Choctaw Amateur Radio Club (CARC) Regular Monthly Meeting was held on January 15, 2001. At Choctaw Community Center. A quorum was met and business conducted as follows: The Choctaw Amateur Radio Club meeting was called to order by the Club President, Chuck Kanach, KC5EZS at 7 PM. He stated that he would use a relaxed version of Robert's Rules of Order. A discussion followed concern about an opening ceremony for the meeting and what had been done in the past. It was agreed that the Pledge of Allegiance was appropriate. There were a total of 10 members present. Members were asked to check and correct the current club membership roster. The secretary was asked to update the club officer's names in the Collector and Emitter. Reports: Secretary's Report for November was read and approved. There wasn't a report of December. Treasurer's Report - None. YL Report - Kay, KB5VJR, said that they were starting their 7th year. Members were surprised that it has been that long. Presidents goals and projects: 1. Increase the club membership - (These items will be brought up at other meetings throughout the year.) a. Invite a friend to a meeting, non-Hams are welcomed. b. Invite a former member. c. Bring a member who isn't able to drive because of health reasons. 2. YL Net - A challenge to all members, to encourage their YL to at least check into the YL net for the count. They would have to act as a control operator for the un-licensed YL. 3. Monthly Coffee - 2nd Saturday of the month, starting between 9:00-9:30 AM. The first one will be on February 10th, 2001 at the Texaco Truck Stop (Bruce's Restaurant) at I-40 and Choctaw Road. Other sites for the coffee will be discussed at monthly business meeting. 4. A quarterly luncheon - March, June, September, and December. There will be a short business meeting, to keep those members that can't get out for the regular meeting, informed on club activities. Later in the year it will be determined if the Christmas Dinner should be separate from or take the place of the monthly business meeting. 5. Shorten the business meeting, so that we can conduct a program or have a speaker for the remainder of the scheduled time. If members have any suggestions for programs or speakers, please send an email to Chuck at KC5EZS@TDS.NET, stating details and he will work to make it happen. Some of the speakers/programs that were mentioned include: weather spotters, ARES, ARRL representatives. 6. Support CORA - The CARC needs to have representatives at the CORA meeting. Chuck Kanach, KC5EZS, Bill Tarkington, KC5ICR and Bill Crossland, N9SQV volunteered to attend the January CORA meeting on the 4th Tuesday at 7:30 at the Salvation Army Bldg. 7. Support for Events. a. The Swap meeting. Without the treasurer present we didn't know how successful we were. It was suggested that we have another swap meeting on April 14th, if we can get the building reserved. b. A GPS Foxhunt - Dave, WD5G, told about the purpose and need of knowing how to use a GPS in times of emergency. The GPS foxhunt would provide us with some needed training on the use of a GPS. At the end of the foxhunt we would meet for coffee and a debrief. Dave passed out an information sheet, and a Sunday afternoon was suggested for the foxhunt, the date would be set later after rules can be established for the GPS foxhunt. b. RT 66 Special Event - Date and time not firmed up at present. The members participating in the event last year agreed that this was a fun time and they would like to do it again. The Cowboy Hall of Fame was suggested as an excellent place to hold this event again this year. Don, N5ENQ, will take the lead in organizing this activity and will keep us informed. c. JOTA - which takes place on the 3rd weekend in October. This will be discussed in more detail later in the year if we have interest in helping out. d. Field Day - June 23-24th. Don, N5ENQ, will schedule the park. Chuck, KC5EZS, will select a field day committee to plan for this event. e. Vo-Tech Open House - The club will set up a table to explain what we do for the community. The date has not been determined but the Vo-Tech will let us know when they plan to hold their next open house, then we can finalize our plans. f. Amateur Radio Class - It was agreed that this would be a fun thing to do. It was tabled for another meeting because of time. 8. We used to have a special fund for flowers and Chuck, KC5EZS, wanted to re-establish this fund. It was agreed by majority vote to fund this activity from the club treasury until we had more time to consider re-establishing this special fund. We would limit sending Get Well and Sympathy cards to a club member, their spouse and their children. 9. Post Office box keys should be found and given to the current President and Treasurer. 10. Recall roster needs to be updated and was put on hold for next meeting. New Business: It was brought up that someone should ask the Vo-Tech if there is some way to put an antenna up, so that we could have it for our meetings in case it is needed for a program, and it could be used for talk-in for the meeting. Chuck, KC5EZS, said he would check on that. Old Club Tower Sections - Mike would like to buy the two tower sections that the club has. A motion was made by Don, N5ENQ and seconded by Dave, WD5G that we allow Mike to buy the two tower sections for $25 dollars each. Approved. Old Business: Don's electric bill for the repeater- on hold Remote receiver site, bring up at next meeting. Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 PM Respectfully submitted by Kay Holzman, KB5VJR Club Secretary