I. Call to Order by President, Ingo DL5AL at 7:03 PM.
II. Introductions & Upgrades
There were 1 Visitors present - KD8GDE Tom
The following call upgrades were announced:
Eddie N8RUE – Heart Bypass Surgery Successful
Minutes of the 16-OCT-07 meeting were not available.
IV. Treasurer’s Report
Joel WU8Y, our Treasurer, sent a report to Scott W1BIC to report, the total bank balance as of this meeting is $1606.65.
Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report by Dave WD8IFL and seconded by Eddie N8RUE. Motion passed.
V. Membership Report
No report given.
VI. Nets
Scott W1BIC reported low attendance lately and encouraged all members to check in.
VII. Club Liaison Report
No report
given.
VIII. Tech Committee Report
Jeff N8XN reported that the repeater both working ok. Scott W1BIC reported that with the assistance of Mike N5WCS, that the Echolink was tuned and is working very well.
IX. Old Business
Dave WD8IFL reminder the group that the antenna fund was still in need of additional funds and encouraged all members to consider a donation.
X. President's Remarks
Ingo opened the nominations for officers for 2008, the following Nominations were made:
President – Ingo DL5AL
Vice President – Kurt WU8V & Bob KZ8N
Treasurer – Joel WU8Y
Secretary – Bobby N8CY
Board Members (2) – Jeff N8XN & Bill W8WRB
Elections will be held at the December meeting.
XI. New Business
Scott W1BIC made a motion to contribute $200 to the church for the use of the room for 2008. Rich K8OX seconded the motion. After a brief discussion the motion passed unanimously.
The 50/50 raffle, was won by Larry Barker, who donated the winning share to the antenna fund.
The donations to the Coffee Fund by those present were $8.00.
XIII. Presentation – Search Dogs – Larry KD8CRA
Larry Barker and his search dog Alex gave a very interesting presentation and demonstration of how search dogs are trained and Alex found the sent in less than 30 seconds.
24 Members attended, and there were 1 Visitors.
Total Collections delivered to the Treasurer:
50/50
- 22.00
Antenna Fund - 22.00
Coffee Donations - 8.00
Total --
$ 52.00
XVI. Meeting adjourned at 9:05 PM. Motion by Dave WD8IFL, seconded by Kurt WU8V. Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Bicknell W1BIC,
Past President – GMARC
W1BIC@gmarc.org