SARA MEETING MINUTES - August 11, 2010 (approved
9/8/10)
Call to order: 7:30 PM
Presiding: James Boswell
KA5SIW
21 present
Moment of Silence for our GI's
Announcements:
September 4 Alamogordo Ham Fest at the Otero County Fair
Grounds
Approval of last meeting's minutes:
July 14, 2010 minutes were approved as
posted on the webpage
Reports:
Treasurer: Jim Lommen KC5QY
July 1 balance
$ 6,874.68
Debits:
-
71.31
Deposits:
+ 80.00
July 31 balance:
$ 6,883.37
TARA balance:
$ 320.08
SARA balance:
$6,563.29
ARES: Vern Leavitt KD5UHB
Condensation
water in the EOC soaked the transmitting
equipment. Prescott W1PCG dried out the equipment. It is working.
LEPC: Bear Albrecht W5VZB
Monthly meeting is tomorrow, election of officers
Charter School: no report
Old Business:
Chili Harvest Triathlon: Bill Brundage NM5WB (Base station)
2 volunteers for youth events on Friday: Prescott W1PCG and Doug KF5AVG 5
volunteers for Saturday: Dave Johnson KB5YIW, Dave Finley N1IRZ, Bear W5VZB,
Doug KF5AVG on the bike route and Vern KD5UHB on the run.
Caps and Shirts:
Vern KD5UHB handed out catalog pages so the members could select their own shirt
style. All will be sand color. Shirt prices are $22 and $26 plus $3 for the
embroidered emblem. Tan hats are $9 plus $3 for the embroidered emblem.
National Wildlife Refuge event: Jim Lommen KC7QY Friday and Saturday,
October 15, 16 from 8 AM to 5 PM. Base station will be set up in the picnic area
near the Visitors Center. 2 volunteers are needed at all times. Call sign is M5B.
Socorro Hamfest Saturday, October 30 We will use Prescott's schedule for
setting up tables. Penny suggested the fellow who spoke about "Man vs.
Cartoon" as the dinner speaker. Dave Johnson reported that flyers are
mailed to every ham within 4 hours of Socorro, not all of northern NM. The City
covers all expenses of the flyers. The City logo should be on all the flyers.
NMT's printing and folding is better this year. The preliminary flyer needs to
be finalized - a list workshops and information about the dinner. Dave Johnson
will give Bear 50 flyers for the Socorro Ham fest to take to the Albuquerque Ham
Fest on Friday, Aug. 13. The motioned passed to give the same prizes this year
that we did at the past ham fests.
New Business:
Albuquerque Hamfest, Aug. 13-14 Del Norte Baptist Church,
Montgomery NE,
Authorization for Jim Lommen to purchase a banner not to
exceed $100 for club events, Moved by Vern seconded and passed.
The
possibility of having a table at the County Fair September 3-4 was brought up.
It was felt that there was little response at the fair in the past.
Seth Price
will teach an amateur radio class at Tech this fall. He asked for help in
setting up a station near the Fidel Center on Monday, Aug. 23 from 9 am to 3 pm
to requite students. Jim Boswell volunteered
Program:
Photo Tour of the Black Hole in Los Alamos by Jim Boswell and a few
pictures of the June 26 Field Day in Clayton, Missouri by Doug May
