Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Location: Zoom
Directors and Officers present: Bruce KO4XL, Jay S N2ELG, Mike K8BQ, Bonnie KC2JVS, Barry KO4FBU, Henry WA2ROA
Members present: Andrew Auster KO4TZK, Darren Auster N3NYL
Secretary Mike K8BQ called the meeting to order at 6:12 pm local. He then went through the Board members for reports.
Secretary’s Report: Mike K8BQ
Minutes from the February 14 Board meeting have been posted to the BLOG. Motion to accept by Jay S. seconded by Barry. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: Bonnie KC2JVS
No cash flow report tonight. Bonnie had issues logging onto PayPal while we are out of town.
Director at Large: Bruce KO4XL
We’re running out of choices for repairing the 2 meter amp. Replacement transistor did not make any improvement. Art recommends a new amp and a better transmit antenna. Robert Eng W1ENG has offered to donate $1000 to the project.
Barry entered a motion to take up to $1500 of the association’s money to combine with Robert’s donation to purchase a replacement amplifier with an output power of 100-150 watts, a new transmit antenna and hardline to replace the RG213 to the transmit antenna. Seconded by Henry. The motion carried unanimously.
Director at Large: Jay S N2ELG
Jay reported the BRARA auction went very well. We sold about $3000 of items. Barry came up with a way to stage items that worked well. Maybe next time we should limit it to 75 items instead of 100. Renumbering the items worked well and eliminated confusion. Bruce improved Ralph’s spreadsheet and the new version is on the Google drive.
Old Business
Field Day- Andrew presented some ideas for Field Day
- Offer radio merit badge
- Get people involved logging and setting up stations
- Socialization on using the radios
- Give Andrew access to John Cole’s FD planning spreadsheet
- Keep it efficient and simple
- Get members engaged
- Need to be able to book station time
- Andrew will send an email to the club
- Directors should have an elevator speech on ham radio
Director at Large: Barry KO4FBU
BRARA has permission from Kirk to put our lock back on the front gate. Andrew is having issues syncing LOTW to QRZ. Who should he contact. Henry offered to give him an ARRL contact. The MARS antenna has been taken down to make room to work on the satellite tower and antennas. We need to make plans for the VHF room. Also need to spread fire ant killer at the Shack
Vice President: Henry WA2ROA
We only have 20 RSVPs for the Radiator Grille. Discussion on whether to cancel if we don’t get more by 5 PM Friday. Initial thought was to cancel and roll it into FD. Bruce convinced the group to not cancel and hold the event no matter how many RSVPs we get to keep the event going.
Henry has speakers planned for April May and June
Motion to adjourn by Jay S, seconded by Barry. Meeting adjourned at 7:48 pm. Next BOD meeting April 10
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Greenfeld K8BQ, Secretary