OPD (Old Police Department) - TaosARC October 12, 2022 Agenda, Annual Meeting & Elections Reminder
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: New ByLaws are effective 10/12/2022.
6:10 Meeting Begins
1) Sign in
2) Guest & member introductions, call sign & first name.
3) Approval of prior month (September) minutes.
4) Treasurer's Glen (KF5OSB) Report Balance is: _+$11,555,05 (9/29)__
City payments received, LANL payment received, only 1 AR of $500 outstanding.
5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks: a) Elections in October under new bylaws, effective 10-12-2022, approved in September: b) Current nominations are: President Tim (W5TNM), Vice President Greg (KF5TTO), Secretary Donovan (K2AH), Don (K2WQ) Treasurer, Board Members & Roles: Tom (KF5RKM) Grants, Glen (KF5OSB) Events & Facilities, Sherri (KI5TLA) STEM, standing Trustee Brian (NB5R), immediate past president Mike (NM5MK) i. New officers are effective January 1, 2023.
6) New Business: a) US Forest Service inventory submitted b) TBD c) Other?
7) Old Business: a) STEM update – Sherri (KI5TLA), b) OPD Shack facilities update Donovan (K2AH), Don, (K2WQ). c) PIC and SAM work needed?
8) Repeater Report/Update – NB5R, (KF5PFO)
9) HF Report – John (WB5Q) Don (K2WQ)
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 – 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:
- K2AH Donovan, 2. K5GEO George, 3. W5JHW John, 4. KE5CEJ Catherine, 5. NM5MK Mike, 6. KI5HKU Craig, 7. W5TAO Gary, 8. N5TSV Mickey, 9. W5TNM Tim, 10. KF5TTO Greg, 11. KI5IPS Sheila, 12. KI5AXU Karen, 13. K7KAH Kiri, 14. KF5OSB Glen, 15. W5GWR Wayne Net Control DMR:
- W5JHW, John 2. N5TSV, Mickey 3. K2AH, Donovan 4. W5TNM, Tim 5. NM5MK, Mike 6. W5GWR, Wayne 7. KF5OSB, Glen 8. K5GEO, George (Net Control) ZOOM Information:
TaosARC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TaosARC Monthly Meeting Time: Oct 12, 2022 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84369595612?pwd=eS9pd2t3NnZiQUJRMnZJeWRUZmxnZz09
Meeting ID: 843 6959 5612 Passcode: 966615
NOTE: 3 fund raising methods below: Bridgecom Affiliate Smile.Amazon, Smith’s Grocery and Bridgecom Affiliate
======================================================================== Purchases from Bridgecom can benefit the club for 10% of this link is used. https://www.bridgecomsystems.com/?ref=ame1o2sv9r
Smile.Amazon: (Registration Required) 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.