Minutes of Summerside Amateur Radio Club Inc.

General Meeting

April 12, 2006

The President, VY2WRV, called the general meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. with 17 members and 1 guest present: VY2FF, VE1MTH, VE1EP, VY2DRS, Mary, VY2GIB, VY2WRV, VY2CGA, VY2GM, VE1ANS, VY2DS, VY2RU, VE1PEI, VY2WA, VY2RR, Lorna and Maria with special guest Cindy MacDougall.

The minutes of the last meeting were read. Moved by Ken VY2RU and seconded by Dave VY2DRS to approve the minutes as read. All in favor. Motion carried.

Business arising from the minutes: No Update.

Correspondence: Received a letter from the CNIB requesting support for this year’s campaign. Moved by Ken VY2RU and seconded by Gord VE1EO to donate $50.00 to the CNIB. All in favour. Carried.

Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s Report: No Update.

Repeater/Technical: We do not have to remove the antennas off the water tower during painting. Aliant is moving the paging equipment. Ken VY2RU is unsure if Aliant will be removing their antenna or not as they were also told to remove for painting.

City of Summerside Emergency Measures: No Update.

Added Agenda:

Bus Update: No Update.

Clubhouse: The dual band antenna has been installed on the roof of the clubhouse with a short run or RG-213 coax. The rotor cable was installed but the rotor is not working as the brake will not release.

Call Plates: The Charlottetown club is not interested in pursing a joint venture to cover the cost of redesigning the PEI Call Plate. It was mentioned to write a letter of the Minister of Transportation to have the fees waived for the public service that the Amateur operators provide.

New Business:

Emergency Plan: Dave VY2DRS will be attending a Basic Emergency Management Course to be held in Charlottetown on March 14, 15, 16. The course cost of $50.00 will be returned since we are a volunteer organization. Moved by Bill VY2FF and seconded by Adam VY2AA to allocate the $50.00 refund to Dave for travel expenses to the course. All in Favor. Carried.

Field Day: Douglas will work to procure food supplies for field day. Bill VY2FF will contact Belmont Park to make our reservation.

Membship Chair: Moved by Gib VY2GIB and seconded by Douglas VY2DS to appoint Gord VE1EO as the membership chairperson. All in favour. Carried. All renewals for memberships are to be directed to Gord. Also the old inactive names will be removed from the membership list.

Moved by Dave VY2DRS and seconded by Ken VY2RU. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.

George VY2GM and Cindy MacDougall gave presentations after the meeting with regards to emergency measures with the provincial government of Prince Edward Island. For more information you may visit their website at www.peiemo.ca.

Respectfully submitted,

Rodney Mann Club Secretary