January 2020 General Meeting

Minutes PART Meeting January 21, 2020
Cameron Senior Center, Westford, MA
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Officers Present:
George, K1IG, Pres
Andy, KB1OIQ, VP
Alan, W1AHM, Treasurer
Chauncey, K1OPE, Secretary
Bob, W1IS, Director at Large
 
Attendees:  37
 
George, K1IG, opened the meeting with the usual round of introductions.
We welcomed two newcomers.
 
Announcements:
  1. Hugh, N1QGE, Membership, thanked everyone for their food contributions to the Senior Center’s Food Pantry.
  2. Alan, W1AHM, Treasurer, presented the following stats:
    1. 19 members have paid for the new year 2020;
    2. 2019 members totaled 99;
    3. Balance in the checking account as of this evening was $11,598.92.
  3. A donated 23” monitor was auctioned off.
  4. George, K1IG, attended the ARRL Division Director’s meeting held this past weekend.  It was a short meeting – not much discussed.  George also mentioned the ARRL CEO abruptly left his position this past weekend.
 
George presented efforts to improve the communications from the Club.  In the works:
  1. Consolidate the many information sources;
  2. Provide current news;
  3. Cease publication of the newsletter, PARTicles;
  4. Improve the WB1GOF website
    1. Provide more current information
  5. Use social media
    1. Twitter
    2. Facebook
  6. Improve email system
    1. Move the PART mail list to Groups.io
    2. George has started this move and is now available.
      1. Features are
        1. Able to archive messages
        2. File up/down loads
        3. Calendar function
        4. Polling function
 
One of the scheduled speakers, Greg, N1DAM, was going to talk about baluns but was unavailable due to illness.
The other speaker for the evening was Brian, W1BP, who gave the details of the upcoming PART Winter Field Day 2020.
  1. This will be held January 25-26, 2020, at the Westford Sportsmen’s Club on West Street.
  2. This event will be similar to the summer ARRL Field Day but lower key.
  3. Brian had a sign-up sheet for the various responsibilities.
  4. There will be one station set up in a heated tent.
  5. Operators will choose the mode they want to operate – SSB, CW or JS8.
  6. An Icom 7300 and Bencher iambic paddle will be used.
  7. Need 15-20 volunteers.
  8. Set-up will be Friday afternoon.
  9. Event runs from Saturday 2PM to Sunday 2 PM.
  10. If necessary, cancellation due to weather will be sent out via the PART-L by Brian.
 
Stay warm and have fun at WFD.
73
Chauncey
K1OPE
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PART Treasury between 17-Dec'19 and 21-Jan'20 (As of 21-Jan'20)
General      Repeater     Kit Checking
 Fund   +    Fund    +    Fund    =  Total
Old Balance =$6965.53 +   $6624.53 +   $1269.25 =  $14859.31
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Income +$  45.00 +  +$  15.00 +  +$   0.00 = +$   60.00
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Expenses -$1499.50 + -$1820.89 +  -$   0.00 = -$ 3320.39
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Net -$1454.50 +  -$1805.89 +  +$   0.00 = -$ 3260.39
=========================================== =======================
New Balance =$5511.03 +   $4818.64 +   $1269.25 =  $11598.92
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Acc. Receivable +$   0.00 +  +$  34.00 +  +$   0.00 = +$   34.00
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Acc. Payable -$   0.00 +  -$   0.00 +  -$   0.00 = -$    0.00
==================================================================
Net Credit +$   0.00 +  +$  34.00 +  +$   0.00 = +$   34.00
==================================================================
Net Worth =$5511.03 +   $4852.64 +   $1269.25 =  $11632.92
===== PART 2020 Membership as of 14-Feb'20
Individuals Households
(= New for 2020 (= New for 2020
 + Renew for 2020)  + Renew for 2020)
Full ($25) * 11 (=  2 +   9) [11 (=  2 +   9)]
Senior ($15) * 31 (=  2 +  29) [31 (=  2 +  29)]
Family ($30) * 14 (=  0 +  14)   6 (=  0 +   6)
Student ($15) 0 (=  0 +   0) [ 0 (=  0 +   0)]
Associate ($10) 0 (=  0 +   0)   0 (=  0 +   0)
Grand Total * 56 (=  4 +  52)  48 (=  4 +  44)
ARRL members: * 50
(Including ARRL Life members: * 10)
Starred lines changed since 16-Jan'20. -----
No new PART members. -----
PART members in good standing for 2020 14-Feb'20
AA1HO AC1DJ AG1A K1ALL K1ARG K1EJ K1IG
K1OPE K1PAK K1SRW K1VNV K9DOG KA1ULN KA8SCP
KB1DY KB1EDE KB1GMX KB1ILO KB1LSH KB1MGG KB1NIQ
KB1OIQ KB1QAT KB1UKU KC1ACV KC1AJJ KC1FGH KC1HSC
KC1LHM KD1D KE4NTU KZ1CY N1BE N1BKR N1BYT
N1ECC N1NCO N1QGE NE1RD W1AHM W1BP W1BX
W1CCE W1FDR W1GCF W1GXH W1IS W1KBE W1LKS
W1MGA W1RS WA1MCR WB1HBE WB2FIX WB2OSZ WI1R
Total: 56 individuals

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