OPD (Old Police Department) - TaosARC May 11, 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 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, April 13 minutes, published 4/22/2022.
4) Treasurer's Glen (KF5OSB) Report Balance is: _$_9,167.43___ (5/4/2022)
LANL2022 Grant balance $5,000 deposit by Wayne
Bills: Monthly SAM electric +/- $60, TaosARC Event Vests $380.19, Grant response copy and postage ($28.57 & $6.11). BaoFeng Programming Cable $25.41, $29 OPD antenna pole, can crusher $25.25. April Deposits $5,620.31.
5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks: a) Wildfire Response - Town of Taos Support, 4/24/2022, 4 people, 4 hours. b) Smile.Amazon and Smith’s signup info for .05% TARC contributions at end of agenda i. Stuck on 4 families Smith’s c) ARRL Teacher Institute acceptance of KI5TLA, Dayton OH, July 18-22 via LANL Grant! d) Grant roundup i. 2021 LANL Foundation Grant Closeout report completed 5/1/2022. e) Arroyos Del Norte Elementary, K-5th Grade STEAM, 6/7,8,9/2022, 1-3pm, W5TNM & W5ZAC f) TARC Liability policy due 6/10/2022, $200 premium g) Fiesta Support July 22-24? Glen (KF5OSB)
6) New Business:
a) TBD
b) Summer Music Signup, Matt KN8X owns the list now. OPD Analog most common.
c) New Public Service radio in OPD (PD, VFD, agencies) authorized use only (NB5R).
d) 20 Vests for events 5-M, 10-L, 5-XL, 13 in house (W5TNM). Distribution?
e) Vote for 2 cans of expensive GACO roof coating ($200?) to complete SAM shack 2 June?
f) Vote LANL2022 Earmarked STEM Grant spend:
i. Teacher Institute Travel, to Dayton OH, $2K max (Airfare?). ARRL $600 Travel Grant.
ii. Amazon FirePads 10”, keyboard, 64G, 5 are about $1,300 (plus tax and shipping). Use is June 4 testing and THS?
g) Field day, June 25/26, where and events? Hopewell this year? Park? Fire restrictions?
h) City Council tour of “Best club shack in New Mexico”? (W5GWR)
i) OPD Shack facilities update, internet, PCs – Donovan (KI5SNX) and Mike (NM5MK)
i. OPD Generator tested and fueled up by Town of Taos.
j) SK equipment for sale, per email if anyone interested. Wayne (W5GWR).
7) Old Business: a) Taos High School Radio Club Update – Sherri (KI5TLA). b) SAM power supply on worklist, licensed & state inspections. c) Picuris battery capacity.
8) Repeater Report/Update – N5TSV, NB5R, W5JHW Picuris Echolink down
9) HF Report – NM5MK
10) Net report – W5GWR & K5GEO (18 and 9 attended)
11) ARES update – HF 3939, 1st Sunday
12) Other Business
a) ARRL Tests for 2022: Saturday 10am at OPD, 107 Plaza Drive, Taos 87571, June 4, 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
15) Show & Tell – Donovan KI5SNX – Using the 8 event Anytone radios. a) Post Meeting Tech session Show & Tell ideas continued: (Chirp programming, 1st HF antenna, coax & connectors, crimp vs soldering, using OPD HF radios. More ideas and more volunteer teachers.
Picuris NET CONTACTS 3/23/2021:
18 on Analog:
- KI5AXU Karen, 2. K5GEO George, 3. N5JHW John, 4. NM5MK Mike,
- KI5IPS Sheila, 6. KI5HKU Craig, 7. K7KAH Kiri, 8. KF5TTO Greg
- KI5TLA Sherri, 10. NB5R Brian, 11. W5TNM Tim, 12. W5TAO Gary
- KI5SNX Donovan, 14. N2YZW Paul, 15. KJ5UR Johnny, 16. KI5OSB Glen
- KI5OSA Daniel, 18. W5GWR Wayne (Net Control)
9 on DMR: W5JHW, John, KF5TTO, Greg, KI5SNX, Donovan, NM5MK, Mike, W5TNM, Tim, W5TAO, Gary, W5GWR, Wayne, KF5OSB, Glen, Net Control: K5GEO, George
ZOOM Information:
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81101423970?pwd=WHM1R1Jlb0VaTXVRRG5xbWFDM0lqZz09
Meeting ID: 811 0142 3970 Passcode: 651879
==================================================================== 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.