FULTON AMATURE RADIO CLUB AGENDA
28 May 2025
CALL TO ORDER: 19:00
Officers Present: Dave,Mike R. , Ken E. not present Dave fill in
Guests: new guests introduced and greeted, brief overview to guests of different aspects and rewards of hobby
Reading of Minutes from previous meeting: -last meetings minutes read
Races on air 2nd Sunday 20:00
May 3 trailer clean with Mike
15 repeater running
POTA at fort
Erie canal week sept 16th
Someone update pathfinder prolog
Rick selling equipment
Julie historian EIN
Open club to ares and races
Skywarn class 21 may bear bait—lost ½ hr at start
-motion to accept…motion accepted
Treasurers Report: Read, 30 cents accounted for (typo) financial status read, motion to accept->accepted
Committee Reports:
Education (Redd) education report read, tech class being built by Redd, for fall, September, 9 weeks learning, 10th week test
Emergency Communications/RACES (Mike) not present
Public Relations: admin help with RACES or events, harborfest July 26, reindeer run December, 2weeks ahead of time emails send out asking about volunteer help for events, went on to discuss what volunteering entails, pairing up with experience
3a Walks,Runs: see above
3b Field Day: Mike not present, FIELD DAY 28/29 June
Think will be fort Ontario
Discuss what field day is
REDD describe history, intent, prove capability, make something out of nothing, exercise in field
DAVE also elaborate further on field days
Club trailer to go to fort Ontario, good spot high elevation and flat
Plan B- KEN shop
Field day set up logistics and rules explained by REDD
FRED brought up the skill to operate with many contacts jumping in and on nets like a real emergency
REDD when no infrastructure HAMS always communicate and can on behalf of local civil services
Good example nine-eleven…HAMS stepped in
FRED brought up most recent disasters in N.C. talking about mountain top HAM operators communicating to valley
3c picinics,dinners: JUDY(?)—talk of picinic and xmas dinner
Picinic Aug 24th 9am-9pm britebeck park, bring own utensils, need plastic bags to go, asked for motion to be allowed necessary budget ~$50—REDD propose Judy enabled funds, FRED 2nd…accepted
Christmas Dinner, Jim Tesky chnl 9 weather guest speaker, gift for speaker, repeat of funds and motion for funds, Dave explained about SKYWARN
Ran by NOAA out of Buffalo, emergency communication, national weather service tie in,Judy spoke of SKYWARN nuber assigned, club sets up net, logs recorded, call in buffalo and report
Community Property:
Old Business: Boxes from Julia –(historian)
New Business: Bob, talk of truck show in Scriba, club trailer for event?
***DAVE (no GARRETT demo/instruction)
Tour at the Oswego maritime museum of the watercraft ‘Lake Guardian’
L.G. explore and map lake Ontario floor, named wildlife sanctuary, preservation of history(shipwrecks), remote controlled ROV, takes pics, can 3-d print scans of lake bottom
***REDD motion to close meeting, Judy 2nd
New associate member Walden Raddell joined the club
50/50 raffle held
Next meeting June prior to field days