Dec 01, 2016 LPARC Minutes
Attendees:
Bert Bailey, KG6MBA, Vice President
Gary Watson, K6PDL, ARES EC
John Yontz, KA6HCG, Member
Ron Morin, KK6YZU, Secretary
Austin Lesea, AB6VU, President
Bill Rose, KG6VMX, Treasurer
David Katinsky, N2RDT, Member
Penny Allen, Member
Introductions
Austin called the meeting to order at 7:05PM.
Meeting Minutes
Nov. 03 meeting minutes were reviewed and approved
Treasurer’s Report
Bill reported that the club current balance is $840.23 + $195.00 collected in dues at the meeting for a total of $1,035.23
Dues are due at the end of this year: $25.00 individual / $30.00 family
Nets
06 Dec16 Bert
13 Dec16 Austin
20Dec16 Dave
27 Dec16 Austin (*)
03Jan17 John
(*) Austin may need a back-up for this date, depending on his availability
Equipment
AE6KE repeater is working fine.
After investigating the status of AB6VS repeater, it was discovered that a mouse got inside the VXR-7000 unit and chewed through 3 critical wiring harnesses. 2 replacement harnesses have been located and the 3rd harness will need to be rebuilt from scratch. The projected repair cost is $295.00. Currently the lead time for the parts to rebuild the 3rd wiring harness is not known. The unit is with Red Dog Radios in Louisville, CO.
At some point in the future the AB6VS repeater will be renamed to AB6VU – everyone will need to reprogram this repeater into their amateur radios. More information to come.
Bert handed out 6 keys to the cabinet in the school building.
Bert and John placed the cabinet in the school building and installed the 2 antennas on the roof.
Work party request - Dec. 3rd – Saturday, 10:00am, meet at the school at the corner outside of the Gym building1.
Route cables for antennas on roof to cabinet
Set up a packet station and voice station
Start storing equipment in the locked cabinet
ARES EC Report
Gary provided the existing ARES Handbook to Austin who converted it to a format that can be edited and updated.
President’s Report
• N/A
Training
Bert to provide upcoming discussions on: Activation, Call-up and Incident Command System
Bert provided a training on Digital Multimeters to the attendees
New Business
Nominations for 2017: All positions were approved and will start their new roles starting January.
President – Bert
VP – John
Secretary – Ron
Treasurer – Bill
EC – Gary
Floating Board Member – Dave
Past President – Austin
Updating AARL Club information – Dave volunteered
Updating Net Control script – Dave volunteered
Old Business
Issue a new phone tree – Gary volunteered – (in process)
Editing and updating the ARES Handbook – Gary volunteered – (in process)
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 07:47 PM.