BRARA minutes for 4-May-2021
The BRARA monthly association meeting was held via Zoom conference. The meeting was called to order by the President KO4XL at 7:20 pm. Attending: 29 Zoom participants. Each attendee checked in with name call and location. Officers and directors provided an update of their club related activities.
Directors and Officers Present
Bruce KO4XL, Ralph W1DAR, George WA2VNV Jeff K4BH, Jay N2ELG, John N1QFH, Lou K4LA, Bonnie KC2JVS
Director at Large; John N1QFH
Updates to the web sites. Simplex net coming up this weekend as is Armed Forces weekend.
Director at Large; Jay N2ELG
No formal report
Vice President; Ralph W1DAR
No formal report
Treasurer; Bonnie KC2JVS
She has checked our mailbox, no payments from pending members. She presented the Treasurer’s report for the month of April 2021.
Secretary; K8BQ Mike
Not present but submitted membership report to Bruce and minutes which were posted to the web site. Motion to accept minutes as posted was made by Jay N2ELG seconded by Lou K4LA. The minutes were approved.
Membership Mike K8BQ
The table below reflects current 2021 membership
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New Members
We welcome the following new members to BRARA
- Richard Gross K4BXK
- Robert Abrams WA3LOK
Director at Large; George WA2VNV
No formal report
Director at Large; Jerry.Z W4BFL
No report
Director at Large: Jeff S. K4BH
- Hurricane season in 1 month
- Get non-perishable stuff now – avoid the rush
- Hook up with local ARES
- Relaxed Covid restrictions but you should still be careful
Director at Large; Lou K4LA
Approved the reopening procedure for the Shack at our last board meeting. John did a nice job on the web site to request an operating slot. The Audit committee has completed its work. No issues, everything is ok.
Bruce explained the process and that we expect to have a controlled reopening soon.
Old Business
The auction was successful. Pickup timing will be set up soon.
New Business
Jay N2ELG – could we look into tailgating in the park. He asked who would be interested.
John N1QFH – new tab on the open web site called links with useful links.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Ralph W1DAR, second by Jay S N2ELG. Business meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.
Presentation
Ed Callaway N4II, provided a presentation on VOACAP.
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Greenfeld K8BQ, Secretary