August 10th 2004 regular meeting minutes

                          The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

        Officers present were President John Moore N1FOJ, VP Dale Clement AF1T,

                     Secretary Don Curtis N1ZIH, Treasurer Scott Clay N1ZGO

1.     After a round of introductions, Dale introduced the program on the history of the CVRC with a video program by Ken Wilkins K1MID and oral presentations by Louise French, K1LAS and Dale Clement, AF1T.

2.     The club welcomed a new member, Tom Perkins AC1J

3.     John Moore, N1FOJ read a thank you card from Louise, K1LAS.

4.     Dale, AF1T discussed the upcoming programs which are; Sept. 14th, VHF roundtable, Oct.12th, HF forum. Nov. 9th, Digital modes  by Jim Cluett, W1PID, also nominations                      for 2005 officers. Dec. Christmas party and election of officers. It was suggested by Don   Curtis N1ZIH that we move the party to a Saturday evening and he will be checking availability at the Cat&Fiddle.

5.     Secretary’s report; no minutes for July as we held our summer get-together instead of the meeting. 87 Postcards were sent out for the meeting. Membership; I will be sending letters of reminder to members who have not paid their dues. We would like to hear from these members to see if they are still interested in membership, and, if not to see what it would take to get  them back.

6.     Treasurer’s report; Scott reports that the final phone bill has been received and paid. The insurance is paid up until July,  2005. Our balance is $1065. 27 members still owe dues and as previously mentioned letters will be sent. A $61.00 Donation was sent to the ARRL BPL fund. Thanks to Lee Scott AA1YN for spearheading the effort.

7.     CAARES; Congratulations to Rob Farley, K1CFI on his re-appointment as EC for CAARES. Rob ran down the recent Bow Rotary bike race which was spearheaded by Jim Van Dongen KB1EJY. The NECC thanked CAARES for their effort and wishes to make a donation. Rob suggested that the CVRC handle the donation for us. Upcoming special events; On October 16th, arowing regatta will be held in Pembroke. 6 or more operators will be needed, depending on the length of the event. as soon as Rob has a face-to-face meeting with the organizers, he will get back to us. Other upcoming events include the fall Hosstraders and the SET drill.

8.     Lindsay K1JY reports that the repeater is working fine, however the battery still needs to be replaced. He also requested that any info on upcoming public service events be sent to him so it can be posted on the website. Don N1ZIH will be sending him field day photos..

9.     The mystery of the missing  hot dog machined has been solved. Ken reports that it was located in Skip’s garage and will be moved to the club’s storage facility.

10. Don N1ZIH will be contact Dick Patten about an article for the Concord Monitor’s club notes column. Dale will write the article and get it to Don.

11. Ken Wilkins will be scanning old club minutes into his computer as the originals will not last forever.

12. Refreshments will be furnished by Don N1ZIH drinks and Lee AA1YN food.

13. Business meeting will be at Lee’s home on 8-24 at 7:00 pm.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 9:43 pm. Respectfully submitted Donald Curtis, Secretary