRING THE PROPOSAL TO THE CLUB AS A CHANGE TO THE BY-LAWS NEW BUSINESS ------------ NOMINATIONS FOR 2018: K0CQH NOMINATES NATE FISHER FOR THE AND HIMSELF FOR TREASURER NATE NOMINATES TARYN COLBY FOR DIRECTOR TOM DOES NOT WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A DIRECTOR (TOO MUCH ON HIS PLATE) DAVE KELLY FOR DIRECTOR CURT WANTS TO CONTINUE?? CLOSE NOMS (N0ZYC/HAROLD) Motion to adjourn (N0ZYC/JAN) PRESENTATION ------------ Tonight's presentation was by Mark Colby on emergency communications UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- There will be no November presentation in leu of the christmas dinner. December's presentation will be by XXXX on XXXX 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 - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- - ongoing tech-to-general class - 2017/11/25 VE testing contact Tom (AE0TB) dir3@w0mg.net testing this weekend oct 28ish at bill dedic's house UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- Sept 16: Peoria Superfest 2017, Peoria IL http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/peoria-superfest-2017 Sept 23: CFMC Radio Expo, Belvidere IA http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/cfmc-radio-expo OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ - JOTA (Jambori On The Air) coming up on Oct 21 - NIRAA Christmas Dinner at TJs in Reinbeck, Nov 11 at 5:00 pm W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: http://w0mg.net/ - 2017 NIRAA Membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform2017.pdf - Cedar Valley area repeaters: http://w0mg.net/repeaters/ - Facebook: XXXX =============================================================================== 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. Many members are also monitoring channel 3119 on DMR. 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, NK0T, vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary, Nathan Fisher, N0ZYC, 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, W0SJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 3, Thom Bicket, AE0TB, 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 these emails, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists. This month's meeting attendance: Members: XXXX Guests: XXXX Members wishing to pay club dues (or have paid and are not indicated above) please contact Dave Knittel.