July 10th, 2023 Meeting Minutes

The July 10th, 2023 monthly HARC meeting was held at Hermiston High School in the ILC and was called to order by President Sam at 19:01. Member Attendees: KI7CUS, W7ILD, W7JJK, AA7TH, KE7YX, KJ7SMT, KD7VX, W7MWK, KK7JLW, NB7O, K7MGO, AA7AZ, KE4TRR, KJ7NYZ Guests:  Kira Smith, KO4SBI New Members: None The June 2023 meeting minutes and July 2023 Secretary/Treasurer’s Report were distributed via email by J. Kelso on 07/10/2023 and 07/05/2023 respectively. A motion was made by NB7O to adopt the June meeting minutes as presented.  Seconded by W7MWK.  Motion passed unanimously. The July 2023 Secretary/Treasurer’s Report was read by Jeff K. Ongoing Business 1.   Dennis provided a solar report to the club. 2.  Club logo update – Sam presented the logo design options that Ashbeck Design was hired to produce for the club.  Sam asked the club members in attendance to vote on both the tower style and the lightning bolt design to send back to Ashbeck for rework as our final design choice.  Design number 1, the detailed tower with four lightning bolts, was chosen by a majority of the members in attendance.  Sam will take that design back to Ashbeck and they will work up some final product options. 3.  Black Mountain repeater maintenance trip – Dennis asked for a show of hands of those who are interested in going up to the repeater on July 22nd.  Those who expressed interest were Mike (SMT), Emery, Mike (MWK), Alan, Todd, and Tony.  Dennis listed the tools that he’s planning to bring and asked for people to volunteer to bring other tools and supplies that may be needed.  Members also shared ideas for tools and supplies for those going on the trip to bring with them.  A discussion about tasks to be accomplished at the repeater site ensued.  After that, a discussion of transportation arrangements ensued and a meeting location (Cutsforth Park) and time (9:00 AM) were established. 4. Board of Directors election – Whitley Smith was the sole nominee.  Kevin moved that a unanimous ballot be cast in favor of Whitley’s election and the motion was seconded by Mike (SMT).  Motion passed unanimously. 5.  Wagon Train – Kevin said that the Wagon Train event was very successful and also read a nice note from the committee chair and secretary of the Wagon Train committee.  Kevin reiterated that ham volunteers’ participation was much appreciated and that volunteers would receive rodeo tickets as a thank-you gift from the organization. 6.  Alan proposed that a meeting be scheduled for those who want to participate in the Good Shepherd Hospital project.  Alan said that Matt Moore of Good Shepherd should be invited to the meeting as well.  Alan volunteered to spearhead that meeting and proposed some ideas for topics to be discussed at the meeting, mostly around antennas and antenna installation. New Business

1. 1. Future events – Irrigon Watermelon Festival Parade – July 29th – Anna asked for a show of hands as to who will be willing and able to participate.  Dennis raised his hand.  Whitley, Kevin, and Michelle are possible participants, but can’t commit to the event at this point.  Todd said that he could be there.

1. 1. Umatilla County Fair Parade – August 5th – A discussion of whether the club could commit to helping or not ensued.  Anna said that she’d send an email to the parade director asking about whether or not they needed our help this year.

3. 3. Don Drayton’s FTM-400DR is still available for sale.

4. 4. Mike (SMT) has a flash drive with pictures of field day on it in case anyone is interested.  Jeff copied the images up to Google Drive and will share them with the club.

5. 5. Kevin said that he and Jim had fun with the 13 Colony event and made a lot of contacts during that event.  The event happens on the first weekend in July every year.

6. 6. Jeff said that the school district has computers to donate to non-profit organizations.  No motion was made to accept any number of the computers, but Jeff said that the computers would be available for another month or so and the club could decide to take any number of them at the next meeting.

Announcements: 1.  Club breakfast – Saturday, July 15th at Rayz Dayz, Umatilla at 8:00 AM. 2.  President Sam said that Field Day went well and was “excellent.” 3.  President Sam thanked the Fourth of July parade volunteers for their effort. 4.  A lady reached out via the HARC website to say that her late husband had some radios that she’d like to sell, and Sam made contact with her to get the details.  At the meeting, Sam asked the club members if there was any interest in purchasing the radios.  Some members said that they were interested and Sam shared pictures of the radios with those who were interested in making a purchase. 5.  Dennis shared that Don Cossitt (KD7OCO) of Wheeler County isn’t expected to live much longer as he’s got inoperable cancer. 6.  Dennis said that the International Space Station may be visible in the sky tonight at 10:41. The meeting was adjourned by AA7TH at 20:07. Respectfully submitted by Jeff Kelso, W7JJK.