Members Present:

Guests Present:
Debi (no call)
Mike (W4JZZ)

Bob called the meeting to order at 6:43 pm.
Introductions were then made and then the usual what we been doing on amateur radio discussion followed. The members reported not much activity from them on the radio.

Jacob read the minutes from the previous meeting taken by Wayne. A motion to accept the minutes as read was made by George and seconded by Wilson. Motion carried.

Treasurer Report:
A $625.00 check was deducted and a service charge too.
Wayne reports $776.96 in bank. A motion to accept the report as read was by Mary Ann and seconded by Pat. Motion carried.

Repeater Report:
George reported forty-two check-ins last month. It is still working well he reported. The discussion of having two nets was brought up due to people being late to the net on net night. The mention of having a simplex net was also brought up. Tuesday night @ 7pm was the day and time brought to the table. The simplex net was set for each week with the backup repeater NCS calling that net. The frequency is set for 146.565 MHz. We will come up with a preamble for this new net. The new net will start this coming week. The members accepted the simplex net be held on the said date, time, frequency, and NCS.

There were no membership applications.

Old Business:
Purchased the new antenna, but have not put it up yet. Bob has gotten permission from the utilities board guy that he was talking to, but there is a capitalization issue with them. They want to charge us rental fee of a dollar for three months. They want to have an option to put their items back up if they needed to. This will get us on top of the tower and cut the shadow toward Andalusia theoretically. Motion made by Tip to enter into a lease with Opp Utilities Board for use of feed line, space, and etc at the site. Seconded by George. Motion carried.

Field day was put off due to its chairperson not being at meeting.

Fox hunt status from Tip is that it is still pending.

New Business:
Tabled Harold Todd’s membership status till confirmation from Wayne of if he is a member or not at next business meeting.
We are still having the pot luck the 19th and testing session too. We plan on using the pavilion at the lake if it’s not in use at the time. We then discussed what each person was going to bring to this pot luck or as some called it the cook out.  

An EchoLink program was given by Bob with help from Jacob & Wayne.

Motion to adjourn made by Pat and seconded by George. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 7:56pm.