6:10 PM, 2nd Wednesday Held at: OPD 107 Civic 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.
Note: For all, on October 12 we did not have a quorum to hold a meeting or have elections, so the November agenda is a near mirror of the October agenda. There are no minutes for October. Quorum attendance was lacking as we had 9 people respond to a city gas break emergency just before the meeting started.
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: _TBD__
5) Tim (W5TNM) President’s remarks:
a) Election to yet occur, 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.
ii. In person test offered 11/12/2022, 10am at OPD.
iii. KNCE & KRZA publicity
6) New Business: a) US Forest Service inventory submitted. b) Debrief on gas emergency of 10/12/2022. c) Board Meeting Update. d) Other?
7) Old Business: a) STEM update – Sherri (KI5TLA), b) OPD Shack facilities update Donovan (K2AH), Don, (K2WQ). c) PIC and SAM work needs
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 – TBD 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: Sept Net
- 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: Sept Net
- 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 November 9, 2022 Monthly Meeting Time: Nov 9, 2022 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83845105885?pwd=d0NKVi9EYk9uazMycERqR2pzQ2xodz09
Meeting ID: 838 4510 5885 Passcode: 814137
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.