MICHIGAN AREA REPEATER COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
WEB SITE:
http://www.qsl.net/miarc e-mail:
miarc@yahoogroups.com
December 2003
Minutes
September Meeting Delta Township, MI Minutes from
MARC Meeting September 7, 2003 Meeting called to order by
President Dennis Gaboury at 1:00 PM. Meeting called to order by President Dennis Gaboury at 1:00PM. A Quorum was present. Board member absent, Secretary Richard
Ranta. After introductions the minutes from the previous session were read, a
motion was made to accept the minutes as read, by Kelly Karpp, seconded by
Ron Gordon, motion passed. Treasurer Kelly Karpp read the treasurer's report. $5328.37 in
savings, $535.42 in checking. Detailed list available for anyone's interest.
Motion made Ron Gordon to accept report as read, seconded by Bruce Winchell,
motion passed. No correspondence. Old Business: Dan Thompson N8WKM presented the SERA Band plan for 900MHz to the
Board. Dan recommended that we adopt this band plan due to the fact the ARRL
does not go into detail for assigning repeater pairs, etc., etc. After much
discussion, Kelly Karpp/seconded by Dan Thompson made a motion, that under
the DOG, we use the SERA 900 Mhz Band Plan as a guide for coordinating
repeaters. Motion passed. If further information is required go to
http://www.sera.org It was brought up Dave Johnson and Bruce that 32% of the
coordinated Repeaters in the Lower Peninsula are two years or more past due
with their TDS's. A good portion of that 32% is three years or more. Motion
made by Bruce/ seconded by Kelly, that the funds be made available to send
out a full mailing with a notice of possible de- coordination if current
TDS's are not filed. Motion passed. De-coordinations will commence, using the authority given the
Coordinator in Section I, Paragraph F, Sub-Paragraph 1 of the MARC Standards: Minutes
Continued on Page 2 |
A
short note from the Prez……….. To
begin with, as most of you know MARC tries to rotate the meetings around the
state, so that more members could attend at least one meeting a year. The
December meeting was planned for the Battle Creek/Kalamazoo area. We tried
contacting a couple of clubs in the proposed area, but only one responded. I
would like to thank Charlie Chapman from the Kalamazoo Amateur Radio Club for
attempting to locate a venue for the meeting. With time drawing near, the
Board looked else where for us to meet. So, we are meeting at our March
location, East Tawas We will now look for a March setting. Moving
forward, the June meeting will be at the IRA Hamfest June 5th, in
Hudsonville. Dues
are coming up, and payable January 1, 2004. Do not forget to mark what year
you are paying, and your call sign on the check. Send MARC Dues to: Kelly F. Karp,
KB8RWG MARC Treasurer PO Box 127 Oscoda, MI 48750 TDS’s
are due yearly, but can go up to two years. Please help keep your information
current in our Data Base. If anyone has
any questions, you can reach the Board via of the website, or my phone number
is 586-465-7126. For those of making the meeting on the June 1st, I’ll see
you there. 73, Dennis,
W8DFG President |
(Minutes
Continued from page 1) "1. If updates (from the system sponsor) are not received a
minimum of ONCE PER TWO YEARS, the (M.A.R.C.) Coordinator MAY WITHDRAW THE COORDINATION
AUTHORIZATION." All de-coordinated frequency pairs will be returned to the
frequency pool for reassignment. Next order of business: Elections. Those running for office are
as follows. Vice-President: R. Bruce Winchell, Treasurer: Kelly Karpp,
Director: Ron Gordon. Nominations were opened up, with none from the floor or
absentee ballots, and the secretary absent, the President made a motion,
seconded by Dave Johnson that a unanimous vote be cast. Motion passed. For
record, two absentee ballots were cast. Next meeting December 7th to be held in the Battle Creek area.
Deadline for the newsletter is November 1. Dave Johnson/Ron Gordon made a motion to close the meeting at
2:23PM. Motion passed. Minutes taken by Bruce Winchell, typed by Dennis Gaboury. _________________________________________ Treasurers Report September 06, 2003 Funds on hand as of
September 06 2003 Savings:
$5,328.37 Checking: 535.42 Total Funds:
$5,863.79 Income Dues: 06/01/03 – 09/06/03 06/08/03 $70.00 09/03/06 60.00 09/06/03 20.00 Dividend (Checking)
07/01/03 0.62 Dividend ( Savings)
07/01/03 12.30 Total Income 162.92 Expenses: State of Michigan 08/05/03 $ 10.00 Newsletter (Waycom) 274.74 Total Expenses 284.74 Submitted by Kelly Karp KB8RWG Treasurer |
2003
Election Results All nominees ran unopposed. Elected
to office were: R. Bruce
Winchell Frequency
Coordinator Kelly Karp Treasurer Ron Gordon Director _________________________________________________ A Short Note From the Editor. Due to
limited time and space this month we have decided not to include
some things that we had originally planned
to include in this newsletter. Among those things were reports from the
Frequency Coordinator, Bruce Winchell, and the Database
Manager, Dave Johnson. Dave’s report
alone would have taken up nearly two pages of this
newsletter. The report submitted will appear on the website see: http://www.qsl.net/miarc/info_faq/DBA_Report.html and will be
available at the MARC meeting. Rest assured
that these people spend many, many hours working on
coordinations and records each month, and they do this all
as volunteers. As repeater
owners it is up to us to not only support MARC with our
membership dues, but to have input and help with planning for
the future. By attending at least some of the meetings each
year you will be able to voice your concerns and ideas, as
well as see what MARC is doing for you. If
you would like your comments included in the newsletter please email them to dan@waycom.com. Obviously I can only include what will fit
into the newsletter. Please also note that the MARC also maintains an email
address for communication concerning MARC business as well as a P.O Box for
you to send USPS mail. The email address is miarc@yahoogroups.com and the USPS address
can be found on the label of this mailing. As always,
more information is available on the MARC website at
http://www.qsl.net/miarc. |
President |
Dennis Gaboury |
W8DFG |
P.O.
Box 463148 Mt.
Clemens, MI 48046 |
Vice
President |
Bruce Winchell |
N8UT |
5354 Baker Rd Bridgeport,
MI 48722 |
Secretary |
Richard Ranta |
K8JX |
|
Treasurer |
Kelly F. Karpp |
KB8RWG |
PO
Box 127 Oscoda,
MI 48750 |
Director |
Dave Johnson |
WD8DJB |
2266
E. Vermontville Hwy Charlotte,
MI 48813 |
Director |
Ron Gordon |
W8YUC |
7172
Sharp Rd. Swartz
Creek, MI 48473 |
Frequency
Coordinator |
Bruce Winchell |
N8UT |
5354 Baker Rd Bridgeport,
MI 48722 |
Database
Manager |
Dave Johnson |
WD8DJB |
2266
E. Vermontville Hwy Charlotte,
MI 48813 |
December
Meeting:
December 7, 2003 1:00 pm
East Tawas Fire Hall, East Tawas Michigan
Directions:
Take US 23 to East Tawas, MI. At the traffic light (US- 23 and Newman)
turn west one block to Westover. Turn right (north) one block to Fire Hall.
Please use the City Parking lot. DO NOT park around the fire hall.