Optional potluck, 5:30
6:00 PM, 2nd Wednesday
Held at:
107 Plaza Drive
Taos, NM 87571
We have a simultaneous in person meeting and ZOOM for your choice, see Zoom instructions at the bottom of agenda.
6:10 Meeting Begins
1) Sign in
2) Guest & member introductions, call sign & first name
3) Approval of prior month, 6/8/2022 minutes, published 7/9/2022.
4) Treasurer's Glen (KF5OSB) Report Balance is: _$xxxxxxxxxxx
Expenses: Unanimous board vote, $1,000 for Picuris equipment; we are shack guests. Accounts Receivable of $3,000. TSV equipment donation of $2,276. Misc expenses for Field Day and rain ponchos for concert events.
5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks:
a) Total premiums $807
i. Sam & Picuris equipment insured 6/10/2022.
ii. OPD $23K coverage $324.95, Liability $200, SAM & PIC $282.10
iii. Do we short insure, Holy Cross, TSV, Angel Fire (RedRiver Chevron not owned)?
b) Many events with approximately 494 valuable volunteer hours year to date.
6) New Business:
a) Many Events to summarize:
i. Arroyo Del Norte Elementary School STEM, Town Bike Rally, ZZ Top, ARRL Field Day, Lyle Lovett, Elle King.
ii. Upcoming concerts: 8/19 Morning Jacket and 9/3 Little Big Town, Matt KN8X has signup.
iii. Fiesta Support July 22-24 Glen (KF5OSB) -no parade-
b) Debrief EOC meeting with Bobby Lucero, Mark Ortega, (Greg KF5TTO, Kiri K7KAH, W5TNM)
c) ARRL Teacher Institute travel institute expenses, $1K travel advance vote.
d) Other?
7) Old Business: a) STEM Update – Sherri (KI5TLA). b) OPD Shack facilities update Donovan (KI5SNX), Don, (KI5ODX). c) SAM power supply on worklist, licensed & state inspections. (owner needed) d) SAM workday for roof and other?
8) Repeater Report/Update – NB5R, (KF5PFO)
9) HF Report – NM5MK. Keith (KI5TZD) has HF winlink working
10) Net report – W5GWR & K5GEO (5/25 Net Cancelled due to equipment failure)
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 – TSV Equipment, John (W5JHW) i. Future: 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: NA Repeater down DMR: NA Repeater down
ZOOM Information:
TaosARC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TaosARC July 13, 2022 Monthly Meeting Time: Jul 13, 2022 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84369595612?pwd=eS9pd2t3NnZiQUJRMnZJeWRUZmxnZz09
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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.
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- 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).
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- 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.