12 OCTOBER 2023 JSARS BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES

 

*MEETING CAME TO ORDER AT 19:00 HRS, RICHIE, KD2PGP PRESIDING.

 

*THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND ATTENDEE ROLL CALL WERE CONDUCTED.

 

*SECRETARY WOLF, KD2ZIW READ LAST MEETING’S MINUTES.

                   MINUTES APPROVED BY TOM, KD9BVC AND JOE, N2JRJ.

 

*TREASURER JOE, N2JRJ ADVISED WHAT THE CURRENT JSARS ACCOUNT BALANCE WAS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

 

                    TREASURER REPORT APPROVED BY BRIAN, WA2FAX AND BILL, KD2MZM.

 

*THE READING OF THE TRAFFIC NET SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS POSTPONED BY CHARLIE, N1CRR.

 

*RADIO SPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

CHRIS, K2HVE DISCUSSED SEVERAL EVENTS HAPPENING SUCH AS SWAIN’S ISLAND 4 OCTOBER TO 17 OCTOBER. ALSO, H40 KOMOTO PROVINCE. AND AN ALL GERMAN TEAM GOING TO TROVOLA. BANDS ARE OPEN.

 

BRIAN, WA2FAX STATED 10 AND 15 METERS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD. THERE ARE 7 SEVEN STATES HAVING QSO PARTIES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER SUCH AS NV, AZ, PA, SD. K3S IS CONDUCTING A QSO PARTY. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE US NAVY IS ALSO BEING CONDUCTED. RENEWAL FOR HAM LICENSES CAN BE DONE 90 DAYS OR LESS AND NOT BEFORE.

 

CHARLIE, N1CRR DISCUSSED 60M UNDER ATTACK BY THE FCC. HE RECOMMENDED EVERYONE MAKE YOUR COMMENTS KNOWN TO THE FCC AND ARRL.

 

*OLD BUSINESS:

 

CHARLIE, N1CRR DISCUSSED THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. HE STATED THE ESTIMATE WAS ABOUT $4,000.  THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT DID NOT WANT TO SPEND THAT MUCH. THE IDEA OF USING THE CLUB HOUSE WAS BROUGHT UP AND THE FACT THAT CODE BLUE IS IN EFFECT DURING THAT TIME AND MOST MEMBERS DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING IT HERE. MARY, KC2FAL, NICK’S WIFE VOLUNTEERED TO CONTACT SOMEONE SHE KNOWS ABOUT A VENUE AND WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION NEXT BUSINESS MEETING. STILL LOOKING FOR A VENUE.

 

*NEW BUSINESS:

 

CHARLIE, N1CRR, ASKED MEMBERS TO LET HIM KNOW HOW MANY ARE ARRL MEMBERS. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT TO SUSTAIN THE SUPPORT ARRL PROVIDES THE CLUB. IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ARRL MEMBERS IN THE CLUB THE SANCTIONING BY ARRL WILL BE REVOKED. MUST HAVE 51% TO RETAIN OUR STANDING IN ARRL.

 

TOM, KD9BVC BROUGHT UP ACKNOWLEDGING MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE PASSED, OR SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS A NEW BIRTH IN THE FAMILY AND POSSIBLY SENDING A CARD TO THEIR FAMILIES. ALSO, SAVE THE WHITE WATER BOTTLE CAPS AND BRING THEM IN TO GIVE TO MICHELLE.

 

RICHIE, KD2PGP BROUGHT UP TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK AND PASSED THE GENERAL TEST IN AUGUST AND HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. KE2EKU, CLIFTON BALDWIN, AND N2JRB, JOEL BALDWIN. CHARLIE, N1CRR BROUGHT UP WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD REMITTED THEIR PAYMENT. IT WAS DECIDED TO AMEND THE BYLAWS TO INDICATE THAT IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PASSING A TEST AT JSARS, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL (TECHNICIAN, GENERAL, EXTRA), THEY WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO APPLY AND BE ACCEPTED AS MEMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR FOR FREE. TWO MORE READINGS AND A VOTE TO ACCEPT ARE REQUIRED TO CHANGE THIS BYLAW. MOTION TO CHANGE THE BYLAWS BY CHRIS, K2HVE AND GREG, KD2GGD.

 

*TOTAL MEETING ATTENDEES 15.

 

*MEETING ADJOURNED AT 20:04,

                  APPROVED BY CHARLIE, N1CRR AND BILL, KD2MZM

 

SECRETARY WOLF, KD2ZIW