Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, November 2017 The November gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 6:01 PM November 11, 2017 by Mark Colby (N8TWO). There were XXXXXX members (XXXXXX ARRL) and XXXXXX guests in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: SPT ACCEPTED (DICK/N0TKC) oct ACCEPTED (AE0TB/N0TKC) XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave reports we have $XXXXXX in the general fund plus $XXXXXX in the repeater savings fund, in addition to $5 in the old account. XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX Treasurer's report accepted (XXXXXX/XXXXXX) REPEATERS --------- XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX NEW BUSINESS ------------ XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX HAROLD NOMINATED FOR PRES (N0TKC/DAVWE K'S WIFE) HAROLD PRES CURT VP TREAS DAVE D'S TARYN AND OTHER UNANYMOUS BALLOT (AE0TB/N0TKC) DICK BROUGHT IN DMR SWEATSHIRTS FOR SALE $30 BELL RINGING DEC 2 Motion to adjourn (XXXXXX/XXXXXX) PRESENTATION ------------ There was no November presentation in leu of the christmas dinner and elections UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- December's presentation will be by XXXXXX on XXXXXX 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 UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (nothing in the immediate future, should be a WinterFest coming up?) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX 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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IowaDMR/ =============================================================================== The NIRAA club meets on the 2nd Saturday of most months 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 This month's meeting attendance: Members: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX Guests: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX Members wishing to pay club dues (or have paid and are not indicated above) please contact Dave Knittel. 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. - Nathan Fisher Secretary, W0MG