- The Secretary read his awesomely hip minutes, which were accepted as
read.
- N6EW gave the status update on the Club repeaters. Santiago, whose
8-bay for some unexplained reason became a 4-bay, is back up with an omnidirectional
pattern. Harvard is up and working great. Ten meters is working, as is
the band, with boucoups DX daily (pardon my French, but DX does this to
my brain).
- N6HGJ happily took money for the
Christmas
party.
Those who joined us there had a great meal and a fine time.
- The Vice-President noted that TASMA has turned down the proposed new
band plan for 2 meters, but that APRS moved to 144.390 kHz.
- The Vice-President related the ongoing financial woes of Newsline
and This Week in Amateur Radio. This led to a lively discussion
on why Newsline costs so darn much, apparently $1200 per month,
to put out, when This Week does it for a fraction of this. It was
suggested that members kick in for Newsline donations when they
renew their Club dues, but that this would be put on hold until LAACARC
is through getting an accounting from Newsline.
- After talking about renewing memberships, the question was posed from
the floor of what the dues amount would be. Greg, last year's President,
likes a reduction to $20. A couple of other people said that they didn't
mind paying the present $30. Well, we'll find out this month.
- The digital voice recorder on the Santiago repeater, once a source
of great entertainment and more than a little controversy, is not forgotten,
but it is waiting for Spring of 1999 and (yes) the new controller for this
machine.