Call to Order:

The President, Garett N9HXR called the meeting to order at 7:14 pm. He next took attendance. Joe KE9CMR, Garett N9HXR, Cae Associate, Sam KD9BRW, Don KC9ZMY, David KE9BPC, Josh K9TEA, Ryan K1TLN, Simon KE9CLZ, Davis KE9DKR and Joshua KD9MXV were in attendance. There aren’t any newcomers so we’ll dispense with introductions.

Minutes:

Garett asked if everyone had received the minutes and if there were any corrections or comments. There were none voiced.  Sam KD9BRW made a motion to accept, which was seconded by David KE9BPC.  The ayes have it. The minutes will stand as read.

Officers’ Reports:

President:

Garett N9HXR stated we would make an effort to move through the business portion of the meeting more quickly so we can spend more time doing things like presentations or Q&A and what not. He also announced he donated a Baofeng UV-25 handheld radio which would be raffled off at the end of the meeting.

Vice President:

Nothing

Treasurer:   

Kevin Associate, stated that 30 people have applied for membership, 18 have paid their dues, which includes 14 full members and 1 associate member and 3 family members sponsored by a licensee. Not including the raffle we now have $470.00 in the account. Anyone else who wants to pay can reach him at treasurer@wcars.radio. You can also hit him up on Discord.

Recording Secretary:

Nothing

Trustee:

Sam KD9BRW stated He wants to get our Club Call sign its own Echo link node, so that we can use it for any digital stuff. That way we won’t have to use Garett’s N9HXR call sign.

Old Business:

We’ve sent out emails detailing collection of dues, which need to be collected by July 31st.We’ll be accepting Cash, cashier checks, or money orders and Zelle.

New Business:

Need new members. Joshua KD9MXV will give a presentation on cyber security slated for October. Cae and possibly Josh K9TEA, will do a presentation on Mesh technologies including Reticulum, Meshcore, and the like in either September or October.

Joshua KD9MXV posted info on Discord in the Public Service channel relating to volunteering to assist with the Chicago Marathon Ham Radio Medical Communications team.

The President asked if there was anything else to be brought up, there wasn’t, so he stated that the next Membership meeting would be held September 8th 2025 at PS1 due to the normal meeting day falling on Labor Day. The next Board meeting will be held Tuesday September 16, 2025.

The raffle was held next and David KE9BPC won the Radio.

There being no other business, Garett N9HXR asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Associate Cae made the motion, which was seconded by David KE9BPC, meeting was adjourned at 7:39

Respectfully,

Joseph Murphy Jr KE9CMR

Recording Secretary