Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Nov 2019 The December gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 8:43 PM December 14, 2019 by Harold Lucas (N4HRL). There were XXXXXX members (XXXXXX ARRL) and 3 guests in attendance at Nana Rose's this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: JAN FITKIN WAS ELECTED DIRECTOR FOR 2020, JOHN HUMPAL TOOK DAVE'S REMAINING YEAR OF TERM AE0TB: 2nd floor of cf lib REMOVE IT Miniutes accepted with 2 updates (UNANYMOUS) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ KD0DK HAD TO LEAVE EARLY THEY HAD SOME PROBLEMS RESETTIG THE PASSWORD WILL HVAE TO GO TO THE BANK ALSO CHANGING INSURANCE CONTACTS ETC ARRL ACCESS NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED ALSO WE NEED A SECONDARY ON THOSE ACCOUNTS, KD0DK WAS OUR SECOND, AND KQH DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, SO KD0DK NEEDS A NEW SECONDARY (FOR BANK) CQH IS SUGGESTING NATHAN AE0TB SUGGESTS WE SORT THAT OUT WITH A BOARD MEETING Dave (K0CQH) reports we have (SAME AS LAST MONTH) Please contact Dave if you would like to get your dues paid for the year. Report accepted (XXXXX/XXXXX) REPEATERS --------- XXXXX COMMITTEES ---------- repeater swap committee (Jan/KE0RKO, John/WB0MAR, Curt/NK0T): XXXXX OLD BUSINESS ------------ HAROLD: WE RAISED $583.88 FOR SALVATION ARMY THIS YEAR HAROLD IS THE REMOTE STATION UP? YES *CUYRT . MARK) YOU NEED THE RC4 CLIENT RESTRICT TO JUST CLUB MEMBER? YES CURT: WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FROM NON CLUB MEMBERS BUT NO JOIN NIRAA IF YOU WANT ACCESS MARK: CURT IS CUSTODIAN / NATE IS BACKUP REMOTE HAMS IS THE WEBSITE "RCFORB" IS THE SOFTWARE THEY REQUIRE YOU TO UPLOAD A COPY OF YOUR LICENSE MARK: TECH CLASS JAN 11 10-12 SAT AT LDS CHURCH AL JONES REPEATER HAS TO MOVE, A BANK BOUGHT JHIS SITE AND KICKED HIM OUT NK0T: DEER MIGHT BE PUTING UP A NEW TOWER, MAYBE WE CAN GET IN THERE NEW BUSINESS ------------ HAROLD BOARD MEETING BEFORE JAN MEETING AT 6:45 AE0TB MEMBERSHIP FOIRM UPDATED ONLINE YEAR REMOVED Motion to adjourn at 9:02 PM (W0ALO/NK0T) PRESENTATION ------------ Tonight's presentation was by PATRICK BRODIGAN (XXXXX) ON SPACE WEATHER UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- (none scheduled) 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 Ansborough Ave - hams meet informally at 12pm every Tuesday at Taco Johns on University Ave - Iowa Digital Net runs every Tuesday night at 7pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) << NOTE! FREQENCY HAS CHANGED EFFECTIVE FEB 2018 >> - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- NEED TO ADD AS DESCRIBED ABOVE UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (none noted) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (none noted) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: https://www.w0mg.net/ - 2019 membership form: https://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform2019.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters list: https://www.w0mg.net/repeaters/ MEETING ATTENDANCE ------------------ Members: N0ZYC Nathan Fisher N8TWO Mark Colby N0TKC Taryn Colby AE0TB Tom Bicket W0VJB Vicki Bicket KA0DBC Lois Johnson W0SJ Stan Johnson KE0IWP Janice Fitkin KD0DK David Kelly NK0T Curt Wilson K0CQH Dave Knittel WB0MAR John Humpal N4HRL Harold Lucas KE0RKO Jane Buck Guests: KD0WVN Nick Miller KE0OWP James Dostart W0UNI Bob Decker Members wishing to pay club dues (or have paid and are not indicated above) please contact our Treasurer in person at our monthly meeting or by email at treas(a)w0mg.net Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President: Harold Lucas (N4HRL) - pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President: Curtis Wilson (NK0T) - vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary: Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) - sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer: Dave Kelly (KD0DK) - treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2018: Taryn Colby (N0TKC) - dir1(a)w0mg.net Director 2019: Stan Johnson (W0SJ) - dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 2020: John Humpal (WB0MAR) - dir3(a)w0mg.net NIRAA meets most months at Windcove (Western Home Communities) apartments at 5300 South Main St in Cedar Falls. We are meeting on the 2nd Saturday of the month at 7:30 pm, anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to attend. Our primary club repeater is on 146.94 mhz, negative offset, with a 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 https://www.w0mg.net/ and the club's primary email contact is sec(a)w0mg.net You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes and announcements. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists. - Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) Secretary, W0MG