Chester County Amateur
Radio Club
Meeting Minutes
January 19th, 2012
The meeting
was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President
Richard (Dick) Heismann. In attendance were Richard
and Martha England, Joe Newton, Don Taylor, Scott
Edwards, James Webb, Darlene and Jimmy Collins, and
Sue and Joe Loucka.
Dick started the meeting by
stating that interest in the club has been waning.
Attendance is low, there is a lack of participation
and he questioned whether we should shut down the
club or put it on hiatus for a period of time. Then
he opened the meeting to discussion of our options
for the future of the club. Richard England
suggested we hold quarterly meetings. Joe pointed
out that in order to continue to offer VE Testing
the club needs to remain in operation. Sue reported
that she’d checked with the bank and that inactivity
on the account would not incur fees that would eat
away at our treasury. There was some discussion as
to the day of our meetings. Some members report work
and other conflicts with Thurday meetings.
After much discussion it
was decided to try quarterly meetings and to change
the meetings to the 3rd Monday of each
quarter.
The next meeting will be an
eating meeting on April 16th at 6:00 at
the Pinson Church of Christ. The club will purchase
the meat. Everyone is asked to bring a dish to pass.
Sue said she would post it to the mailing list.
Sue brought up the fact
that our elections are usually held at the May
meeting with the new officers taking over the first
of June. It was decided that since there would be no
meeting in May to hold off on the elections until
the July 16th
meeting.
Joe stated that he wanted
to build an upgraded interface for the repeater. The
one currently in use is a temporary prototype that
he installed over a year ago. Cost of the upgrade
would be between $50 and $100. He also said that he
would like to purchase a back-up battery for the
repeater at a cost of $20. Don Taylor motioned to
accept Joe’s offers, Richard England seconded and
the motion was passed.
The meeting was adjourned
at 8:21pm.
Sue Loucka
Secretary
