Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association Board Meeting Minutes
President, Erik Olmer W4EJO
- Call to order
- Greeting
Secretary, Ben Echavarria N7BBE
- Approval of previous min’s
- Attendance taken for officers, and guests
President Report, Erik Olmer W4EJO
- Speaker schedule:
o March 28– Joe Carcia N1JQ (W1AW trustee), will give virtual tour of station
o April 25 – Robert Molleda, NWS Hurricane Season Prep
o May 23 – Bog Heil, whatever he wants to talk about
o June 27 – Erik Olmer, Shelter Communications - Other future events:
o April 8 – Picnic at Vista View Park Needs:
▪ Foxhunt equipment / skills
▪ Empty eggs
▪ Candy
▪ “Donate to GCARA” QR code hung around pavilion
▪ Networks to advertise to kids
▪ Need “teams” to register
▪ Egg hunt teams will include kids, adult guardian(s) and at least one ham to help with fox hunting and to try to answer questions about amateur radio located inside the eggs (bonus points).
▪ Tom added a K9 team to the hunt!
“The only egg hunt in Broward County to have kids, K9s and radio finding equipment.”
o April 15 + 16 – MS Bike Ride
▪ Need to solicit volunteers, webpage already has functionality
o June 24 + 25 – Summer Field Day
▪ W4EJO is EC
▪ Jeff Stahl is Technical Advisor
▪ Ben, N7BBE is Safety Officer “one more time” so we need a deputy
o July 18 10:30AM – Library Presentation
Vice President, Ricki Witte KJ4FSJ
- Committee Reports:
o MS Bike Ride – N7BBE Bike Ride Chairman
▪ 4/15 + 4/16
▪ Need to solicit communicators
o Winter Field Day – W4EJO
o Testing – K4BH
o Broward ARES/RACES – KJ4AWB Races Chairman / K4BH
ARES EC
Interim Treasurer, Erik Olmer W4EJO
- Current checking balance (as of 3/26/2023): $7,6111.85
- Current stripe balance (as of 2/26/2023): $0
- Cash on hand: $67
Repeater Trustee, Ricky Eaton KD4HGR - HF Station – Second dry run with Ricki in… April?
- Plan for visit with NT4AL proposal of receiving station to add to JKV
- Antenna adapter kit – In our possession now
- Antenna analyzer – still with W4EJO, needs to be shipped for repair
Member at Large, Melanie Fernandez KJ4VCT
- Sunshine Committee – Report on any “good and welfare” topics about
club membership - Events scheduled on or before next month’s general meeting
o 3/26/2023 – Next dinner
o 4/2/2023 – 10AM “Ham and Eggs” dying eggs with Hope and Melanie
o 4/8/2023 – Picnic / Egg Hunt
o 4/15/2023 – 4/16/2023 – MS Bike Ride
o 4/23/2023 – Next Club Dinner
o 4/25/2023 – Next Club Meeting – Robert Molleda - New members and renewals since last general meeting
o Carol, KJ4AWB renewal
o Dave, KB4ICU renewal
PIO, Tom Savoca K9TJS
- Report on any web page updates
- Summarize past month committee activity on social media and other forums
- Discuss any PIO committee activity planned on or before the next general meeting
Old Business:
- Joe Ruby Brick – Check with request sent
- Banners – Pending, no urgency
- Vests – Delivered
- Business cards / QSL Cards – designs discussed, need to be finalized
and ordered - Dirk has announced interest in being elected as treasurer, no other
qualified candidates reached out.
New Business:
- Shirts / Patches / Stickers
o Offer style with and without pocket
o Stickers and patches can have large margin of donation included vs. low price
o Tom / Ben will finalize details of order
- Plan club event to tune Joe McGee’s fan dipole?
Announcements:
Adjournment