Garett N9HXR called the meeting to order at 7:39. Present were President Garett Murphy N9HXR, VP Joshua Hamlet KD9MXV, Trustee Sam Clark KD9BRW, Director Joshua Grubman K9TEA, Director Cae Costigan, and Secretary Joe Murphy Jr KE9CMR. Garett asked if there were any corrections to the Minutes. There were none, so they will be accepted as read. The president showed those present his agenda for this meeting. He asked for Officers reports. There were none. Garett next explained that we achieved boosted Club status with Pumping Station 1 and produced an email with particulars. He asked if there were any questions on that and there were one. Sam KD9BRW and Garett N9HXR talked about our Club call sign. W9CRS or WC9ARS, which would be better as it would match our acronym. These are two of several we asked for. Garett stated it generally takes about eighteen days to get processed by the FCC. Unless the FCC has a meltdown, we should hear something soon, possibly by the next membership meeting. Garett said He was going to check with Wintrust, His employer about getting help setting up our 501c3 status. We may have a minor problem as our EIN number may have been incorrectly entered with the IRS. He was looking to see if Wintrust can do a lookup to see if it is correct or not. Once that has been corrected, we can set up a Bank account and start collecting dues and ramp up things that take money to accomplish. Sam KD9BRW is still working on QRP Lab type ideas. Cae has been working on some POTA ideas and will publish something possibly before the next membership meeting. She is also still working on logo ideas. Garett N9HXR suggested setting up a poll on Discord for members to vote on their choices. Brian was absent, but still working on the U505 outing, and we’ll hear more about that later. Joshua K9TEA is looking into business radio licenses. He mentioned Reticulum, packet radio and others. There is the possibility we would need a frequency Coordinator and mentioned Midland Corporation and the suggestions they make get a business license. Joshua KD9MXV stated He had several radios we could use to setup a Shack at PS1. Joshua K9TEA stated he had a Cushkraft R5 antenna at his mom’s house in the crawlspace that he would lend to the club to set up at PS1 with the caveat that when no longer needed it would be returned to him. Garett asked if there was anything else to be brought up and there wasn’t. He then asked for a motion to adjourn, which was supplied by Sam KD9BRW and seconded by Joshua K9TEA. Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Respectfully
Joe Murphy Jr KE9CMR
Secretary