Draft Minutes of Arlington ARC Meeting - March 17, 2009
Draft Minutes of Arlington Amateur Radio Club Meeting of March 17, 2009 -
President Reed called the meeting to order at 7:38 PM. He stated that the Treasurer was absent. He assumed all members have paid their dues.
ARRL Report (Dennis) - New ARRL awards including the Triple Play have proved popular. The Triple Play is Worked All States in one of three modes: CW, Phone, or Digital. Other new awards were being created, as well as electronic checking of award submissions, which now included a digital compact disc, as well as paper QSL cards. The files for DXCC submissions were being electronically submitted for that award. The Log Book of the World has now about 200 million contacts entered.
Ms. Laura Smith, the new FCC person for amateur radio enforcement is taking her position seriously, and doing a good job at this time.
EnComm (Gary and Jim) - The ARRL Section (Virginia) has a new Section Emergency Coordinator and Public Information Coordinator (the same person). The Pentagon Amateur Radio Club is considering joining AARC for Field Day. The club’s antennas have been remarked and the batteries checked. It was noted that the club did not have any voltage boosters for the batteries, but that could be considered in the future.
It was noted that the club’s emergency power source remains the diesel generator, which has proven very reliable.
Up Coming Events - Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest at Timonium, Maryland March 28 and 29th. The Virginia QSO party would be Sunday, March 22 starting at 10:30 AM. (Contact Jack Reed).
Other Business - Dennis will print out mailing labels for new amateurs in Arlington for the club Secretary. The idea of a swap meet to help members dispose of older equipment was also raised. Randy will look into the idea of a club “face book”. Dennis will look at material available for education programs in the schools.
Members in attendance were: Ken WB4AKK, Gary KC4QCN, Dennis W4PWF, Mike NW3V, Arthur W4ART, Randy WB4MFJ, Jack K5OTZ, Mike KA8OPJ, Jack WA4FXX, and Jim K9AUC.
