BRARA General Membership Meeting Minutes for June 2, 2026
The BRARA monthly association meeting was held in person at the Shack. There were 21 in attendance. The meeting was called to order by BRARA President Ralph Mele W1DAR at 6:35 pm local. We then did a quick round of introductions going around the room. We did not have a speaker scheduled for this meeting.
Board members and officers present: Ralph W1DAR, Mike K8BQ, Jay S N2ELG, Bonnie KC2JVS
Secretary: Mike K8BQ
Mike has posted the May General Meeting minutes to the BRARA Blog. Jay S N2ELG made a motion to accept the minutes seconded by Ed W2SI. Motion was carried. Current membership is 122. The six meter filter has arrived and we are waiting for UHF to 7-16 DIN adapters to be able to connect it.
Treasurer: Bonnie KC2JVS
Treasurer’s Report May 31, 2026
December 31, 2025 Available Balance $14,060.90
April 30, 2026 Available Balance $14,513.62
May 31, 2026 Available Balance $13,962.62
Income: $132.22
Income includes: $132.22 in memberships
Expenses: $683.22
Expenses include: $266.23 for television for shack and $371.99 for 6 meter band pass filter
Not included: $252 for back ordered AED battery and $26 for one month Constant Contact cleared on June 1st
Above amounts include reserve funds of $5,000
Balance available for operating capital after deposits and expenses clear: $ 8,684.62
Other Discussions:
We met with Matt, Gary, and Perry at FAU and toured the potential repeater location. It looks promising. We haven’t heard back from Perry about the MOU.
Andrew Auster, KO4TZK, will be our July speaker. He is going to YOTA camp in Huntsville this year and will be assisting with live streaming and the ARISS pass.
June lunch will be on the 20th at Casa Tequila at 1 pm.
People interested in getting a license or upgrading can go to HamExam,org and hamstudy.org among other sites. The ARRL.org website has links for both in-person and online testing.
Valencia Bay has a UHF repeater as well as one for GMRS.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn by Jay S N2ELG second by Jeff K4BH. Meeting adjourned at 7:22.
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Greenfeld K8BQ, Secretary