Meeting Minutes October 2007

Meeting opened at 7:30 by Tom, N9PQJ, Vice President. Secretary Report: No quorum at September meeting, therefore no official business was conducted. Treasurers Report: We have money!!!! Old Business: Swapfest income after all bills approximatly $458.13. Income: 1553.15, expenses 1095.02. Motion to accept N9ROY, second by K9JYX. Motion passed. Ideas for increasing meeting attendance. 1. Don talk on Road Races that the club used to help with using RTTY. 2. Finish setting up packet station. 3. Set up the Winlink 2000 setup we started. 4. Ask N9QIP to talk about building Towers or Wisconsin Interstate Network system. 5. Madison DX club giving a talk. Zilch Report for Sept. About 17 or 18 people at Farm Kitchen in Baraboo. Good Food, Great Conversation was had by all. N9UDO arrived at 7:56pm and took over the meeting. New Business: Club board elections. Nominating Commitee had the following nominations. President: Steve Schulze, N9UDO Vice President: Tom Harrison, N9PQJ Treasurer: Don Evenson, K9JYX Secretary: Rick Plouffe, N9ROY Motion by Bill, N9KXX to have the secretery cast a unanamous vote for the board as nominated. Second by Chris, KC9IZG. Secretary cast ballot. Congratulations all for the new jobs. Board will decide the member at large position at the next meeting. Repeater controller is getting closer to reality. It was decided to use port #2 to link into the .310 repeater if we needed to. This would be for use in an emergency. Motion by N9PQJ, second by K9JYX. Motion passed. We had quite a discussion on D-Star. One of the ideas was to turn the 315 repeater into a D-STAR repeater. Steve and Brad have received the coordination for 145.255 output, 144.655 input. This is quite close to the 310 repeater and might cause interference to it. They requested another pair, and basically were told tough. Thats the reason for the discussion on other repeaters becomming D-STAR. Discussion tabled. Christmas party discussion. We need your party ideas by next meeting. We wish to thank Bill, N9KXX for his years of service to the club as Treasurer. He has held the position for the last 11 years or so. He has done an excellent job. THANK YOU BILL!!!!!! Enjoy your retirement. We welcome Don, K9JYX who is taking his place. Buck night winner was Bud, KC9ILP. He was NOT present, so the next draw will be for $2.00. Motion by Steve, N9UDO, second by Chris, KC9IZG. Meeting adjourned at 9:12pm. In attendance: Don, K9JYX Bob, KC9LAT Wayne, W9YYZ Tom, N9PQJ Chris, KC9IZG Bill, KC9CVD Bill, N9KXX Brad, KB9VMC Steve, N9UDO Rick, N9ROY Respectfully submitted: Rick Plouffe, N9ROY Secretary Yellow Thunder Amateur Radio Club, Inc.