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MAARS Club Meeting – 9 Dec 2016 Bamboo Buffet, Manhattan, KS Meeting commenced: 6:45 Meeting concluded: 7:23
Attending:
Ashley Benteman – KE0IQV
Officer Reports
President –
VP Report –
Treasurer – $872 in account.
Committee reports:
Repeater committee o Dave is trying to contact Justin to work on repeater but he is currently in Colorado.
Field Day o
Bluemont park on the hill
Information sent in to Jenny for approval.
One approved, need consider restrooms or reservation for portapotty Jim may be able to reserve Pottawatamie Count CERT camper
Special event station @ Ft. Riley – still working on event timing o No news.
Old Business
Test Sessions for next year o Second Saturday in Feb, May and September o Engineering Building
Location of the next meeting o Library has presentation resources, can bring in food and drink, but have to be out before 8. o Ashley will reserve the Library auditorium for Jan and Feb meetings. o We may have meeting and have coffee & food after.
New Business
Technician training class may need to consider different class material source Community Involvement (discuss in January):
o Jamboree on the Air with Boy Scouts.
Jim will try contacting Bill that he has worked with before. Myron also has been contact by Boy Scouts for a presentation o Bike Rides
Cabin Fever (not sure if it is taking place)
Casa (didn’t have an event this year but could next year) Good experience because Casa covers so much ground Weekly Nets, Tues @ 8. We have been doing third party messaging. We do an exercise or have a conversation about technical/practical things. More participation, the better! o Consider a news line: QSP o If you check into other nets like the Saturday night K-link net, put the word out there for our net. They can connect through Echolink.
o Consider operating over K-Link
Weather Amateur Radio Net o Weather spotting, not chasing o March fourth in Lawrence will be a weather training class o There will also be a weather training class through NOAA in Manhattan around March o Verify dates and publicize