Meeting Minutes

Old Business

• The Red Cross Intro to Disasters class was held prior to the last meeting. It will be offered at the next SCARS meeting if there is sufficient interest.
• Red Cross Shelter Excercise was fun and informative. The EmTrac was very cool.
• The Explore the World amateur radio demo was a big hit. We made several HF contacts while showing off to the estimated 800 attendees. Next year we should do this as a Special Event Station with custom QSL cards. Possibly we should coordinate with Cub/Boy Scouts.
• We are looking for new avenues to get a ham shack. The biggest problem is finding someone in a position of authority willing to listen to us. Several more names and officies were proposed.

New Business

• Mark (N5HZR) and Jud (KC5RI) are working to firm up the Spring Technician License class. It will be eight weeks long. Anyone who wants to volunteer to teach a session or conduct a demo should contact Mark or Jud.
• By process of elimination, Tuesday evening has been chosen as the new meeting time. Starting with December, the club will meet at 7:00pm on the First Tuesday of each month.
• The NWS is ready to start building up a spotter net for Cleveland and McClain counties. For now we just need someone willing to bring up a net during severe weather. Peter Laws (N5UWY) volunteered to be the net controller. Now we just need to work out what repeater to use.
• JP Bostic (KB5PSP) has drafted some QSL cards for the club. They look good.
• The paperwork to get W5OU for the club callsign is underway.
• The Collegiate Championship Sweepstakes (phone) is the weekend of the 16th. Most people present at the meeting have conflicts. Other members interested in participating should contact the club.