Minutes of the June 9, 2007 meeting of the Weld Amateur Radio Society
- Meeting called to order by Rob KA0VNB at 9:08 am
- Minutes from last meeting approved with correction
- Elections are held in July rather than June
- Berry N0OYM provided the treasury’s report
- Berry N0OYM provided a report of the repeaters:
- Stan K0KZA indicated that the cabinet is ready, are working on getting it to the site.
- Electricity use is steady
- Rob KA0VNB- Have not heard anything more about interference with Denver repeater. Maybe an issued with the transmit signal on 147.60 or with Denver receiving.
- Rob KA0VNB- Have not talked anymore with Ginny about buying Cliff’s repeater, will contact her.
- Rob KA0NVB- New board member will be elected in July- anyone interested should contact the club.
- Rob KA0VNB- Still looking into announcing club meetings in local paper.
- Ted WA0HLJ- Motion to waive this year’s dues for currently paid members. Motion discussed and tabled.
- Win K8GYC- Discussed whether the phone patch is needed as it is not used. Also discussed getting a new 2M repeater for the club as current repeater tends to be unreliable and noisy.
- Discussed ways to fix issues with current repeater such as a cabinet for the repeater and double shielded coax cable.
- OJ- K0OJ- Testing this afternoon
- Dues and due in July and Elections will take place during July club meeting.
- Win K8GYC- Discussed giving information about club at testing sessions to attract more members.
- Rob KA0VNB- Call for more ideas on how to attract new members.
- Meeting adjourned at 10:10