BAARC July Board Meeting – July 26, 2018
Present: Doug Bergsnev W0DWB, John Luce W0WY, Mitch Ahrenstorff AD0HJ, Mark Cross KE0LFQ, Al Doree W0RC, Shirley Doree K0DCW, Charles Lane W5CCL, Dave Schuldheisz K0ISZ
Absent: Ron Finger K0GOP, Steve Mott N0CRM, Lyle Amundson K0LFV
Secretary Report: Secretary absent; report not given. Membership is believed to be at 71.
Finance Report: Presented by Doug Bergsnev. Motion to approve as read by Mark Cross and Second by Dave, motion approved.
Upcoming Events:
- August 18, 2018 – August Picnic and Fox Hunt
BAARC Breakfast, followed by the Fox Hunt at 10 AM (Mitch will hide the Fox). The Potluck luncheon will be after the Fox Hunt.
- August 25, 2018 – Tailgate at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds
The event will go from 9 AM to 1 PM. There will be VE Testing available.
- August 26, 2018 – Triathlon
Mark will be the coordinator, he will need 9 volunteers for the event. The event will start at 6:30 AM.
- September 27, 2018 – The next BAARC Board and Member Meeting will be at the Fire Hall.
Meeting Notes:
The Board presented a plague in appreciation of the use of their conference room for or meetings.
Repaired the small trailer tire. There were 2 nails in it. The circuit breaker was replaced and ran all new wiring and grounding. The trailer will be kept at Al’s house until the fenced in area is cleaned up.
The High Rise is allowing ATT to upgrade their equipment to 5th Generation.
There is no new info on the EOC.
Remer is out for a while, possible new tower being built.
Mitch was instructed to look up the cost for Heliax and was given a $500.00 limit on the purchase.
We have received 2 new DR-2X.
The website is running slow, Mitch rebooted it but had no effect. He will see if Nick can check it out.
Charles made a motion to adjourn. The motion was 2nd by Doug and approved.
Submitted by Doug W0DWB