The Secretary's Report

Minutes from the July 26th Executive
Board meeting and the August 2nd Club Meeting

Respectfully submitted by Chris Garon, K1SI

July 26th Bored meeting

The meeting was attended by Ed, K2TE, Gary, W1GRY, Tracy, N1WIR, Mike, K7CTW, Chris, K1SI and Neil, N1DMA. Mark, N1ZYZ was not in attendance.

President Mike Graham, K7CTW noted that Neil, N1DMA, has been appointed to the activities coordinator until the next election.

The Secretary’s report was accepted as published in the last bulletin on a motion made by Gary and seconded by Tracy.

Membership coordinator, Tracy, reported that the current membership stood at 174 members in good standing.

Programs chairman, Gary, reported that the August presentation would be a video compiled of several years worth of Field Day footage. September will be on NTS Traffic . October and November are open, but several leads are being pursued.

Under Training, Ed reported that he would be getting in contact with Wayne, W1QC, about possibly teaching another class this fall. Mike Graham, K7CTW, stated that he would be offering an upgrade program which will start in September. The series of classes will start with the upgrade to General, and other upgrade classes will follow. Anyone interested in these upgrade classes should contact Mike directly.

Activities chairman Neil, N1DMA, stated that he is in the process of coordinating a “Star Party” to take place at Haystack on October 28. Other possible activities he is working on include a night at Holman Stadium to the see the Nashua Pride play, a canoe trip, road rally, and a tour of the New Boston Tracking Center.

Old business: Follow up is needed with Mark, N1ZYZ about the Bowling Night which he was interested in organizing.

New business: The number of members necessary for a quorum at club meetings was raised. After long discussion, the board members agreed that they would recommend that Article 4 of the Constitution be amended to call for a figure of 15% of the membership be required for a quorum. This change will be brought up at the August meeting in the form of a written motion, and voting would take place by special ballot at the September meeting.

On a motion made by Chris, K1SI, and seconded by Tracy, N1WIR, the meeting was adjourned.

August 2nd Club meeting

The August meeting of the Nashua Area Radio Club was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Mike Graham, K7CTW, and introductions were made at that time.

There was no Classy Junque drawing.

Mike noted that Buzz, KA1OMJ, is doing better and appears to be in good spirits.

Programs chairman, Gary, W1GRY, announced the evenings video presentation. Awards were given for the presentation to Melissa Chevalier, Tracy, N1WIR, Jack, WB4MDC, and Don, K1EER.

Secretary, Chris, K1SI, had no correspondence.

In Mark’s absence, the Treasurer’s report was given by Mike, K7CTW. The current account balance was $3256.71.

Membership coordinator Tracy, N1WIR reported 177 members in good standing.

Activities chairman, Neil, N1DMA, is working on a possible trip to see the Nashua Pride baseball game, and needs commitments soon if group tickets are to be purchased. Neil also noted that the Star Party would take place on October 21 at 7 PM at Haystack. Neil will have an article in the next bulletin outlining upcoming activities and sharing ideas.

Programs chairman Gary, W1GRY, stated that the September meeting topic would be NTS Traffic Formatting presented by Mike, K7CTW and the October meeting would be PSK-31 presented by Dan, W1FX.

Under training, Ed, K2TE, reported that Mike, K7CTW would start an upgrade class in September and interested parties should contact him directly. Ed is also trying to organize a No-Code Tech class to take place in the November time frame. Ed will have more details to follow.

Old business: it was noted that the Field Day wrap-up meeting would take place August 7th, at Jim, WW1Y’s place at 3 PM.

New business: Mike, K7CTW, stated that a friend of Frank, N1DGQ, is looking to donate a 15 meter beam to the club. Mike also noted that the Mountanview Middle School in Goffstown is looking to get a Radio Club started and needs help. Contact Mike directly for more information.

The matter of Article 4 of the club Constitution was presented. It states that a minimum of 25% of the club membership shall constitute a quorum. It has been noted that this number is too high, and in recent months meetings may not have been reached. After President Mike Graham made this announcement, he stated that the Board of Directors, after much discussion had agreed that a fair number would be 15% and made that recommendation at that time. Lengthy discussion on the final number followed. A change to the Constitution requires a written motion be made, and a special ballot vote to follow at the next meeting. There was no quorum met at this meeting, so it will be re-addressed at the September meeting.

On a motion made by Don, KA1GOZ, and seconded by Dave, N1SUE, the meeting was adjourned at 8:25 PM.

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