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Club Meeting – 6pm, Wednesday Sep 6th – La Val’s Pizza, Berkeley
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WHAT: W6BB Amateur Radio Club meeting
WHERE: La Val’s Pizza – North Side, 1834 Euclid Ave,. Berkeley (http://www.lavals.com/index.html)
WHEN: 6pm (schmooze) 6:30pm meeting – Wednesday, September 6th
WHO: You and anyone you know interested in amateur radio and the W6BB club here on campus.
TALK-IN: 440.900(+) PL131.8 WA2UNP
WHAT TO BRING: friends, other hams, anyone interested in ham radio, perhaps even something fun/silly/neat to give away on the sharing table (bring something, take something).
If you cannot make this meeting, and would like to be a candidate club officer (President, W6BB Trustee, Secretary), please send a bio/blurb about your ham ‘career’ to K6JEB or to the club list.
If you have agenda items, please send them to the list before the meeting.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Club Officer Elections – eligible members (you have to be a current student/staff/faculty to hold office in an OSL organization) will be tapped/elected, per our charter, for the next twelve months at our October meeting. THIS meeting we will have a chance to meet one another and anyone wishing to step-up or any nominations will be taken during the meeting tomorrow.
Club Program – until we have club officers elected, we won’t have a full meeting program hammered out. However, we have some prospects lined-up and we can discuss these and others during the meeting.
Shack Committee – the minute we get OSL recognition, we should start a search in earnest for an actual club Ham Shack. We already know of a few antennas up around campus, but we need leads on actual rooms where we can keep our equipment. As well, this (hopefully voluntary) committee should start discussing a workable policy with regard to recovering the equipment that might still be lingering for W6BB as well as laying out a plan to equip the shack. Remember, until we have an actual space, we won’t know whether we need things like chairs and desks and that sort of thing. We have already had a couple kind offers for equipment donations. The committee should be made aware of these and follow-up on the leads.
Club Dues – we shouldn’t collect any money until we have full OSL status. However, we should hammer-out and come to a CONSENSUS (for us country boys, that means when all the cows drink out of the same trough) on how much and for how long. Keep in mind if we had a few bucks, we could print up fliers and perhaps even subscribe to some of the ham radio magazines (or whatever the club decides to do with the money).
MEETING PROGRAM
NALCO ARES – Mal WA2UNP, will briefly discuss the W6BB relationship with NALCO (Northern Alameda County Amateur Radio Emergency Service). Part of our charter is to provide public service on campus as well as in the community during emergencies. NALCO membership is free to W6BB members.
This meeting will be mostly social and informal. Bring a pice of gear, or kit, or that old stack of QST, or even old W6BB trinkets or stories to share and amuse. And if you bring something to share/give away, you can take something. Future meetings might be spiced-up with a small raffle/drawing.