BRARA General Membership Meeting minutes for 9-September-2024
The BRARA monthly association meeting was held in person and by Zoom conference. There were 19 at the library and 31 attending via Zoom. The meeting was called to order by BRARA President Ralph Mele W1DAR at 6:30 pm local. Tonight’s speaker is John Kruk, N9UPC, Yaesu USA sales manager.
Directors and Officers Present
Ralph W1DAR, Bruce KO4XL, Mike K8BQ, Bonnie KC2JVS, Henry WA2ROA, Jay S N2ELG, Barry KO4FBU
President’s Report: Ralph W1DAR
The tower is working ok now that the bolt hanging it up has been replaced. The SteppIR is working except on 30 meters.
The 7600 in Station 1 had some internal settings changed. This creates problems with the computer for FT8 or communicating with the SteppIR.
The thermostat was set at 73 should be left at 80 when nobody is at the Shack.
Ray KD4BBM offered to donate a device to monitor room temperature and contact an administrator if the temperature was outside allowed settings.
Please don’t mess with existing FT8 profiles on the station computers. Everyone can have their own profile set up. Just ask for one.
Director at Large: Barry KO4FBU
Barry thanked all those who put many hours of effort into the repair of the tower system.
Secretary: Mike K8BQ
Mike has posted the August minutes to the BRARA Blog. Fran KD2CRH made a motion to accept the minutes. Jeff K4BH seconded the motion to accept the minutes. The motion carried. New members AJ Horowitz N2KQ and Martin Unger, KQ4UJK. Current membership is 146.
Treasurer: Bonnie KC2JVS
Treasurer’s Report August 31, 2024
December 31,2023 Available Balance $12,927.58
July 31, 2024 Available Balance $11,537.87
August 31,2024 Available Balance $11,685.69
Income: $451.43
Income includes $101.43 in memberships and $350.00 in donations
Expenses: $361.23
Expenses include: $ 194.48 for miscellaneous tower repair expenses, $57.62 for food for tower repair
crew, and $109.13 for wireless microphone .
Not included: and estimated $900 more for Radiator Grille expenses not paid, and $367.64 for
Directors’ Insurance due October 7 th .
Above amounts include reserve funds of $5,000.
Balance available for operating capital after deposits and expenses clear: $ 5,418.05
The expenses have been updated to show the correct entry.
Vice President: Henry WA2ROA
Upcoming lunches are Mama Mia’s 9/21 and Casa Tequila 10/19. Radiator Grille is planned for 11/16 with a $5 donation requested. Possible holiday lunch at Lucilles at Delray Marketplace 12/14.
Director at Large: Jay S N2ELG
Still accepting items for the auction. No date set yet. We haven’t received any good radio stuff.
Speaker: John Kruk, N9UPC
John presented some history about Yaesu and explained some of the neat features and performance of current products.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn by Jay S N2ELG, seconded by Jeff S K4BH. Meeting adjourned at 8:04 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Greenfeld K8BQ, Secretary