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MAARS Club Meeting – November 8th, 2019
Attending: Ashley Benteman, KE0IQV
21 People in Attendance
Officer Reports:
President
N/A
Vice President
Nothing new to report
Treasurer
$2,575.05 o Cash in Hand $49.00, Checking Account $1,038.67, Repeater Fund $1,487.38 o Took in $405 ($330 dues & $95 repeater fund) o $11 in expenses of a book of stamps from petty cash o Future Expenses
K-Com for repeater work (~$240)
$36.00, Jan 2020 Tower rental
$92.00, Mar 2020 P.O. Box Rental per Year
$140.28, Jun 2020 Equipment insurance
Old Business:
Membership Dues
Annual memberships are due
Suzanne provided research for lifetime membership that are attached below. One sheet is the number of MAARS members since 1991. The other paper is membership fees of different organizations.
NRA may have a lifetime membership for older people that is half price. Constitution states that the club’s yearly dues are based on the standard operating procedure. The SOP can be changed by vote at the yearly meeting in November. Another possibility is to pay in advance for an amount of time. For example, 10 years at once for a total of $200.
o Motion was made to table yearly membership until next meeting where we will vote. This will allow everyone time to go over research.
New members have been receiving monthly prorated rate, but this is not in the SOP. o Jon motions that we adopt the prorated rates for new members, Mike & Mike second, vote passes unanimously
Batteries
Myron has more batteries and other goodies.
Officer Elections
Club President: Ryan Benteman
Vice President: Mike Asbury
Treasurer: Suzanne Asbury
Secretary: Bill Dickinson
Public Information Officer: Ashley Benteman o This position will have the duties of Facebook group, renting the library room for meetings and MAARS google group email
Motion to vote for the above ballot that was seconded and passed unanimously by vote
New Business:
Christmas Party
The club voted in acceptance of having our December meeting & Christmas Party at the Bamboo Buffet December 13th. Ashley will call to make the reservation. Repeater
The club’s 2-meter Master II repeater is down with controller problems. The club discussed options of fixing it or looking at replacements.
o If we move forward with fixing the Master II, then parts will be hard to find as well as people willing to service it.
o Our new fusion repeater does do analog; however, it will not perform well at the current site.
The original purpose of the repeater fund was unclear and discussed on whether it was for a new repeater or a fusion repeater. Yet there was a general agreement that some of the repeater fund could go to replacement of the Master II, since the fusion repeater is almost set up.
If we decide to replace the Master II, then we could sell it. There is a Riley County property tag on it, but Riley County Emergency Management gave it to MAARS. The repeater would probably be worth more as a working unit than for parts.
Jon gave a presentation about repeaters and someone that could sell us a Motorola Quantar repeater for $950. The costs of other parts that are needed and shipping makes the total for this Quantar around $1,450. There would be lots of advantages to using a Quantar. However, the deal is extremely time sensitive.
o Rock motions and Jeff seconds to move forward with this purchase. o In discussion the question came up of could this deal be too good to be true? Ryan and Ashley will quickly research the seller to make sure he is legitimate. o A vote was conducted on whether to move forward with the purchase contingent on verification through Ryan and Ashley’s research. Jon will also be the front man on this purchase. Club voted and motion is carried.