February 5, 2007 minutes
--- President David, N2RDT, called the meeting to order at 7:37 PM in the CDF Burrell Fire Station
--- Attendees were Charlie AB6VS, Austin AB6VU, Vic AE6ID, George AE6KE, Trudy KC6NAX, Alex KC6TYG, Leon KD6FAQ, Cap KE6AFE, Mike KG6LPL, Bill KG6VMX, David N2RDT and Marc W6ZZZ
--- Visitors were Pete and Amber
Minutes From Last Month
--- Minutes from the December meeting were approved (there was no meeting in January)
Treasurer’s Report
--- Month end balance as of Jan 31 is 525.13, two month expenditures of 40.80 for telephone at the AB6VS repeater shack, report approved
--- A number of members paid their dues at the meeting ($25/year and $30/yr family)
AB6VS LPARC Repeater Equipment Report
--- There has been plenty of wind and the batteries are fully charged
General Business
--- David N2RDT and George AE6KE presented Trudy KC6NAX with a certificate for her many years of dedicated service to both the Loma Prieta ARC and Loma Prieta ARES
--- Trudy KC6NAX was given honorary lifetime membership in LPARC, approved
--- Cake (from Bobbi Norman) and sodas were had by all in celebration
--- LPARC will not hold a separate Field Day event in June 2007; we just don’t have enough attendees
--- Cap KE6AFE reminded us that Feb 24 will be Radiofest from 7AM to 2 PM over in Seaside, he recommends attending this event (details at HYPERLINK "http://www.radiofest.org" www.radiofest.org )
--- Alex invited us to use his KC6TYG repeater, which has excellent coverage on both the San Jose and Santa Cruz sides of the hill. 440.650 frequency and 94.8 pl.
--- David N2RDT gave a description of getting a domain and email reflector set up for LPARC using Google. A motion was approved for him to get this set up for the club’s benefit at a cost of $10/year. This is a great idea that could really help LPARC and its members.
AE6KE ARES Repeater Equipment Report
--- George AE6KE gave a report about the site survey at Pete’s place and will send out an email detailing the AE6KE repeater equipment move, which will happen on Feb 10 or Feb 17
--- The repeater will be located inside an existing building, thus saving ARES $300 or more for a shed
ARES
--- George AE6KE and Cap KE6AFE gave a report on Bill Dale, N2RHV, Santa Clara Valley Section Manager holding a meeting with all the ECs and DECs in his section
Net Control
--- 2/6 Austin AB6VU --- 2/13 George AE6KE (county)
--- 2/20 David N2RDT --- 2/27 TBD (county)
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.
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Submitted by Marc W6ZZZ, LPARC Secretary
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