TARC Meeting Minutes for November 8th 2018

Good evening everyone!

It’s that time already. Meeting time club officer election time as well. Our next meeting is this Thursday. We’ll hope to see many of you there! The meeting minutes from last time are both attached in PDF format and pasted below.

Totah Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

November 8, 2018

Club Officers

President Dave K5AVO

Vice President Bill KK5ZH

Secretary Scott KG5VBX

Treasurer Bobbie N5XDQ

Trustees

Ryan KG5RGN 3yrs remaining

Paul NM5PH 2yrs remaining

Paul KE5FBN 1yrs remaining

NEXT MEETING OF THE TARC IS December 13, 2018 At Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64)

Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm of most months at the Farmington Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64).

The meeting was called to order by Dave K5AVO, at 19:30.

There were 9 attendees.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer’s report for was read by Bobbie N5XDQ.

October, 2018

Beginning Balance $3154.64

Income:

Interest $0.02

Ending Balance $3154.66

Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report made by Bill Seconded by Paull, Motion Passed.

Secretary’s Report

Motion made by Dave to accept the minutes as posted, Seconded by Bill, Motion Passed.

Old Business:

  • Road Cleanup 10 bags were collected. Thanks for all those who helped out!
  • Subject 1 – Devin is back in town, welcome back!
  • Christmas Party Dave is unable to host. Anyone who is able is welcome to take that over. We might cancel, but Devin might offer to host if he can. He will check on that and the date.
  • Road Apple Rally Went Well without problems. Paull stated that we had no function being at the event. The event staff already knew all information before we relayed. The event staff had county radios and cell phones. The county had a dispatcher in the command center. We used to do many events, but since cellphones have become popular we are doing fewer.

New Business

  • New years brunch Jan 5th at the Walkers’
  • Election of Officers Dave will not be volunteering to be president and Bobbie is offering her job to anyone who wants it. Voting.
  • We would like to encourage our new members to vote and/or volunteer for offices.
  • Insurance Insurance needed to be paid. Devon motioned to pay it and Donnie Seconded. The motion passed.
  • Testing – We don’t know when the next testing session and Donnie hasn’t been able to get a hold of the club in Durango December 8th 1pm in Durango @ Christ the King Lutheran Church.

Motion to adjourn made by Bill and seconded by Devin, motion passed at 7:59pm

Fall 2018 Highway Cleanup

The fall 2018 Highway cleanup was a success. We collected 10 bags and got our small stretch of highway back into shape. Thanks to all those who were involved!

TARC Meeting Minutes for October 11th, 2018

Last month’s meeting was a bit sparse and informal compared to what our meetings normally are, but it was still productive. Sorry for posting the minutes later than normal.

Don’t forget to join us on November the 8th for our next meeting!

Click here for the PDF, or simply read the plain text below:

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Totah Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

October 11, 2018

Club Officers

President Dave K5AVO

Vice President Bill KK5ZH

Secretary Scott KG5VBX

Treasurer Bobbie N5XDQ

Trustees

Ryan KG5RGN 3yrs remaining

Paul NM5PH 2yrs remaining

Paul KE5FBN 1yrs remaining

NEXT MEETING OF THE TARC IS November 8, 2018 At Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64)

Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm of most months at the Farmington Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64).

In the absence of both the president and vice president The meeting was held in an informal manor at 19:30.

There were 7 attendees.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer’s report for was read by Bobbie N5XDQ.

September, 2018

Beginning Balance $ 3154.58

Income:

August Interest $ .03

September Interest $ .03

Ending Balance $ 3154.64

A corrected Treasurer’s report for August was also presented by Bobbie N5XDQ and reads as follows:

August, 2018

Beginning Balance $ 3174.58

Expense:

Reimburse Dave

Jordan for park

$20

Ending Balance $ 3154.58

New Business:

  • Testing Donnie will find out about testing so that we cn determine the next time and place which would be good.
  • Highway Pickup The Highway pickup will be on the 27th at about 9am after breakfast.
  • Pot Luck There will be a pot luck at 9am on January 5th.
  • Election Election of club officers will be held during the December meeting.

TARC Meeting Minutes for September 8th, 2018

The last meeting and tailgate were fun. The minutes are below in both plain text and PDF format.

Anyone wanting to help with the Road Apple Rally this year please contact Bobbi, N5XDQ.

Don’t forget to meet us on September 8th for our next meeting!

Click here for the PDF version of the minutes

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Totah Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

September 8th, 2018

Club Officers

President Dave K5AVO

Vice President Bill KK5ZH

Secretary Scott KG5VBX

Treasurer Bobbie N5XDQ

Trustees

Ryan KG5RGN 3yrs remaining

Paul NM5PH 2yrs remaining

Paul KE5FBN 1yrs remaining

NEXT MEETING OF THE TARC IS October 11th, 2018 At Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64)

Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm of most months at the Farmington Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64).

The meeting was called to order by Dave K5AVO, at 10:30.

There were 11 attendees.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer’s report for was created by Bobbie N5XDQ and read by Scott KG5VBX.

August, 2018

Beginning Balance $3179.58

Income:

Interest $??? (No bank statement was available before meeting)

Expense:

Dave Jordan (Reservation for park) $ 20

Ending Balance (Approximate) ~$3159.58

Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report made by Don KJ5GQ Seconded by Bill KK5ZH, Motion Passed.

Secretary’s Report

Motion made by Darryl KE0PX to accept the minutes as posted, Seconded by Sturge WA5K, Motion Passed.

3 New members Casey Spigner, Bobby Spigner, and Alan Moraza (All without callsigns as of yet) were voted into the club unanimously. A welcome email will be sent so that they know.

Old Business:

  • Road Apple Rally Since we have Lost Doug and Betty, we need any volunteers we can get If you are able and willing to volunteer then please get in touch with Bobbi by October 6th.
  • Duke City Hamfest The Duke city Hamfest will be 21st-23rd at the Isletta Casino.

New Business

  • New Years Get Together A date will be discussed soon. Sarah KD5SPX and Don KG5GQ were gracious enough to volunteer to host the event.
  • Christmas Get Together A date will be discussed soon for a Christmas Get Together at Northside Church of Christ.

A motion to adjourn was made at 10:54 by Bill KK5ZH, and seconded by Paul KE5FBN

TARC Meeting Minutes for August 9th, 2018

The last meeting was productive and the minutes are below in both plain text and PDF format. Don’t forget to meet us on Saturday September the 8th for a fun tailgate picnic and meeting!

Click here for the PDF version of the minutes

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Totah Amateur Radio Club
Meeting Minutes
August 9th, 2018

Club Officers
President Dave K5AVO
Vice President Bill KK5ZH
Secretary Scott KG5VBX
Treasurer Bobbie N5XDQ

Trustees
Ryan KG5RGN 3yrs remaining
Paul NM5PH 2yrs remaining
Paul KE5FBN 1yrs remaining

NEXT MEETING OF THE TARC IS at the tailgate picnic on September 8th, 2018. The tailgate will be located at Upper Rio Vista Park just off of Huntzinger Ave in Farmington. Please see https://www.totaharc.org for a map.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm of most months at the Farmington Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64).

The meeting was called to order by Dave K5AVO, at 19:30.

There were 13 attendees.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer’s report for was read by Bobbie N5XDQ.
July, 2018
Beginning Balance $3159.56
Income:
Dues $15.00
Interest $00.02

Ending Balance $3174.58

Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report made by Bill KK5ZH, Seconded by Paul KE5FBN, Motion Passed.

Secretary’s Report

The secretary posted the minutes on the website, but still needs to email them out. Motion made by Bobbie N5XDQ to accept the minutes as posted, Seconded by Tom Harper N0MKC, Motion Passed.

Old Business:

    • Tailgate in Albuquerque – There will be a tailgate in Albuquerque. Come early

 

    • Tailgate in Farmington – Bring food to share and stuff to sell! Our tailgate is being planned for September 8th, which is the Saturday after Labor Day weekend, at Upper Rio Vista Park. Dave has made a reservation for 10am – 2pm – Our September club meeting should be at that time and place as well. A map will be posted on our website.

 

    • Park reservation – In order to reserve the park for our tailgate $20 for Dave K5AVO paid $20. A motion to reimburse the $20 was made by Bobbie N5XDQ and seconded by Bill KK5ZH and passed.

 

    • Duke City Ham Fest – The Duke City Ham Fest will be September 21st to 23rd at Isleta Casino

 

    • There will be hams there from four states.

 

    • Some folks from Durango will be staying at the same place as last year.

 

    • Reservations can be made at the casino.

 

    • VE Testing – We will do another test next month – There will be more information on this soon.

 

    Road apple Rally – The Road Apple Rally will be held on the 1st Saturday in October – we will be stationed on the route in the glade and use the local area repeaters. This event usually goes from about 7am to about 12pm at the latest.

New Business

    • New applications – There are 3 new applications (Bobby Spigner, Alan Moraza, Casey Spigner) and we will vote on them next month.

 

    Highway Cleanup – Lee will be leaving and we will need someone to take over the hwy cleanup. The next cleanup should be somewhere near the time change, possibly mid-October. We will Pick a weekend next month to pick up trash. Trying to call the state is hard. Lee, last time, mailed the report to them.

A motion to adjourn was made by Bill KK5ZH and seconded by Ryan KG5RGN and passed.

TARC Meeting Minutes for July 12th, 2018

We had a good meeting this month. The minutes are attached below. I hope that everyone is doing well and that we will see many of you at the meeting Thursday August 9th, 2018 at 7:30pm. We will hope to see you there!

There are a few events coming up including:

  • HAM License testing sessions this Saturday, July 28th, in Durango and August 11th in Pagosa Springs.
  • A Tailgate will be taking place on September 8th , which is the Saturday after Labor
    Day weekend, at Upper Rio Vista Park in Farmington.
  • The Road Apple Rally will take place on October 6th. Contact Bobbie N5XDQ for more info.
  • The Duke City Ham Fest is scheduled for September 21st – 23rd at Isleta Pueblo Casino.

2018-07-12 Meeting Minutes

TARC Meeting Minutes for May 10, 2018

Hello Everyone! We had a good meeting this month. Don’t forget to mark your calendars with these events:

  • On June 2nd there will be a get together/tailgate on the patio at the fairgrounds in Durango.
  • There will be a picnic in September
  • There is a VE session scheduled for Field Day weekend in Pagosa.

Please see the link below for more information in the meeting minutes.

Our next meeting will be June 14th. Everyone is welcome and we hope to see you there!

Meeting Minutes 2018-05-10

TARC Meeting Minutes for April 12, 2018

Totah Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

April 12, 2018

Club Officers

President Dave K5AVO

Vice President Bill KK5ZH

Secretary Don KJ5GQ

Treasurer Bobbie N5XDQ

Trustees

Ryan KG5RGN 3yrs remaining

Paul NM5PH 2yrs remaining

Paul KE5FBN 1yrs remaining

NEXT MEETING OF THE TARC IS May 10, 2018 At Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64)

Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm of most months at the Farmington Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64).

The meeting was called to order by Dave K5AVO, at 19:30.

Note: minutes were taken by Donnie KJ5GQ in the secretary’s absence.

There were 10 attendees.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer’s report for was read by Bobbie N5XDQ . March 2018 Beginning Balance $3219.45, Income Dues $45. , Interest $0.03, Expense $140.00 Ending Balance $3124,48, Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report made by Paul NM5PH, Seconded by Bill KK5ZH, Motion Passed.

Secretary’s Report

Motion made by Bobbie N5XDQ to accept the minutes as posted, Seconded by Bill KK5ZH, Motion Passed.

Introductions

We had some people we had not seen in a while so we had introductions.

Old Business

Scott KG5VBX accepted the Secretary’s position.

Post office rent was paid.

Next VE Test will be April 21, 2018 in Durango. See the TARC website for details and how to register.Both Groups have have asked that if some of our VE’s, particularly Extra Licensed could assist it would be helpful. When Durango gives the class they usually have a large number candidates and having more VE to grade the test greatly speeds up the process.

Sterg WA5K and Lee KE5KDP, Doug KE0ABS have volunteered and Floyd W5OXK is a maybe to assist the VE for testing.

The one Summer one is planed for June 23 by Pagosa Springs group. It was noted that this is also Field Day Weekend.

The notice for the Corporation renewal arrived in the mail we had approve the expense last month and it will be taken care of.

New Business

Tail gate in Albuquerque April 28, 2018, it is the one at the “old gas station”

Our Spring Highway Clean up is scheduled for May 5, 2018. If you missed it in the minutes last month Lee KE5KDP is our new coordinator for highway cleanup.

We meet at the La Plata Gas station around 9am after Saturday Breakfast. Our mile is just a little bit north of there and end just about the turn off to the waste transfer station, there are signs on both ends.

Field Day is June 23/24 weekend stay tuned for more details.

San Juan County EMCOMM group will be setting up at Aztec’s Riverside park.

A discussion was held about publishing a Club roster and sending it to the members. It was discussed if it should have names, address, and phone numbers on it. During the discussion it was pointed out as a license Ham our information is public on the FCC website, so why not. It was also discussed that this would not be the current minutes mailing list as it has not be updated to members only but goes to who ever has been on the list unless Don KJ5GQ was asked to remove the name or he learned the person had died. Don KJ5GQ motioned to publish a roster and send to Club Members only by email with Name, Address, and Phone numbers, seconded by Paul NM5PH, motion passed.

Motion to adjourn made by Bill KK5ZH seconded by Ryan KG5RGN. Passed 19:55

I put this in here just to keep it from falling through the cracks as it was not discussed again this meeting

Ben McGaha KB5ITS gave a presentation on having a get together with the other groups of Hams in Durango and Pagosa Springs. Hold a Meet and Greet, bring things for a Show and Tell for new hams to see, touch, feel, and learn about. Promote Field Day for this year, Have food and possibly a Fox Hunt class, or an actual Fox Hunt. Basically a chance for all Hams in the area to meet and get to know more about each other and new Hams to get involved more readily.

A tentative Date of June 2, 2018 is being suggested.

Reminders

Join us for an informal breakfast gathering at Los Hermanitos Restaurant East in the Middle Fork Square on East Main St. at 7:30 am on Saturdays. Anyone interested in Ham Radio is welcome to come eat, chat and get to know us.

The repeater below will be down as it is transfer to a different location as Doug moves to AZ.

A group of us HAMs that are interested in putting up a repeater met and officially formed an organization to do so, we are now the Totah Amateur Radio Repeater Association (TARPA)

The first repeater will use 147.18 +600 and a 100HZ tone. It had been in service for a while but we are moving it to a new location, when we get it relocated and back to work we will announce that is back in service and you will be more than welcome to try it out if you can hit it. The long term goal is to get a few more in service.

TARC Meeting Minutes for March 8, 2018

Totah Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

March 8, 2018

Club Officers

President Dave K5AVO

Vice President Bill KK5ZH

Secretary Don KJ5GQ

Treasurer Bobbie N5XDQ

Trustees

Ryan KG5RGN 3yrs remaining

Paul NM5PH 2yrs remaining

Paul KE5FBN 1yrs remaining

NEXT MEETING OF THE TARC IS April 12, 2018 At Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64)

Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm of most months at the Farmington Fire Station #6 on the west end of Farmington NM on the South side of Main Street (US 64).

The meeting was called to order by Bill KK5ZH, at 19:30.

Note: minutes were taken by Donnie KJ5GQ in the secretary’s absence.

There were 17 attendees.

Treasurer’s Report

The Treasurer’s report for was read by Bobbie N5XDQ . February 2018 Beginning Balance $3189.43, Income Dues $30.00, Interest $0.02, Expense $0.00 Ending Balance $3219.45, Motion to accept Treasurer’s Report made by Paul NM5PH, Seconded by Bill KK5ZH, Motion Passed.

Secretary’s Report

Motion made by Bill KK5ZH to accept the minutes as posted, Seconded by Bobbie N5XDQ, Motion Passed.

Old Business

With Doug and Betty leaving the club needs a new volunteer to coordinate the clean up of our Highway Mile. After some discussion about the job Lee KE5MDP volunteered to become the coordinator. So lets give Lee the same or better support that we gave Betty, and OUR many thanks to Betty for doing it all this time.

Constitution and By Laws up date review. Paul NM5PH said he had read through them and said they were in mostly good shape, maybe a few item would need updating and would have a better idea of what next meeting.

New Business

This was Doug and Betty’s last meeting and we thank them for all the hard they have done for the club and for all the friendship that have passed to everyone in the club. We moved on before we were all crying having to say good bye.

With Devin leaving the area we lost our Secretary and need a new one. Bobbie N5XDQ nominated Scott KG5VBX to be the new Secretary Scott accepted the nomination, no other nominations were made. A vote was ask for and Scott KG5VBX is now the official TARC Secretary. (Don KJ5GQ will help Scott get settled in)

Post Office Box Rental is due again, it is $140.00 Motion made by Paul NM5PH to have the Treasurer pay the Rental fee of $140.00 Seconded by Bill KK5ZH motion Passed

Our renew of the Corporation Permit will expire at the end of May. A motion to have the club Secretary carry out the necessary paper work (online) and pay the yearly fee and be reimbursed for the fee was made by Paul NM5PH, Seconded Bill KK5ZH, motion Passed. (Don KJ5GQ will assist Scott KG5VBX with how to do this)

A discussion about the up coming Ham VE Test Sessions was held. Don KJ5GQ has taken over the coordinators position for our group from Doug NQ5G and talked about the next couple sessions coming up.

Durango Group will hold a VE Test Session on April 21, 2018. It will be a Tech Class beginning in the morning and the Test Session to follow around 3-3:30pm.

The Pagosa Springs Group will be conducting a VE Test Session on June 23, 2018 More Detail to come.

It was pointed out that this date conflicts with this years Field Day as well.

Both Groups have have asked that if some of our VE’s, particularly Extra Licensed could assist it would be helpful. When Durango gives the class they usually have a large number candidates and having more VE to grade the test greatly speeds up the process.

Don KJ5GQ ask for an assistant as He will be traveling a lot this summer and Lee KE5MDP said he would help out Don.

MORE DETAILS are available on the totaharc.org web site. It is also being posted on the Durango Club web site but I do not the name as of this writing.

Motion to adjourn made by Paul NM5PH, seconded by Bill KK5ZH. Passed 19:55

Ben McGaha KB5ITS gave a presentation on having a get together with the other groups of Hams in Durango and Pagosa Springs. Hold a Meet and Greet, bring things for a Show and Tell for new hams to see, touch, feel, and learn about. Promote Field Day for this year, Have food and possibly a Fox Hunt class, or an actual Fox Hunt. Basically a chance for all Hams in the area to meet and get to know more about each other and new Hams to get involved more readily.

A tentative Date of June 2, 2018 is being suggested.

Reminders

Join us for an informal breakfast gathering at Los Hermanitos Restaurant East in the Middle Fork Square on East Main St. at 7:30 am on Saturdays. Anyone interested in Ham Radio is welcome to come eat, chat and get to know us.

The repeater below will be down as it is transfer to a different location as Doug moves to AZ.

A group of us HAMs that are interested in putting up a repeater met and officially formed an organization to do so, we are now the Totah Amateur Radio Repeater Association (TARPA)

The first repeater will use 147.18 +600 and a 100HZ tone. It had been in service for a while but we are moving it to a new location, when we get it relocated and back to work we will announce that is back in service and you will be more than welcome to try it out if you can hit it. The long term goal is to get a few more in service.