MEETING MINUTES
Board of Directors – April 2, 2024
In attendance via Zoom: Adam (KD9NYE), Rob (KD9DBQ), Scott (K9XJT), Ben (KD9RYH), Tom (W8NWG), Rich (K9RCS), Jake (K9LE), Tanya (KD9YPM), Darren (KD9HZZ), Casey (KC9IH)
7:18p on April 2, 2024, call to order by club president Ben
Treasurer’s report from Tanya:
- $2,337.91 in checking
- $33.92 in savings
- $7657.32 in money market
- $379 in square
- Unable to access PayPal account at this time
- No checks written in last month
- Tanya will be going to CEFCU tomorrow morning to regain access to our account login
Rob makes a motion to accept, Tom seconds. Accepted.
Approval of last month’s meeting minutes:
- Tom makes a motion to accept Bandbits for April, with Darren seconding. All are in favor.
Old business:
- None
New business:
- Ben says that he’d like to see a membership committee formed, along with a web presence committee and an activities committee. Jake especially agrees with the membership and activities committee ideas, since he remembers how difficult it was as a new ham to get going with the club. Darren says that it would spread workloads out, too.
- Ben asks Jake if he’d like to head a membership committee… and he is on board. Ben will also ask the general membership at the next meeting how they’d like to get more involved. Rich says that he’d be happy to work with Jake on the activities committee. Ben reminds all that these committees don’t have to be a specific size, nor is someone only allowed to participate in just one.
- Ben asks Scott if he’d like to lead a learning/teaching committee – and he’s on board. Darren mentions that we have a whole bunch of parts for tape-measure yagis already at the Red Cross.
- Jake mentions really wanting to do a club POTA event soon. We’d need to find some of our bandpass filters to make it easier for more people to operate at the same time. Or maybe we even split up to several area parks simultaneously.
- The committee members and leaders aren’t the same as board members… but it would be a great development path for future club leadership.
- A Discord channel made by one of our club members (Tony, KD9ZXH) has been taking off. 11 people are on it as of today. We should see if he’s interested in being a part of the proposed communications committee. https://discord.gg/mcn6cAkW
- We’re still trying to regain control of w9uvi.org… Wayne, who originally registered the domain for us long ago, will check and see if he still has access and can transfer to us. In the meantime, we have w9uvi.com and w9uvi.net to get us by.
- Deb has stepped down from the Superfest committee, and Adam is stepping down from his secretary role due to time constraints. Former president Justin said a week ago that he’ll be taking a break from the club.
Repeater committee from Tom:
- Tom is still in negotiations with a future repeater site north of Peoria but doesn’t have anything yet to share publicly.
- Jake is hoping to check on how our Glasford repeater site is doing now that we’ve filled up the water in our backup battery, but he hasn’t had a chance yet. Ben thinks he can meet out there tomorrow afternoon with Tom and Jake.
Superfest committee from Darren:
- He’ll call Jason about the other signs we need (50-50, etc.)
- All mailings are ready to go out for flea market spots that are already sold. He’s still trying to get ahold of one guy that only left his name and no other info.
- He’ll deliver Don Bell’s tickets in person and will take more tickets to a Woodford breakfast to sell.
- KD9IPO reached out about doing a presentation at this year’s Superfest. Darren said we had a spot available on Sunday at 10:30 and he said that was fine. It’ll be about different ham awards and the challenges of getting them. Saturday is pretty much filled up with forums and now so is Sunday.
- Sign-up sheets and tickets will be available at our next club meeting.
- Links for Superfest need to be updated on our website due to temporarily changing domain names.
Last note: Ben expresses his gratitude for all the hard work of the board… 7:56 p.m., we adjourn!
- Submitted by Adam Gerik, KD9NYE
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Membership Meeting – April 9, 2024 Bartonville American Legion
Called to Order at 7:03 p.m. by President Ben Knapp
Roll Call – 23 present
Treasurer’s Report: Expenditures – $155.44 for replacement repeater backup battery; $56 for 501(c)(3) legal fees. Revenue – $305 Deposit; $3,443.77 in Checking; $3,392 in Savings; $7,655.32 in Money Market. Motion to accept Tom Hunt, Second Jake Walters. Passed
Old Business: Ben Knapp addressed rumors from members. He also talked about the web site domain names. We hope to restore w9uvi.org. Currently w9uvi.com and w9uvi.net are now owned by the club and are active. He also disucsssed that the club is working on ZIRS 501 (c)(3) nonprofit status. Finally he asked for membership help with various Board positions and committees.
Committee Reports: Midwest Superfest – Darren Weir brought tickets for distribution to members and sign up sheets for various jobs.
Repeater Committee – Tom Hunt and Jake Walters discussed new battery installation, efforts to link repeaters and the possibility of using the Dunlap Fire Station #2 tower.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:37 p.m. and turned over to Scott, K9XJT for a demonstration of satellite radio.
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MIDWEST SUPERFESTTM
Our hamfest is about four months away and things are coming together, but we still have members tickets to pass out. We will have them at all club meetings
We need volunteers, including shuttle drivers, gate sales and traffic directors for Saturday and Sunday.
More importantly, we need volunteers Thursday the 19th so we can lay out the flea market spaces and the 20th helping set up tables.
Door prizes are starting to roll in, including items from MFJ, Nat Comm Group, The Wireman, Mastrant, Arrow Antenna, DX Engineering, RT Systems and Baofeng Tech.
There will be a dinner Saturday night at 7pm at Grecian Gardens for all who want to attend, If you plan on coming please send email and let us know.
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PEORIA COUNTY ARES
Amateur radio operators use their training, skills, and equipment to provide communications during emergencies, When All Else Fails®.
May 1, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
May 8, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
May 15, ARES Monthly Meeting via Zoom, 7:00 PM
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: kd9anu@arrl.net
Winlink: kd9anu@winlink.org
Cell: 309-256-4272
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APRIL NET LOGS
4/7
KD9RYH W8NWG K9XJT KD9ANU W9WGN KD9QQU KD9VRW K9HJZ KD9YPM KC9IH NP2WJ K9OBI KD9YER W9JDP K9TNT N9NDF KD9PXZ KD9JXR KB9ATO N9WFT KD9IVV KD9AER KD9WVP KD9ZKZ KD9WLD KB9SF KD9SPI KD9STL K9RCS K9LE AA9MK KD9YWB N9GZ KC9ZWR N9ASP KD9MPI KD9WRX KB0OGS N9SL KD9ERS Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
4/14
K9LE W8NWG KD9AER W9WGN K9OBI K9HJZ KD9YPM KD9IBC KC9IH KD9VAN KD9ERS K9TNT W9JDP N9NDF NM0O KD9PXZ KB9ATO KD9IVV KD9JXR KD9RJH N9WFT KD9ZKZ NP2WJ KB9SF KD9WLD KD9YEB WF9E K9RCS KD9WVP KD9MPI W9ODO KD9QQU N9GZ K9QZ N9ATF KD9WRX KD9NYE W9WTF K9UQF KD9STL KD9YER K9QQT Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
4/21
KD9RYH KD9ANU W8NWG K9LE KD9QQU KD9WRX W9WGN WD9EB KD9IBC NP2WJ KD9YPM KC9IH KD9WVP K9XJT K9HJZ K9TNT KD9JXR KB9ATO NM0O KD9PXZ AA9MK N9WFT KD9ZKZ WF9E KD9NYE KD9YWB/AE KB9SE K9QZ KD9WLD/AE KD9STL N9ASP K9UQF KB9SF K9RCS KD9ERS N9GZ Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
4/28
K9LE W9WGN K9HJZ NP2WJ KD9HZZ W9JDP K9TNT N9NDF NM0O KD9PXZ AA9MK W8NWG KD9ZXZ KD9AER KD9WLD/AE KD9RJH KD9VIN KC9ZWR KD9QQU KD9WVP N9WFT KD9YWB KD9STL KD9IVV KB9SF KD9JXR K9RCS WF9E KD9IBC K9UQF KB9ATO N9GZ KC9IH K9XJT KD9NYE Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
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MAY CLUB EVENTS
May 1 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
May 7 – 7:00 p.m. – Board Meeting – details TBA
May 8 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Net on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
May 14 – 7:00 p.m. – Membership Meeting: TBA – Bartonville American Legion, 4501 S Airport Rd, Bartonville. All are welcome.
May 15 – 700 p.m. – ARES Meeting – details TBA
May 28 – 7:00 p.m. – Superfest Meeting – details TBA
Check w9uvi.org for last minute changes or additions
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