Minutes of Summerside Amateur Radio Club Inc.

General Meeting

January 12, 2005

The President, VY2WRV, called the general meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. with 20 members present: VY2WRV, VE9JK, VE1PEI, VY2FF, VY2EUV, VY2DRS, VY2RG, VY2RU, VY2GIB, VY2ANZ, VY2IS, VE1EO, VY2AA, VY2WA, VY2CGA, VY2ROC, VY2CK, VY2SS, VY2LI and VY2EFA.

The minutes of the last meeting were read. Moved by Bob VY2RG and seconded by Dave VY2DRS to approve the minutes as read. All in favor. Motion carried.

Business arising from minutes: Greg Gaudet from the City of Summerside has the pricing for new batteries and chargers.

Correspondence: Received a donation request from the CNIB looking for support. Moved by Wayne VY2WA and seconded by Real VY2ROC to donate $50.00 to the CNIB. All in Favour. Motion carried. Received the Annual return for Non-Profit companies. Rodney VY2CGA will complete and return.

Treasurer’s Report: Yvan VY2EUV presented an updated treasurer’s report as of December 31, 2004 to all those in attendance. Moved by Yvan VY2EUV and seconded by Bob VY2RG approve report. All in favor. Motion carried. As a note the bank account is being moved from the TD to the Credit Union.

Committee Reports:

Repeater/Technical: The repeaters are having a problem with the UHF link antenna at the Water Tower. Ken has co-phased yagis for sale for $100.00, which will correct the problem. Moved by Gib VY2GIB and seconded by Wayne VY2WA to purchase the co-phased UHF antennas from Ken for $100.00. All in favour. Motion carried. VY2TNC is off the air. The TNC will need to be replaced. Wendell VY2CC has a TNC to replace it with and needs to rewire, as old wiring is bad.

City of Summerside Emergency Measures: Wayne took the mobile-base radio to the clubhouse. Dave VY2DRS inquired about where the “club” sits on the City’s emergency call-out list and what are our required duties. Wayne VY2WA shall set up a meeting with Greg at the City to discuss.

Added Agenda:

Bus Update: The bus is parked in the lot behind the clubhouse at the back of the electrical yard.

Abegweit Award Update: Richard VY2WRV met with Bill Perry VY2BP of the Charlottetown club and it was agreed to dissolve the Abegweit Award account and split the proceeds. Charlottetown received $800.00 from the fund. It was agreed by the two clubs that the Summerside club will continue to administer the Abegweit Award.

EchoLink: Ken VY2RU has the old Micor from the water tower. He also received an old Micor repeater from Brad VE1ZX and Lorne VE1BXK. He will see if one repeater can be made out of the two. The EchoLink system will be setup on a stand-alone repeater on its own frequency, as our present link radios will not handle continuous duty. The repeater will be housed at the clubhouse. Wendell VY2CC has agreed to sell the EchoLink interface board with cables for $80.00. Moved by Bill VY2FF and seconded by Wayne VY2WA to purchase EchoLink interface board with cables from Wendell for $80.00. 19 for…1 against. Motion Carried.

Christmas Dinner: The Christmas dinner went over well with 52 people in attendance. A special thanks goes out to Gib VY2GIB for organizing the meal.

Website: Rodney VY2CGA also has access to the website and some pages have been updated.

New Business:

Clubhouse: Wayne inquired that the club should contact the City to get permission to erect a tower at the clubhouse and install antennas. Also George VY2GD has cabinets to donate to the club for use in the clubhouse.

RAC Insurance: Yvan VY2EUV noted that RAC members and Clubs who are RAC members receive for free a $5 million liability insurance policy for amateur related incidents. More information is available on their website www.rac.ca

Call Books: Yvan VY2EUV will bring the remainder of the call books to the clubhouse so that they will be send and possibly sold quicker.

Moved by Ella VY2PEI and seconded by Dave VY2DRS to Adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Rodney Mann

Club Secretary