MICHIGAN AREA REPEATER COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
WEB SITE:
http://www.qsl.net/miarc e-mail:
miarc@yahoogroups.com
September 2004
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A short note from the Prez…… Elections
for President, Secretary, and one Director are coming up at the September
12th meeting at the Delta Township Fire hall. The ballot is else where in
this newsletter. At press time we still had not received a nomination for
Director. Nominations will be opened up at the meeting. If you want to run,
or nominate someone, this can be done at this time. If
you were not aware of the By-Laws change, we can now send the newsletter
electronically. This will save us time and money for the upcoming mailings.
The By-laws committee has started working on the Standard & Procedures.
If you would like to get in on the up coming changes, please go to
marc-bylaws@yahoogroups.com and join the group. We hope to have the first
phase for presentation at the next meeting. It has taken a long time to get
the changes that we desperately needed, started. We are on a roll hopefully
we can keep up the momentum. Moving
forward, we are looking to hold the December meeting in the Lapeer area on
the 5th. PLEASE
NOTE: 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 September 12th, I’ll see you there. 73, Dennis,
W8DFG President
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By-Laws Committee
Report This
committee has begun work on the MARC Standards and Procedures. A very lively
and informative discussion of "interference" has been underway for
some time. We have also had considerable discussion of exactly what the
limits are to MARC authority. Suggestions have been made for changes to the
first section of the Standards. We hope to have this section ready to present
for motion and first reading at the September Annual Meeting. I
have been very encouraged and pleased with the progress of this group. We
welcome any who might wish to participate in this democratic process. Contact
me at n8ut@chartermi.net, leave your email address, and I will send you a formal invitation. 73
N8UT - Bruce Note From the Editor The
September meeting brings us the annual elections
for Board members offices who’s term
is expiring. As members of MARC it is important for as many members as
possible to be at the meeting to vote. For those who wish to contribute an
absentee ballot is included with this newsletter. On the ballot are
instructions for returning the ballot to MARC to have it included in the
election that will take place. Obviously, these ballots must be returned to
MARC prior to the election. Please remember to include your callsign as we
must verify membership for each ballot. The MARC board has also
been looking for a web-hosting provider that will allow us to have an online
database that will allow for quicker distribution of information among both
the board and all of the membership. If you have ideas for the board to check
out, please let the board know so that we can research this issue. |
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In This Newsletter A couple of things normally
found in the newsletter are not available this month due to heavy workloads
and summer vacations. The database managers report can be found on the MARC
website at
http://www.qsl.net/miarc/info_faq/DBA_Report.html. The treasurers report was
not available, nor was there room to
include it this month, but it will be available at the September meeting. |
2004
Ballot
Please return to:
PO Box 463148
Mt. Clemens, MI 48046
Please
mark “Election” as well as your callsign, so we may verify eligibility on the
front of the envelope.
President
____ Dennis Gaboury ____ write in __________________ |
Director
____ write in __________________ |
Secretary ____ Jeff Skurda ____ write in __________________ |
Incumbent names are in bold
Please include name and
callsign when using write in votes. |
Name: __________________________ Callsign: __________________________
Signature: _______________________ Date: _____________________________
MARC Board of Directors
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President |
Dennis Gaboury |
W8DFG |
P.O.
Box 463148 Mt.
Clemens, MI 48046 |
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Vice
President |
R. Bruce Winchell |
N8UT |
5354
Baker Rd |
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Secretary |
Jeff Skurda |
N8XN |
5130
W Tothill Cir |
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Treasurer |
Kelly F. Karpp |
KB8RWG |
PO
Box 127 Oscoda,
MI 48750 |
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Director |
Dave Johnson
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WD8DJB |
2266
E. Vermontville Hwy Charlotte,
MI 48813 |
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Director |
Ron Gordon |
W8YUC |
7172
Sharp Rd. Swartz
Creek, MI 48473 |
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Frequency
Coordinator 902
Up |
Dan Thompson |
N8WKM |
1844
126TH Ave Hopkins,
MI 49328 |
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Frequency
Coordinator 440
Down |
Kelly F. Karpp |
KB8RWG |
PO
Box 127 Oscoda,
MI 48750 |
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Database
Manager |
Dave Johnson |
WD8DJB |
2266
E. Vermontville Hwy Charlotte,
MI 48813 |
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Newsletter
Editor |
Dan Thompson |
N8WKM |
1844
126TH Ave Hopkins,
MI 49328 |
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Minutes
December Meeting Hudsonville, MI Minutes from
MARC Meeting June 5, 2004 Meeting called to order by
President Dennis Gaboury at 1:00 PM. A Quorum was present.
Secretary Jeff Skurda N8XN was absent. The Minutes from the March meeting
where read by Dennis. Ron Gordon W8YUC made a motion, and seconded by Kelly
Karpp KB8RWG, that the Minutes from the March meeting be approved as read and
printed in the Newsletter, motion passed. Kelly Karpp gave treasurer’s
report, motion made by Bruce Winchell N8UT, seconded by Dave Johnson WD8DJB,
motion passed. No Correspondence. Old Business: Dave Johnson gave a report
on moving the website. More research is needed. President Gaboury read the
proposed By-law changes as published thirty days prior to the June meeting as
required by the existing By-laws. It was mentioned that no correspondence,
concerning the proposed changes, came to the post office box in the past
thirty days. Discussion followed. Richard Corey W8IMA asked for clarification
concerning remote base coordination’s. Following discussion, Bruce made a
motion to amend Article X, Paragraph 2, to add: such notice, mailed by
USPS “or electronically” to the addresses currently on record with
MARC. Motion was seconded and passed. Dennis called for the vote,
By-law changes were accepted. |
New Business: Bruce N8UT made a motion for
under the D.O.G.; Move to allow the coordinator reasonable variations in
distance separations with the use of Documented Waivers from all parties and
a corresponding condition statement in the Coordination Documents in case
interference is experienced. Seconded by Richard W8IMA. Discussion followed,
motion passed. Bruce N8UT then made another
motion for under the D.O.G.; Move to allow the Coordinator, for the 440 Band
,to Coordinate Repeaters at a distance separation of 100 miles. Seconded by
Dan Thompson. Discussion followed, motion passed. General Discussion: Trustees are asked that if
they know that a move is in the future, please contact MARC and give the new
address with a cross street so that our Database Manager can run it through our
program to see if the move will fit into the area of the proposed change. Exchange of ideas of
Echolink relationship to coordination followed. The September meeting to be
held in Lansing on the September 12th. With no further business to
conduct, a motion was made by Ron Gordon, seconded by Kelly Karpp to adjourn
the meeting, motion passed. Minutes taken by R. Bruce
Winchell, Vice-President/Coordinator Typed by Dennis Gaboury,
President |
The Next meeting is
September 12, 2003 meeting at 1pm.
Meeting Location:
Location: Delta Township Fire Station
811 N. Canal Rd.
Lansing, MI
Directions: Take I-96 to M-43 exit 93, go East to the
first traffic light at Canal Rd.
Turn left (North) on
Canal Rd, go 150' to Administration Dr turn left (West), the new fire station
will
be on your right.
Take the first driveway on the right to the West parking lot. Enter the building at the
South entrance on Administration Dr.
