N9CJT       Noel Taylor              W9MDT      Mike Tanksley            N7GTA        Don Dewees

     KD9SMG    Russ Bananno

 

 

     General Discussion & Fellowship

     Decision:  Go or No-Go on Awakening this Club

     Meeting Location, Date, Time, & Frequency

     Webmaster topics,   W9BCI.ORG

     Other topics the group would like to discuss ...

 

 

01.JUL-23-2022.  All present indicated their interest to {re} awaken the Brown County Club and return to an active status - So We're Back!  Dave Redding will look over the old club records and confirm what we need to put in place to move forward in an official capacity and present that in August.   The group mentioned appointing a President and Vice and a Treasurer.  We talked about dues and if we should put together a grant request to the ARRL opportunity.  Noel and Mike offered their experience to help us make sure we have the proper documents in place, club leaders identified, and we're following any required process for our monthly meetings.

02.JUL-23-2022.   Dave Redding will ask Christy Wrightsman to reserve a room at CRC for the 4th Saturday of each month at 9AM.

03.JUL-23-2022.    Brad Stone will advance W9BCI.ORG to the next level and set up mechanisms for us to communicate important information, upload our club documents, highlights of activities in Brown County, links to other important activities in nearby counties.  Personally, I'm very excited about our website as it will serve as an introduction to many individuals that may be considering becoming active in our club.

 

04.JUL-23-2022.   We should advertise and offer a testing opportunity after our Aug 27th meeting, targeting those that have difficulty getting to Columbus or Bloomington testing opportunities and also any students that would like to take the test again.  Dave Redding will work with Scott Nelson & Matt Ferrell & Rick Woehlecke to see what we can offer.

 

05.JUL-23-2022.   The Club wanted to hold a weekly SIMPLEX net on 146.46.  After a brief discussion, we felt 8:30 PM on Thursday after the local ARES nets would be a good time to try this new Brown County Simplex Net.  K9VM / Rick was recruited to be Net Control.

 

 

 

• Continuity of Assets
• Supporting Emergency & Preparedness of and for Brown County
• Recruitment & Outreach of New Amateur Radio Operators
• Fellowship & Social Events
• Support & Connections w/ other Amateur Radio communities

 

 

 

 

Continuity of Assets - The active club can serve a critical role to maintain control and ownership as individuals come and go ... 

Offer Test Prep & Tutoring for those working on their next level license

 

 

• ARRL Field Day 2023
  
  
• Fall of 2022, Local Version of Field Day  (Brad's QTH offer - so let's move quick before he withdraws the invite)
  
  
• Swap Meet.  No volunteers stepped forward.  We think late Sep, 1st week or so of Oct would be an excellent time to host a swap meet.  We talked about the parking lot here at the Brown County High School, the Conference Facility at the Seasons, County Fairgrounds, and some of the parks around.   There's the new place Away for a Day (the old flea market and D&J equipment sales area and there are some Churches with large parking lots that might consider giving us permission to host this event in their parking area.

 

• Link or post LAUREL test opportunities.
• Support W9MDT / Mike's efforts to get GREENE County Emergency Group to a working status.