KARC Board Minutes for March 6, 2007

Officers Present:

Charlie Chapman KB8SFR-President

Dave Nawatny KC8WLD- Vice President

Jim Gardner KI8HF– Treasurer

John Mathieson KC8ZTJ-Secretary

Don Verhage KC8OQM– Member at large

Ron Schubot N8CML – Member at large

Officers Absent:

Art Snapper NK8X– Technical Committee

Al Lewis W8JCY - Trustee

The KARC monthly Board meeting was held on March 6th, 2007 at the American Red Cross Chapter House in Kalamazoo at 7:00PM with the meeting called to order by the president Charlie Chapman.

Minutes from the last meeting were read and no changes noted. A Motion to approve the minutes was made by Don Verhage KC8OQM to approve the minutes and the motion was passed. Minutes approved included the minutes from the closing meeting for the previous board held the same evening.

Status for the 501-3C Status was discussed. The treasurer, Jim Gardner, has contacted the IRS to update our status and has found that we need to file a IRS 990 with the IRS indicating our income and assets. This should get our 501-3c status current. The grant for new digital equipment is pending an update by the IRS. He also reports that the treasury has $1715.60 in the general acct

$170.69 in the maintenance acct

$1000.00 in the education acct.

The President reports that there has been some interest in new ownership of the KARC NOAA transmitter, but that no commitments have been made and he will keep the club and board apprised of new developments.

The Vice President reported that the Air conditioner units for the NOAA transmitter have been paid for and that the units should arrive in town fairly soon. He notes that when they do, he and K8WPI JerB will proceed to install them. Dave also asked the board for additional funds to provide materials to install the units. A motion by Don Verhage was made to allow $100 for the expected expenses. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

Don Verhage made a suggestion that the Board make a Task calendar of events and deadlines for board members to follow.

Information on the Technician Class currently being held indicates that there are 5 people taking the class at present though this has not been confirmed by the instructors.

The Special Event station for the KARC anniversary was discussed and a date set for Aug 18^th, 2007. the event is scheduled to run about 12 hrs and be located at place to be determined and hopefully at the location of the original club site on East Campus at WMU. Frequencies were discussed along with modes and the number of operators. The club will host a website describing club history and possibly a qsl site as well.

Field day remains in the planning stages and Jim Keesler was asked if his wife could again coordinate the food preparation this year.

The 147.00 repeater continues to operate and technical staff are working on amplifier repair.

Ron Schubot brought up the Radio Room and getting it organized. He notes that he has an enclosed rack that might house much of the loose equipment in the room which would free up counter space for operators. He will look into this further and take some measurements.

Programs for the following year were discussed and plans made to have a program at each KARC meeting.

Report on progress for the Hamfest was discussed. Plans continue for the October event and a flyer is complete and ready to circulate. Early access was discussed also and it is not clear when we would access the night before for the vendors.

The board also discussed the the library and noted that Jim Keesler has been manning that post all along. It was suggested that we comb the club for a volunteer for librarian.

The radios at the Club station are not 60 meter ready and have not been set for the WARC bands either. It was suggested that the Technical Committee look into possibly getting them updated.

A motion was made by Dave Nawatny to close the meeting. The motion was supported and passed unanimously. The meeting was closed at 8:36PM

Respectively Submitted

John Mathieson

Secretary KARC