General minutes of the Western Colorado Amateur Radio Club, April/12/2008

The meeting was called to order at 9:33 AM by Pres. Bill Eads, K0SSI.

Present were: MOR, NL, SSI, FCK, LER, KMR, TD, QVS, FCC, ASC, MTK, KD0COI, TFJ, VRR, WRK, F, CMR, DGO and UK.

 

Bill opened the meeting with a explanation of things said in the past regarding RACES and ARES.

The post of ARES EC is up for election and Bill asked if we would contact K0HBZ@ARRL.net with our desires.

The minutes having been sent along with the April Meeting notice were approved,

Moved by WRK, 2^nd by UK

The treasurers report was read and approved, moved by DGO and 2^nd by FCK

Tom Dennis advised us that Interstate Batteries was in a complex next to his and substantial discounts were available on all products.

A short discussion followed regarding should we file a 1099 with the IRS. Since we are not a 501C3 it was decided we didn’t have to file, all present agreed.

May 3^rd was decided to be designated as Highway Cleanup Day, moved by KMR 2^nd by UK.

We are to meet at the north side of the LOMA EXIT on I-70 at 10:00. There is a small parking area there. Our cleanup area is both sides of the Interstate mile marker 15 to 13. We will need a minimum of eight (8) members to do the job. MOR will bring the vests and bags.

We will discuss Field Day on May 10^th.

 

A program on Fox Hunt Antennas and “The Myths of SWR” was presented by Jack KD0NL

The 50/50 drawing was won by N0FCK

The meeting adjourned at 11:30AM

 

The Annual I-70 high Way cleanup took place on Saturday May 3^rd.

Those that donated their time and efforts were:  W2DGO, K0COI, K0UK, KD0NL, N0LER, KA0F,

N0MOR, KC0KMR, N0FCK, KB0COI, and AB0YD. Time spent out there was 3 hours and the road

Looks a lot better for the effort.

Our grateful thanks to all those that took time on a busy Saturday to donate their time and effort.

 

 

Respectfully submitted;

John Radloff, N0MOR