October 24

LSARC MEETING MINUTES

Oct. 19, 2024

Meeting was called to order at 1209 by Rudy Behrens

Minutes of last meeting were reviewed by Rudy Behrens prior to addressing old and

new business. It was noted that the CD’S have brought the club $473.62 which will be

rolled over when due.

Motion was made by Terry and seconded by Reta to approve the minutes. Motion

carried.

Treasurers Report was given by Susan Wall .

Current balance in checking account is $2844.73.

Motion made to accept by Terry and seconded by Cameron. Motion carried.

Old Business:

Liability insurance for the repeater site is designated by the lease agreement and this

needs to by addressed. We did receive one bid of approximately $1500.00 per year

which is not a doable cost for us.

At the last meeting it was noted that if 50% of our membership would agree to be

members of said AARL we could get our insurance through that. In return the club

would then reimburse each of those members $20.00 annually to help defray the cost.

This would need to be renewed each year and those participating would need to furnish

the club with the membership number.

This approach had been approved at the last meeting and we again agreed that this

would be our best choice.

This will be addressed on the net for approval by the majority.

We discussed the installation of one of our new repeaters. The antenna on the tower

has been replaced as has the coax and a great deal of our problems with interference

had been stopped. It had been discussed at the last meeting and agreed upon that we

should go ahead and utilize our current repeater to the best usage that we can. We can

look forward to use of another tower in the future but that remains up in the air at this

time and may never come about. If it does we will still have the second repeater

available to utilize.

Next on the agenda was to reimbursed Drew for the time he spent on the tower

replacing the old antenna and installing gift Visa card of $250.00

There is also the issue of repaying him for the additional cost that he has since moving

Echo Link to his tower which is $20.00 a month due to having to pay for a static IP

address.

It was agreed to pay him $240.00 by check for a years usage and see how things

progress from there. That will depend on how soon we can get our own static IP

address and can assume the responsibility for its maintenance.

Motion was made by Terry and seconded by Susan that the meeting be adjourned.

Motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 1258.

Next meeting will be held at First Christian Church, 1200 noon on the 2 nd Saturday of the

month.

Respectfully submitted by

Reta Behrens, Secretary