Meeting Minutes  

BUSINESS MEETING RECAP

January 4, 2007

Louie-W1CH called to order at 7:00 PM
Salute to the flag
35 members in attendance—1 guest

Secretary’s Report:
A motion was made to accept the report as written in the Zero Beat. An amendment was added to the report and it was accepted unanimously.

Treasurers Report:
The year ending report was read by Scot-W1EV
It was accepted as read unanimously.

Committee Reports

Building and Grounds:
Mike-N1ITQ reported everything was fine.
Scott-W1EV reported that arrangements had been made for snow plowing this winter.

Scholarship:
(No Chairman)
Nothing was reported.

Technical:
Tim-N1TI –Internet is up and running.
Telephone service scheduled to be installed Jan 8.
IRLP and ECHO LINK on line but some intermittent computer problems. They will be corrected soon.
Web Site being updated and some new features showing up slowly.
Scanning Zero Beat archives advancing smoothly; look for them online soon.
Polyphasers were bought and installed by Bill Miller-K1IBR, and a new cat5 cable was installed.
“Bell’s and whistles” will be returning to the repeater soon.

Activities:
Scot-W1EV
Nothing to report

ARES/Skywarn:
Rob-KD1CY
Monday, April 30, the P3 Hunter Hurricane Aircraft will be coming to RI. Some help is needed for communications.
Arthur Greenberg-K1GBX is the new section manager for the ARRL.
Next ARES drill will be late February or early March.
An ARRL division cabinet meeting will be held at the Sheraton Framingham.

Radio Events:
(No Chairman)
Nothing to report.

New Building Committee:
Chris-K1CJS—Absent

Communications:
Application from Joe Hampson was tabled because a check was not enclosed.
Resignation from Arthur Arruda-WA1GOV, was accepted by a majority vote.

Old Business:

Henry-W1GYL motioned to not accept a resignation by Rick-W1RJC. After discussion the motion carried 27 to 4.

New Business:

John-W1HIQ moved to prohibit any organization account being opened in an individual’s name.
Motion passed unanimously.

Henry-W1GYL motioned to make the photocopy machine available to all the membership.
Motion carried 32 to 3.

Mike-KB1NB motioned to ratify the carry-over motion list.
Motion passed unanimously.

Mike-KB1NB motioned to move some funds into a high-yield account.
Motion passed 33 to 1.

Dave-K1JGV questioned if the “New Building Committee” was still existed. Most believed it was, but not active at this time. It was noted that no resignation had been received.

Ron-WB1HGA motioned that the “Bill Miller Sign” at the end of the driveway be removed and replaced with a sign honoring Alan Cooper as the founder of the club.

Mike-KB1NB motioned to table until a future meeting to investigate other options.
Motion passed unanimously.

Good of the Club:

John-W1ZYV brought attention to the fact that the club had subsidized $18 per member for the Christmas party. He questioned the frugality of the club spending that much per member.

Bob-K1KVV announced that “KID’S DAY” would be held Sunday, and asked members to bring kids they know down to join in the fun.

Mike-KB1NB spoke about having the Southeastern New England School of Law read over our constitution to see if there are any parts that could be improved upon,

Mike-KB1NB cautioned all committee members to get purchases authorized by their chairman before buying.

Dave-K1JGV motioned to adjourn at 8:55 PM

Motion passed unanimously

Respectively Submitted,

Armand Augustine-Secretary

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