July 2010 Board Meeting

The Rib Mountain Repeater Association

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors

19 July 2010

Prehn Dental Office 2^nd Floor Meeting Room, Wausau

Board members present:

Rich Maier KC9NW

Dean Andrewjeski K9PT

Paul Nelles K9DB

Brian Seehafer N9ATQ

Tony Hermanek K9QM

Others present:

            Dan Sharpee KB9RXA

Fred Prehn WX9W

Dave Peters KC9LFG

The meeting was called to order at 19:19 CDT by President Rich Maier KC9NW. 

Secretary’s Report: K9DB

• Printed copies of the minutes of the meeting of June 21^st 2010 were distributed. The minutes were accepted as presented.

Treasurer’s Report: N9ATQ

• Balance $2,399.96. No change from the June 21^st  meeting.

Old Business:

Brighton Repeater:

• N9ATQ reported that the Educational Communications Board has not received the payment for the Brighton tower lease for 2010. KC9NW said he mailed it in early February. N9ATQ reported that he has checked with the bank and the check has never cleared. N9ATQ reported will send a new check.
• K9PT reported that the antennas and transmission line for the 144.81/145.41 repeater were installed on July 2^nd. The repeater went on the air on July 5^th.
• K9PT reported that he had paid the $1500 to the tower crew, and has requested re-imbursement.
• Additional expenses were $300 for specialized connectors.
• The total project ran about $1500 over budget. For now that expense has been covered by K9PT, although he hopes to be reimbursed.
• K9DB reported that the repeater has been well received in Medford, and at La Crosse National Weather. WX9ARX at La Crosse NWS used the repeater to contact TaylorCounty during the recent storm on July 14^th that dumped up to four inches of rain and spawned at least one tornado in the area.

Repeater Controller:

• No work has been done on the controller in the past month.

New Business

New Repeater at Coloma:

• The RMRA has received an offer from Mark Leibelt, W9LTA of Coloma to receive the 146.10/146.70 VHF, 442.675 UHF, and 144.39 APRS repeaters at Coloma as a donation. Leibelt currently owns the repeaters outright and wants to turn ownership over to an organization. No action was taken until more details are available.
• K9DB is working on a formal Transfer of Ownership document.

Possible Repeater at Wyeville

• WX9W inquired what it would take for the RMRA to deploy a repeater on one of his generator towers on his cranberry farm north of Wyeville in MonroeCounty.
• K9PT reported beteen $2,000 and $3,000. He later revised that figure upwards.

Topics from the Floor:

D-STAR Linking:

·         KC9LFG inquired about D-STAR linking to the Wisconsin reflector REF019C as had been discussed at the June meeting.

Future Projects:

• A post meeting brainstorming session was held to identify possible future projects for the RMRA in an effort to draft a master project plan.

Meeting adjourned 08:20 CDT.

Respectfully Submitted,

Paul Nelles K9DB

Secretary

Results of Post Meeting “White Board Brainstorming Session”

19 July 2010