OPD (Old Police Department) - TaosARC September 14, 2022 Agenda 6:00 PM, 2nd Wednesday Held at: 107 Plaza Drive Taos, NM 87571
Optional potluck, 5:30
We have a simultaneous in person meeting and ZOOM for your choice, see Zoom instructions forthcoming.
Notice:
Officer and board nominations, ByLaw changes are in motion and under club review. We can accept officer nominations 9/14/2022 and at the “Annual Meeting” 10/12/2022 and vote on ByLaw Changes. Meeting location is above at OPD.
If my chance you have not received an email of the proposed ByLaw changes notify the club President immediately.
6:10 Meeting Begins
1) Sign in
2) Guest & member introductions, call sign & first name.
3) Approval of prior month minutes published 8/20/2022.
4) Treasurer's Glen (KF5OSB) Report Balance is: _$approximately 12K?
Invoiced city 8/23 for MyMorningJacket Concert.
5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks: a) Elections in October, bylaws, expand board membership and vote. b) Open for nominations of: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Board Members, perhaps 4 officers and 5 board members in total reflected in ByLaws update. c) Many events with approximately 663 valuable volunteer hours year to date, serving 14,924 citizens YTD.
6) New Business: a) SAR IC Interest from LA, SF, Taos b) Many Events to summarize: i. MyMorning Jacket Debrief, Don (KI5ODX) ii. 9/3 Little Big Town, full crew, more signup available. c) Other?
7) Old Business: a) STEM update – Sherri (KI5TLA) b) Insurance update on 3 sites – Tim (W5TNM) c) Trial run monthly 80M net (Don/John) d) OPD Shack facilities update Donovan (KI5SNX), Don, (KI5ODX). e) SAM power supply on worklist, roof, licensed & state inspections.
8) Repeater Report/Update – NB5R, (KF5PFO)
9) HF Report – NM5MK
10) Net report – W5GWR & K5GEO
11) ARES update – HF 3939, 1st Sunday
12) Other Business
a) ARRL Tests for 2022: Saturday 10am at OPD, 107 Plaza Drive, Taos 87571, November 12.
b) Nets, 4th Wednesday 7PM, Picuris Mountain 147.120+, 67.0 analog, immediately afterwards DMR 442. 175 (+5 MHZ0 CC5 TS2 TG 715 local)
13) Notice - Each club meeting is the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6 PM, 107 Plaza Drive, Taos, NM 87577, minimum agenda Treasures reports, New Business, Old Business, Closeout.
14) Business Meeting Close
a) Show & Tell – Deferred for nomination and ByLaw discussion to allow for more time.
i. Future Learning: Chirp programming, Anderson power poles, 1st HF antenna, coax & connectors, crimp vs soldering, using OPD HF radios. More ideas and more volunteer teachers.
Picuris NET CONTACTS 4TH Wednesday 7PM May Net:
Analog: W5GWR – Wayne Net Control DMR: K5GEO, George (Net Control) ZOOM Information:
TaosARC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
TBD
======================================================================== Smile.Amazon: Go to "Smile.Amazon.com" and log in. then mouse over "account" and scroll down to "AmazonSmile" and select it. That will take you to the page where you can select a non-profit... TARC. Then, every time you go to shopping on Amazon, go in through "Smile.Amazon.com" and your selected Non-Profit gets a donation when you buy something.
Smith’s Kroger: Some of us have been having trouble linking to Smiths/Kroger to select Taos ARC for automatic donations. They key may be selecting your preferred store (Taos) then finding TARC. Detailed instructions follow:
- Create a digital account. A digital account is needed to participate in Smith’s Inspiring Donations. If you already have a digital account, simply link your Shopper’s Card to your account so that all transactions apply toward the organization you choose.
- Link your Card to an organization. Selecting the organization that you wish to support is as simple as updating the Smith’s Inspiring Donations selection on your digital account.
- Sign into your digital account.
- Search for your organization here. (Note, if you are a customer make sure you have a preferred store selected to view participating organizations).
- Enter the name or NPO number of the organization you wish to support (TARC is PT507).
- Select the appropriate organization from the list and click “Save”. Your selected organization will also display in the Smith’s Inspiring Donations section of your account. If you need to review or revisit your organization, you can always do so under your Account details.
- Your organization earns. Any transactions moving forward using the Shopper’s Card number associated with your digital account will be applied to the program, at no added cost to you. Smith’s Inspiring Donations will donate 0.5% of all eligible spending to organizations that customers have linked to their Rewards Card.