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Meeting Minutes
The Call to order as made at 6:31pm.
A meeting of Manhattan Area Amateur Radio Society was held at Manhattan Public Library on 13 March 2020.
Elected Officers were in attendance.
Ryan Benteman, President
Mike Asbury, Vice President (Absent)
Suzanne Asbury, Treasurer (Absent)
Bill Dickinson, Secretary
Ashley, Bentemen, PIO
Attendance totals including officers was 13 members.
Approval of previous meeting minutes was presented at 6:35pm Reports
President. There was no report presented
Vice President. n/a
Treasurer. Report was delivered via email at a later date.
Secretary. Report is being presented now via list distribution. o This was a very abbreviated meeting due to the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak PIO. No report for Facebook postings or other social media outlets.
Tabled business none
Old notes still active
Motion was made to sell on the open market the Yaesu Analog repeater and Socomm Controller o Vote was presented to accept Motion.
o Motion accepted and passed by membership.
New business
The question was raised on what the costs will be to move and reinstall the Fusion repeater at the analog repeater site.
o Items listed were a new antenna and new feed line.
o What is projected target date for the move? Best guess was June 2020, but this may move again dependent of the current health crisis
What improvements are being also being anticipated for the APRS systems located at its current location?
o Raising the antenna, replacing the current antenna and replacing the feed line
Announcements
1. There has been some nationwide movement on providing online or social distanced VE sessions, due to the current health crisis. More to come on this as it continues to develop. 2. There was a discussion on a rotational schedule for the Saturday morning ham breakfast group, to include more people in the outlier areas of the club to attend these sessions 3. Mike Toepffer provided a narrative of his radio experiences, while travelling through the gulf coast states this winter.
This Friday’s meeting will be held via teleconferencing and also on the 147.255 repeater
Motion for Adjournment
Motion made by Ryan at 6:50pm o Motion presented
Motion carried, and meeting closed
Bill Dickinson
Secretary
04/08/202
Bill,
Date of approval