====================== IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ====================== For the time being, we will be using Zoom for our meetings. The following meeting link is persistent and will be used until we can resume our in-person meetings. The zoom room opens at 7pm, with the club meeting starting at 7:30 pm. Zoom monthly meeting: (2nd Saturday of the month) Web URL, includes meeting ID and passcode: https://zoom.us/j/99863201285?pwd=cWUyQWxrRk81OEcwN1Q0dzF1UTBLUT09 or on your mobile or with the Zoom app directly: Meeting ID: 998 6320 1285 Passcode: 955710 or call in from any phone: (312) 626-6799 (Chicago) (929) 205-6099 (New York) (301) 715-8592 (Germantown) (346) 248-7799 (Houston) (669) 900-6833 (San Jose) (253) 215-8782 (Tacoma) -------------------------- Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Feb 2021 The February gathering of the Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association (NIRAA) was called to order at 7:32 PM, February 13,, 2020 on Zoom by Curt Wilson (NK0T) There were XXXXX in attendance this evening, listed below. MINUTES ------- Adjustments to last month's minutes: (none) Report accepted with XXXXX adjustment (vick/KD0DK) TREASURER'S REPORT ------------------ Dave (KD0DK) reports we have $1,090.18 in savings/repeater fund and $1,711.86 (includes 160) + 22 in stamps Report accepted (N8TWO/N0TKC) Please contact Dave if you would like to get your dues paid for the year. Our club membership form is also available on our club website at http://www.w0mg.net/ REPEATERS --------- AL: MINE'S STILL UP CURT: STILL OFF THE AIR AL: BOTH W0MG GOING WELL COMMITTEES ---------- Repeater Swap Committee (Jan/KE0RKO, John/WB0MAR, Curt/NK0T): (no report) Presentation Committee (Curt/NK0T, John/WB0MAR): (no report) OLD BUSINESS ------------ AL: HASN'T STARTED THE SURVEY FORMS COREY HAS IT IN A SPREADSHEET TOM WILL TRY TO MODIFY THE DUES FORM TO ADD THE "DIGITAL RECEIPT ONLY" OPTION CURT: LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR A FINANCE AUDIT DAVE: JAN IS ON THE CHECKING ACCOUNT, SHE GOT VOLUNTOLD LOIS ALSO VOLUNTEERS STAN: LOIS RESEARCHED NONPROFFIT STATUS LOIS: NIRAA IS LISTED AS A 504-REVISED DOMESTIC NON PROFIT AS OF 2006 NOT ACTIVE, DAVE BARRY WAS THE AGENT AT THE TIME WE CAN QUALIFY AS TAX EXEMPT WITHOUT FILING FOR THE EXEMPTION AS LONG AS GROSS RECEIPTS < $5,000 THAT IS STATE, YOU CAN ALSO FILE FOR THE FEDERAL WILL HAVE OT FILE A REINSTAETEMENT $5 CHARGE FILE THE 8 REPORTS THAT ARE MISSING, $30 PER REPORT ONLINE, $45 BY MAIL $245 TO CATCH-UP AND REFILE DISCUSSION OF WHETHER 5K IS A SAFE CEILING FOR US MOTION TO TABLE THIS (N0ZYC/N8TWO) CURT: OUTREADH PROABLY ON HOLD UNTIL COVID BACKS OFF MARK: WAITING FOR INFORMATION FROM ARRL AS TO COLLECTING MORE MONEY FOR TESTS $35 ADDITIONAL FOR LICENSE CHANGES AND RENEWALS THE FCC HASN'T ANNOUNCED A DATE EFFECTIVE NEW BUSINESS ------------ AL: AL MARK, CURT,DID A BIG TEST SESSION IN MASON CITY IF YOU PASS THERE, THEY GIVE YOU FIRST YEAR OF CLUB FOR FREE (N8TW0/N0ZYC) AL: WE NEED IDEAS FOR PRESENTATIONS N0TKC: TRY TO LIMIT PRESENTATIONS TO 25-30 MIN N0ZYC: CAN SEND OUT A REQUEST EMAIL BLAST (SIMPLE BASE RADIO SETUP, INCLUDING BASIC ANTENNA AND POWER SUPPLY FOR MOBILE RADIOS) MARK: FOR $1K WE COULD GET MORE MODERN LAPTOPS DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED IT, AND OTHER SOURCES OF USED LAPTOPS NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE RAM AND WINDOWS LICENSES LOGGING SOFTWARE DOESN'T REALLY NEED MORE THAN 2GB RAM FOR EXAMPLE CURT: THESE ARE MACHINES THAT WILL ONLY SEE USE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, THAT'S A LOT TO SPEND FOR SO LITTLE USE STAN: LATITUDE E5400 UN CURRENT BID $10.38 EA TABLE DISCUSSION FOR NEXT MONTH MARK: VE TEST SESSION NEXT SATURDAYT, 3 SESSIONS 10, 1, 6:30 Motion to adjourn AT 8:19 PM (KB0VGG/W0SJ) No presentation this evening CURT DISCUSSED USING HIS NEW ROUTER TO ETCH BOARDS PROBEMASTER PROBES UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS ---------------------- (TBD) REGULAR EVENTS -------------- - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - Iowa Digital Net runs every Sunday night at 4pm, 3.5885 MHz USB / 1500 Hz WF (Olivia 8-500) (note new day and time as of Feb 2020) - DMR checkin 7:30 pm Sunday night on talk group 3119 temporarily suspended: - 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 - W0MG Virtual Breakfast, now meeting every Monday morning 8:45am – 12:45pm https://zoom.us/j/94876565904?pwd=RnlhMzBkMWhCaEkzRUc0YW4yaDMxUT09 or open the Zoom app and join with meeting ID 948 7656 5904 passcode 592204 or dial in by phone, 312-626-6799 (Chicago) VE TESTING AND TRAINING ----------------------- contact Mark (N8TWO) for current information classes@W0MG.NET UPCOMING HAMFESTS ----------------- (none) OTHER EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------------------------ (none) W0MG/NIRAA LINKS ---------------- - Club Website: https://www.w0mg.net/ - Membership form: http://www.w0mg.net/contact/membershipform.pdf - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/waterloo.hams/community/ - Cedar Valley area repeaters list: https://www.w0mg.net/repeaters/ MEETING ATTENDANCE ------------------ XXXXX 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: Curt Wilson (NK0T) - pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President: Al Jones (KB0VGG) - vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary: Nathan Fisher (N0ZYC) - sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer: Dave Kelly (KD0DK) - treas(a)w0mg.net Director 2019: Stan Johnson (W0SJ) - dir2(a)w0mg.net Director 2020: Jan Fitkin (KE0IWP) - dir3(a)w0mg.net Director 2021: John Humpal (WB0MAR) - dir1(a)w0mg.net NIRAA meets most months at Windcove (Western Home Communities) apartments at 300 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 Our meeting has been temporarily moved to Zoom due to covid-19, see announcement at the top of these minutes for meeting information. 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