BRARA General Membership Meeting minutes for 7-May-2024
The BRARA monthly association meeting was held via Zoom conference. The meeting was called to order by the President Ralph Mele W1DAR at 6:33 pm local. Attending: 28 Zoom participants. Officers and directors present provided an update of their club related activities. Tonight’s speaker is Robert Molleda, from NOAA who will talk about space weather.
Directors and Officers Present
Ralph W1DAR, Bruce KO4XL, Bonnie KC2JVS, Henry WA2ROA, Lou K4LA, Jay S N2ELG,
Vice President: Henry WA2ROA
Do we want to continue lunches over the summer? Fewer people attended the last one. Not many have RSVP’d for the May lunch. Only 6 or so of the 19 presnt on Zoom indicated yes. Bruce pointed out that we should keep momentum going and hold lunches even with a smaller group over the summer. Ralph said we’ll see what happens in May.
Facebook and Website. Carol KJ4AWB provided information on how to deal with the old Facebook pages and go forward with new BRARA controlled versions. Lou K4LA is looking at the legal issues and has sent out for the death certificate that we don’t have and Facebook requires. Carol recommends that we set up both a Facebook Page which is controlled by BRARA admins and people can comment on. We also should have a Facebook Group that anyone can interact with but is monitored by BRARA admins.
The Board is aware of website issues. Michael K8BQ will be investigating what can be done.
July 2 meeting should not be a problem. July 4 is a Thursday so the long weekend will be after our meeting.
Treasurer: Bonnie KC2JVS
Treasurer’s Report April 30, 2024
December 31,2023 Available Balance $12,927.58
March 31,2024 Available Balance $15,736.03
April 30, 2024 Available Balance $13,947.99
Income: $170.24
Income includes $170.24 in memberships
Expenses: $1,238.26
Expenses include: $223.86 for Zoom subscription, $20.28 for new lock, $969.00 for new amplifier, and
$25.14 miscellaneous expense
Not included: $153.16 for quarterly electric bill not cleared
Above amounts include reserve funds of $5,000.
Balance available for operating capital after deposits and expenses clear: $8,794.83
Need to get our home printer working to print out donation receipts.
Secretary: Mike K8BQ
Mike has posted the April minutes to the BRARA Blog. Motion to accept the minutes made by Jay N2ELG, seconded by Bruce KO4XL. Motion carried.
Director at Large: Bruce KO4XL
Bruce reported that we still have RFI issues with the computer on Station 1. He’ll look into replacing it with another computer that he has been working on with Jay S.
Director at Large: Lou K4LA
Nothing additional beyond his previous comments
Director at Large: Jay S N2ELG
We have received several donations from Roy K4YV as well as others. Have not set up an auction committee meeting yet for the next auction. Will be after Field Day. Committee members include Ralph W1DAR, Bruce KO4XL, and Barry KO4FBU. You can bring auction donations to the Shack on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Please keep it to ham radio or electronics related items.
President’s Report: Ralph W1DAR
There was minimal interest in operating Field Day, only 2 or 3 signed up. The current plan is to operate a single station on mains power. This will be Station 1 with N1MM for logging. Ralph asked Henry to let our cook know that we won’t be having a big meal and will just get something locally if needed.
Round table of member comments
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn by Bruce KO4XL, second by Henry WA2ROA. Meeting adjourned at 7:06 pm. Meeting was followed after a short break by Robert Molleda’s presentation.
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Greenfeld K8BQ, Secretary