Friday, October 10, 2008

SCARC Meetinh Minutes Oct 9, 2008

Minutes provided by our new Secretary Mike Thomason K4FQF

Call to Order by President Bill Davidson KW4J @ 7:00 PM and the attendees were asked to introduce themselves. There were no visitor present.

Vice President Jim McLester reported that the program for the Nov. 13 meeting would be SKYWARN Training given by ALERT and the venue will be the Shelby County Sherriff's Training Center in Columbiana.

There will be no meeting for Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving) and the December 11 meeting date will be the Christmas Party.

Treasurer Jack Evans, KC4PZA gave current balances on Club accounts

Three new member applications were read and approved for membership:
Leonard R Smith, Jr. KJ4AHJ
Kristin Smith KJ4GNZ
Timothy Smith KJ4GNY

VE Testing Committee Chairman Joe Ford reported that the next SCAARC test date is December 5.

Webmaster John Murphy KA4ZXL reported that his computer was in the shop, but current information would be added ASAP. President Davidson commended John on the excellent SCARC web page.

New Business:
Plans are proceeding for installation on radio equipment at the
Red Cross meeting site.
Work will continue on the barbecue shed at the Shelby County EMC location.

President Davidson reported that a basic Skywarn class for Jefferson County will be held on Oct. 18, and an advanced class on Nov. 8.

Two silent keys were noted:
Ellis Dobbins K4LI
Steve Gilbert WD4EKN

MEC Tom Appleby KI4PPR, MEC gave a report on the Oct. 4 SET. A total of 345 points were earned by the participating group. A discussion followed.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:20PM

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