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President’s Update: This March the meeting will be held on line and all are welcome to join. The instructions on joining the meeting are included in this newsletter. With the Holidays, and winter travels for members, it is nice to be able to join in from remote locations and take part in the meetings. As we head into spring and summer, with a list of new projects, I need to urge everyone to please keep up with your TDS as this is our only method of keeping our data up to date. Coordination is a means to help eliminate problems, and is a responsibility of each Sponsor to other Sponsors and repeater operators. Please take the 10 minutes to update your TDS every year. 73, Dan N8WKM ----------------------------------------------- Electronic Meeting Information: The March 11, meeting is an Electronic Meeting at 1:00pm! PHONE BRIDGE ONLY:
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Participation in the web-meeting is only needed for things like slideshow
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Date: December 10, 2022 Meeting called to order by Phil at 1:00 PM
Minutes: Minutes of the last meeting were read by Ann. Motion to approve
minutes from the September 10, 2022 meeting was made by Jeff , and
seconded by Bob, vote taken, minutes approved.
Old Business: Discussion regarding links to the ARES web site for MARC services. The board agreed that a link to the MARC web page could be tried. If the MARC web site becomes over loaded, MARC would ask that the link be removed. Keith stated he will work on it. Dan and Phil discussed the old MARC treasurer's computer. It needs more RAM and possibly a solid state drive. David and Dan will get together using email to figure out a solution. New Business: Bob brought up a situation that is occurring on some repeaters in the St. Johns, Michigan area. Three repeaters were discussed. One of the three repeaters has a trustee and is up to date. The other two repeaters do not have a trustee and have been out of date for about 4 years. MARC will send notices of de-coordination to the out of date repeaters' sponsor. Jeff, being a former member of the club, will also contact the group to see what can be done to help get the out of date coordinations updated. Added note. A trustee is required to obtain a renewal to maintain a MARC coordination. Phil stated that as of today, he is officially resigning as president. Dan, as VP, assumes the president's position. A vice president needs to be appointed. Phil nominated Keith as VP. Keith accepted the nomination. Seconded by Jeff. Vote taken, motion approved. Keith, KD8ZSK is appointed to the vice president position until the next election for vice president. Phil thanked the members of the board for their support over the last 11 years. Phil will continue to do coordinations and help MARC in other ways. Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn made by Jeff, seconded by Ann, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 1.47 PM
The next meeting will be conducted on March 11, 2023. It will be held on-line at1 PM
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Treasurer's Report
Marc funds balance on November 1, 2022 $3644.37
Respectfully Submitted, Supporting Detail
MARC funds as of November 1, 2022 |
Savings LMCU Checking Acct LMFCU Money Market Acct LMCU Beginning Balance Income Dues Interest Total Income Expenses PayPal Fees Travel (W8IC) Tres Laptop Upgrade Total Expenses Increase/Decrease Marc Funds as of 01/31/2023 Share Acct LMCU Checking Acct LMCU Money Market Acct LMCU PayPal Ending Balance |
$5.00 $366.24 $3,273.37 $3,644.37 $60.00 $ 2.47 $62.47 $ 4.55 $39.85 $50.00 ($94.40) $31.93 $5.00 $294.71 $3,275.60 $37.13 $3,612.44 |
MARC Officers | Appointed Positions |
President: Dan Thompson N8WKM | Frequency Coordinator 902MHz: & up Dan Thompson N8WKM |
Vice President: David Potter KE8OHG | Frequency Coordinator 440MHz: Phil Manor W8IC |
Secretary: Ann Manor KT8F | Frequency Coordinator Links & Control: Phil Manor W8IC |
Treasurer: David Potter KE8OHG | Frequency Coordinator: Bob Walchli N8ZCC |
Director: Jeff Oberg KB8SXK | Database Manager: Bob Walchli N8ZCC |
Director: James Kvochick K8JK | Newsletter Editor: Dan Thompson N8WKM |
Webmaster: David Potter KE8OHG | Compliance Coordinator: Bob Walchli N8ZCC |