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Minutes of SPARC Meeting – September 3, 2021

Meeting held 5th Ave Baptist Church Parking

Meeting called to order at 1930

Minutes by Charles, W4BPP

 

 

Executive members in attendance:

Vice-President: Lisa Neuscheler, KC1YL

Treasurer: Tom Wedding, AI4QP

Secretary: Charles Adkinson, W4BPP

Board Member: Dee Turner, N4GD

Board Member: John Toth, KI4UIP

Past President: Bob Wanek, N2ESP

Club Trustee: Dave, KR4U

Repeater Trustee: Billy, KN4LUZ

 

 

Meeting start and greeting:

  • The meeting opens with the pledge of allegiance
  • New members, guests, and first timers recognized and introduced themselves
  • 8 attendees from zoom

 

Reports:

  • Secretary’s Report:
    • Review of last meeting and receipt of various reports recorded
    • minutes from last meeting on website
    • Soliciting presentation ideas/topics
  • VP report:
    • Nothing to report
  • Treasurer report:
    • All income and expenses are rectified and in balance
    • several new members accepted into club during the month
    • New member applications welcomed and accepted
  • VE report
    • Tuesday:
      • 5 passed
      • October has some space
    • Saturday:
      • 5 passed
      • October has some space
  • Net Manager Report, Repeater Trustee Report Billy KN4LUZ
    • 704 check in
    • 49 messages
    • 1298 minutes
    • 40 sessions
    • Brad with check in record for the month!
  • Repeater Report. KN4LUZ Bill
    • all 3 seem to be working well
  • Trustee Report, Dave KR4U
    • Station is hunky dory
    • Move the sections of the old tower to use as supports for 160m dipole

 

Old Business:

  • Tower update – w4bpp
  • Open House – sign up list
  • Sawgrass Lake Park POTA 10/9
  • GMRS heldover
  • 501c3 as voted, investigative efforts continue

 

 

New Business:

  • No new business from the chair

 

Ham fests

  • 10/16 Gulf Coast ARC,
  • NPR
  • 10/9 sparc POTA activation at sawgrass
  • 10/23 Tamiami Fox Hunt Venice, FL,
  • 11/13 SPARCfest
  • 12/10 Tampabay hamfest plant city

 

Elmering Session

  • Open Q/A

 

Recess.

  • Presentation: Bob N2ESP presents “how to fail your code test” by Jean Shepherd”

 

Contest Report:

  • No report this month

 

 

Meeting Adjourned 21:39

 

50/50 Raffle is held

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