Jun 2024 Club Meeting Minutes
- date
- 2024-06-15
- convened
- 09:34
- adjourned
- 10:50
Officers
- President: David Bailey (K5DKB) absent
- Vice President: Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ) absent
- Secretary: Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) absent
- Treasurer: Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) absent
Officer Reports
President
David Bailey (K5DKB)
- No announcements other than Field Day
- Any corrections to the previous month’s meeting?
Vice-President
Paul Bilke (KF5WGJ)
absent
Secretary
Matthew Barry (KG5LYE)
absent
Treasurer
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
Last Month’s Statement
- Starting balance: $9,227.82
- Income: $56.00
- Club sales: $6
- Dues: $15
- Exam Fees: $35
- Disbursements: $107.60
- Kolaches for Veteran’s Coffee: $72.60
- VE Exam fees to ARRL: $35
- Ending balance: $9,176.22
Club Merchandise
- Field Day Temporary Tattoos: $1
- Other Field Day products: $1
- Winter Field Day 2023 stickers: $2
- Club logo pins (limited): $3
- Club logo stickers: $2
- Club logo window clings: $2
- Club logo patches: $5
- Club logo keychains: $2
Membership Renewals
Membership can be renewed in any of the following ways:
- online at Ham Club Online
- request PayPal invoice via email
- mail in cash or check (PO Box 4442, Bryan, TX 77805–4442)
- bring cash or check in-person at a meeting
Other Business
Brazos County ARES
Ron Hambric (N5SBN)
- Meet at CEOC every Friday 09:00
Skywarn
Ron Estes (KJ5EFO)
- Created a QR code that takes you to a place where you can join the club or Brazos SKYWARN
- https://www.brazosskywarn.com
- Links to all of the training materials
Robertson County ARES
Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ)
- Looking for a meeting place
- Patty looking at Fire Station #1 in Franklin
- Presentation to Gathering Eating and Meeting (GEM)
- A Senior group that meets at FS #2 in Franklin
- They have a presentation and potluck
- Lorna Flansburg presented about Amateur Radio hobby
- Mike Wisby spoke about MARS and public service
- Thursday evening net 20:00 on W5KVN repeater.
RACES
Mike Wisby (KA5HIA)
- TDEM
- Waiting on contractor to get feedline pulled
- Radio equipment has been ordered: Two Yaesu FT-DX10 HF radios
- Other equipment has been installed
- It’s hurricane season
- How is RACES activated?
- District Chief will contact Dick Zimmer (W5DZ) or Mike Wisby (KA5HIA) and request help.
- Mike and Dick scope the need
- KD5DLW UHF repeater will be used for RACES activation.
Field Day Planning
- Field Day cards and Posters are available: please take one
Planned Schedule of Events
- Saturday, 2024-06-22
- 09:00 Whataburger in College Station will provide breakfast for setup folks
- Special thank-you to Bill Preston (KZ3G)!
- Picked up via David Bailey (K5DKB)
- 09:30 Setup begins
- Some tables will need to be moved: please help with that
- Rooms will be different from previous Field Days:
- Auxiliary room will be
- Radio operations room
- Swap meet room
- Lounge area will be for social activities
- Welcome table - please sign up for hour shifts to greet people
- Very important so people feel welcomed and can be directed where they need to go
- Auxiliary room will be
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Operations begin; Ham License Exam
- Volunteer Examiners needed
- Radio operators needed
- Hourly door prizes
- 15:00 Presentation: Dayton Hamvention by Wayne Pecena
- 17:00
- Please have salsa contest entries to Lorna Flansburg (KI5FIZ) by this time!
- “Ask me anything” session - need 3 experienced hams to take questions from the floor
- 18:00 Salsa contest and dinner
- Please sign the participant list for salsa contest
- Mexican food buffet
- Dessert potluck
- Raffle tickets: $1 each
- Only available at Field Day
- Prize: Yaesu FT-65R
- 09:00 Whataburger in College Station will provide breakfast for setup folks
- Sunday, 2024-06-23
- Pancakes and sausage for breakfast
- Fox hunt
- need a transmitter… does anyone have one?
- Matthew Barry (KG5LYE) contacting Dick Zimmer (W5DZ)…
- Meshtastic node
- A mesh will be active on Field Day
- 13:00 Operations wind down
Health and Welfare / Good of the Order
- If anyone needs help with anything please reach out to the club. You can contact any of the officers at:
Closing
Motion by Phil Gates (N5ZKF):
to adjourn the meeting
Seconded by Rick Pfeil (W4RDP).
Outcome:
passes unanimously
Next Meeting
2024-07-20 09:30 at American Legion Post 159
After-Meeting Presentation
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