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Michigan Area Repeater Council September 9, 2006
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Date: 9/9/06
Meeting Place: Delta Twp. Fire Dept
Officers:
President: Dennis Gaboury, W8DFG
Vice President: Jim Maike, KB8IFE
Secretary: Ann Manor, KT8F
Treasurer: Dave Johnson, WD8DJB
Director:
Ron Gordon, W8YUC
Director:
Jim Kvochick, WB8AZP
Coordinator: Dan Thompson, N8WKM*
Coordinator: Phil Manor,W8IC
Absent*
Meeting called to order by the President
at: 1:00 PM
Minutes from previous meeting read by Ann, KT8F. Motion to accept the
minutes as amended (call sign correction) in the newsletter made by Jim,
KB8IFE and 2nd by Jim, WB8AZP, motion
carried.
Treasurer’s report provided by Dave
Johnson, WD8DJB. Motion to accept the
report made by Phil, W8IC and 2nd by Ann, KT8F, motion carried.
No mail received. One absentee ballot received.
Old
business: None
New
business:
Dave made a motion requesting permission
to purchase an upgrade for the AskSam
program, 2nd by Jim WBAZP. Discussion,
motion carried.
Question from the floor: regarding the coordination process – time involved
in processing the coordinations.
Dennis stated that we had a backlog of 6 years going back to a time when
no coordinations took place for various reasons. We are currently up to the year 2003. In about 3 months, we should be caught up on 2 meters and 440.
Six meters,220 and 900 are all up to date.
Out of state requests are now caught up and going out on time.
Discussion re: coordination using
propagation programs, possibly using waivers. Some repeaters are not on the
air. These should be reported to MARC
with specific information so that they can be investigated. Other coordination
guidelines were discussed.
Elections: nominations opened for the positions of
President, Secretary and Director. No
new nominations offered. Jim, KB8IFE made
a motion to close the nominations and have the secretary cast a unanimous
ballot to re-elect
Dennis, W8DFG as President, Ann KT8F as
Secretary, and Ron, W8YUC as director.
2nd by Jim WB8AZP, motion carried.
Phil
read: article 3 B-7 in the Bylaws
for the proposed bylaw change as published in the newsletter: that
the following line should be
struck from B-7 in the bylaws. “If four
(coordinators) are appointed, one shall be responsible for coordination
activities regarding two meters and down and the other shall be responsible for
coordination activities above two meters in the ARS allocated
frequencies.” No correspondence
received regarding this matter.
Vote
taken, passed.
Phil
read: Article from the
Bylaws under Standards 1 F-1. and from
Procedures Article 3 Par B for the proposed bylaw change as published in the
newsletter: Under MARC standards Article I paragraph F-1: If updates by
submitting a Technical Data Sheet (from the system sponsor) are not received a
minimum of once every two years the (MARC) coordinator may withdraw the
Co-ordination Authorization.
Under MARC procedures, Article 3,
paragraph B: Technical Data Sheet. It is the responsibility of the repeater
trustee to examine and edit as necessary the Technical Data Sheet (TDS) to
reflect the operating parameters of the repeater system. Failure to file the TDS by it’s due date may
result in an incorrect or omitted entry in the ARRL repeater directory. Failure to file a TDS for two consecutive
years may result in the loss of co-ordination.
The loss of co-ordination will be preceded by a certified letter of
intent to revoke the repeater’s co-ordination.
A 30-day response period will be allowed. The frequency pair thereafter may then be made available for
other co-ordination.
No correspondence received regarding this
matter.
Vote taken, passed.
Additional discussion brought from the
floor on solutions for cleaning up paper repeaters. (coordinated repeaters
which are not on the air).
Dave stated that TDS must be submitted by
Dec 31 in order for publication in the 2007 ARRL directory.
Upcoming meetings:
(all on Saturday)
December 2 at the Lapeer Elk’s Club
March 3 at the Bay City Elk’s Club
June 2nd at the Hudsonville IRA swap.
Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Jim
KB8IFE and 2nd by Ron, W8YUC, motion
carried. Time: 2:06 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Ann Manor, KT8F