Minutes of the November, 2008 Meeting
November 16, 08 by Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club–Iroquois County Amateur Radio Club–
President Carl opened the meeting at 7:26 pm at the Glenn Raymond School in Watseka. The October minutes were read and approved. The treasure’s report was read and approved.
Committee Reports
Incorporation and Non-Profit Committee—Mike is in the process of registering with the Charitable Trust Division, Office of the Attorney General. He is also filling our 28 pages for the IRS. The secretary also gave Mike a copy of the IRS employer number that we must have.
Technical Committee— Steve and Benny reported that both repeaters were working well. Phil reported coverage early in morning up to route 30.
Program Committee—Roy and Phil reported that the Dec meeting would be a DVD on 4 famous DX trips.
Publicity Committee—No report.
ARES Liaison—No report
Red Cross Liaison—Carl reported that the Red Cross office was moved to the new location at 106 S 4th St. and the communications room has radios and some new furniture. We still need to work on antennas. Tim and Carl have a plan and are working on it. We would like to have a loop HF antenna if possible.
ESDA Liaison—Sam reported that we did not get a grant from the state for radio equipment.
VE Liaison—. VE testing in Kankakee is Nov 13. ICARC is planning on a VE test on the 11th of Dec. at the Red Cross office before our regular meeting.
OLD Business
Justin found enough paint to finish the north site building. On Sat Nov 8th a crew of ICARCers made up of Carl, Sam, Benny, Steve, Janet, Tim, Roy and Phil met for breakfast and then installed the insulation and cleaned up the North site. Everyone enjoyed the results and the fellowship.
Mike and Troy have installed the 2 meter 440 and 6-meter beam and seems to be working well.
NEW Business
The nominating committee for the election next month (Steve, Benny and Chris,) reported that the nominated slate of candidates for the 2009 officers are: Pres. Mike, Vice Pres Roy, Sec-Tres Sam. Board members nominated are Benny, Troy, and Steve. Any other member may run for any office.
We plan to have a club paid Pizza Party for the Dec meeting. We are inviting young science club members interested in ham radio. VE test will be given before the Dec 11 meeting.
Our official photographer (Janet) recorded several dozen classic moments to share with group on the workday at the north site.
Snacks for this month were by Sam and Janet. Dec snacks are to be brought by Carl and Chris. Club buys pizza.
Net control for 11/17 Roy, 11/24 Benny, 12/1 Brian, 12/8 Steve
Members present for the Nov meeting were Carl, Chris, Mike, Troy, Benny, Steve, Phil, Roy Tim, Janet, and Sam.
We were very pleased to host guests and potential hams by the name of Scott Anderson and his 12-year-old son Jacob Anderson. Scott is a Watseka fireman and photographer and Jacob is a 6th grader in the Science Club at GRS.
Meeting adjourned at 8:24.
After snacks Roy presented a well thought out program on ARES and NVOAD (National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters) and the role of ham radio in disasters.
Our job is to serve the agency that has requested our help. Our job is to serve to the best of our abilities. It may not only be talking on the radio but filling the requests of the agency. EMComm volunteers should have the ability to function as team players. We need to practice with other agencies on drills. Thanks Roy.
Sam Ripple W9QKF KAE7607
