Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association (NIRAA/W0MG) Meeting Minutes, Nov 2015 The November 2015 meeting of the NIRAA Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur's Association was called to order at the Cedar Falls Brown Bottle, at 7:06 pm on November 14, 2015 by Mark Colby / N8TWO. We had 18 members (15 ARRL) and 5 guests, for a total of 23 in attendance. Last month's meeting minutes were approved as emailed, though were brief due to us not having a quorum present for the October meeting. Treasurer's report of $885.47 was accepted This month's meeting was very short and consisted only of elections and brief discussion of changing of treasurer duties, due to Scott taking a new job (congrats!) that will not give him sufficient time or availability to continue as club treasurer. Elections went swiftly, with Dave running unopposed to take over as club treasurer with Scott's departure, all other officers (including Stan's board position) also ran unopposed for re-election. President: Mark Colby N8TWO) (n0cf/w0hhf) Vice President: Curt Wilson NK0T (n0hhf/w0hhf) Treasurer: Dave Knittel (n0cf/n0zyc) Seretary: Nate Fisher (N0ZYC) (n0cf/n0tkc) Board Director 2/3: Stan Johnson (n0cf/dick) The meeting was adjourned early for everyone to enjoy dinner. Additional discussion was initially planned to follow dinner but no urgent business emerged and no additional club related discussions were held. We are actively exploring options for a permanent change of meeting location (and possibly the same place for VE testing), with major focus on the TechWorks building. We are arranging to visit the facilities and discuss hosting arrangements in the next several weeks. At this time there has been NO change to arrangements and we will continue to meet at the EOC building on Newell St until new arrangements are finalized. CALENDAR -------- Regular events: - ARES net check-in is at 9pm every Sunday night, on 146.94/34 - hams meet informally at 9am every Monday morning at HyVee on University Ave - hams meet informally at 12pm every Tuesday for Taco Tuesday at Taco John on University Ave - Iowa Digital Net runs every Tues night at 7pm on 3572.5 / 3574 ctr USB Upcoming Events: - surprisingly, there's nothing on the short term calendar to report at this time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The NIRAA club meets on the 2nd Saturday of every month, currently at the EoC, 1925 Newell St, Waterloo. Anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to attend. Our primary club repeater is on 146.94 mhz, negative offset, PL tone of 136.5 hz, with coverage centered in Black Hawk County. Officers may be contacted over the air or via email: President, Mark Colby, N8TWO, pres(a)w0mg.net Vice President, Curtis Wilson, NKØT, vp(a)w0mg.net Secretary, Nathan Fisher, NØZYC, sec(a)w0mg.net Treasurer, Dave Knittel, K0CQH, treas(a)w0mg.net Director, Chris Conklin, NØCF, dir1(a)w0mg.net Director, Stan Johnson, WØSJ, dir2(a)w0mg.net Director, Tom Bicket, AEØTB, dir3(a)w0mg.net Members in attendance at this month's meeting: Nathan Fisher Harold Lucas Mark Colby Taryn Colby Tom Bicket Vicki Bicket Michael Chapman Chris Conklin Chuck Angel Rose Angel Stan Johnson Lois Johnson Dick Nelson Judy Nelson Al Jones Craig Hundley Curt Wilson Dave Knittel Guests: Robby Lucas Maureen Mehmen Jed Anderson Bonnie Nelson Allison Sherridan - Nathan Fisher Secretary, W0MG You're receiving these meeting minutes because you have given the NIRAA club your email address for minutes or announcements. If you no longer wish to receive email, please reply requesting removal from one or both distribution lists.