6:00 PM, 2nd Wednesday Held at: OPD 107 Civic Plaza Drive Taos, NM 87571
We have a simultaneous in person meeting and ZOOM for your choice, see Zoom instructions forthcoming.
Optional potluck, 5:30
6:10 Meeting Begins
1) Sign in
2) Guest & member introductions, call sign & first name.
3) Approval of minutes for the 11/09/2022 meeting, published on 11/19/2022. Note: These minutes record officer elections as: a) President, Tim, W5TNM; Vice-President, Greg, KF5TTO; Secretary, Donovan, K2AH; Treasurer, Don, K2WQ; Board members Tom, Grants, KF5RKM; Glen, Events and Facilities, KF5OSB; Sherri, STEM, KI5TLA; Brian, Standing trustee, NB5R; Mike, NM5MK Immediate past president.
4) Treasurer's Report - Don (K2WQ) Tax Filing Plan & Balance is: $_about $11K?_
5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks: i. 2022 Summary – 878 volunteer hours, participated in 2 incidents and 11 events and eye to eye with 24,940 citizens, an elementary school STEM session, 3 testing sessions at OPD with 9 licenses obtained. ii. New officers were effective January 1, 2023. iii. In person ARRL tests to be scheduled, proposing March 4, June 3 or Field Day, November 11 iv. Government filings underway v. Fundraising tools listed at the bottom of agenda. vi. Annual membership dues, due by March 1.
6) New Business: a) Cloudy weather note, trustee temporarily, remotely shut down PIC DMR and 220 repeaters to provide more power for PIC analog. Brian (NB5R) b) ARES Update: i. ARES Linked Repeaters – Brian (NB5R) ii. ARES Task Book Maintenance 1, 2, 3, application, callout list. Kiri (K7KAH) iii. ARES Callout SafAlert Test 12/31/2022 – Kiri (K7KAH) iv. OPD Town of Taos generator test planning – Tom (KF5RKM) c) Other?
7) Old Business: a) Grants update - Closeouts Frost May 2023, LANL October 2023. Tom (KF5RKM) b) STEM update – Sherri (KI5TLA) – Buy planning team – portable, solar powered demo HF system or more. c) OPD Shack facilities update Donovan (K2AH), Don, (K2WQ). d) PIC and SAM work updates Glen (KF5OSB).
8) Repeater Report/Update – NB5R, (KF5PFO)
9) HF Report – John (WB5Q) Don (K2WQ)
10) Net report – W5GWR & K5GEO
11) Statewide ARES Net – HF 3939, 1st Sunday (except Jan 1)
12) Other Business
a) ARRL Tests for 2023: Pending
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 report, New Business, Old Business, Closeout.
14) Business Meeting Close
a) Show & Tell – TBD i. Future Learning: Doing TaskBook activity, 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: December 2022 Net
- K2AH Donovan, 2. K5GEO George, 3. K2WQ Don, 4. KJ5ANE Jane, 5. KF0HSL Chris, 6. KF5TTO Greg, 7. W5JHW John, 8. NM5MK Mike, 9. NB5R Brian, 10. W5TNM Tim, 11. W5TAO Gary, 12. KJ5UR John, 13. KI5YWK Darien, 14. W5ZAC Zac, 15. KB0ZCO Brent, 16. KI5MGR John, 17. W5GWR Wayne (Net Control)
DMR (Switched to OPD): December 2022 Net K2AH Donovan, NB5R Brian, K5GEO George, W5TAO Gary
ZOOM Information:
TaosARC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TaosARC Jan 11, 2023 Monthly Meeting Time: Jan 11, 2023 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89413425444?pwd=VGZHOU0xZW4xdk5VdGdpQ0w5Uys5UT09
Meeting ID: 894 1342 5444 Passcode: 542098
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.