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SOUTH FLORIDA FM ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 14, 2002 PRESIDENT RONNIE HAIK KG4DBI DIRECTORS Meeting called to order at 19:42 by Ronnie with 27 present Kayak race Miami Field Day - November 9, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tropical Park by the Hill
HF, VHF, UHF, packet, APRS, amateur television will be demonstrated. Need more
volunteers - contact Robert If you bring something, make sure it is
self-contained and self-sufficient. Getting Red Cross Support Boys and
Girls Scouts, CERT and many other groups have been notified Expecting a lot of
people Holiday dinner for SFFMA and Dade Radio Club December 14, 6 p.m. - RSVP
before December 7. Will need to charge a small amount - will be catered
Ham and Turkey $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. Bring
dessert. Will be held at the EOC in the cafeteria. Open to anyone a
part of amateur radio is invited CERT Another place to meet If we had to leave EOC or move the meeting to another date in order to avoid conflict, would that be ok. Also, we could use the cafeteria on the 2nd Monday, but we would lose the bells and whistles of this room. Boy Scout Jamboree (45th) - this weekend Contact Armando, KG4LYD, if you can help December 6-8 is Merit Badge College Radio merit badge course will be taught Citizens' Crime Watch Awards Banquet this Friday Majestic Eagle Award to Pete Cuccaro, Chief of the Miami-Dade Schools Police Buster Castiglia, President of Continental National Bank Esther Castiglia, Community Activist Eddy Rodriguez, KC4CFK, will be receiving the CHAMP award Previous winners include Joe Chwick, AC4TV; Evelyn Gauzen, W4WYR; Sam Harte, KQ4MR; Jim Hirschman, K4TCV; Carl Jagielski, KA4HLO; John McHugh, KU4GY; Rick Vahan, N4PBF; Ray Vaughan, KD4BBM. Elections are coming up Need to appoint a nominating committee in November Nominations will be taken in December Elections will be in January SEDAN 440 APRS digi-peater - 441.125 First in state, we think At BellSouth building 147.000 repeater - going to fall out of the cabinet Need someone to take over project of getting another cabinet (aluminum purchased and installed professionally) John Vecchio, KF4ACN, thinks he knows where a cabinet is and will manage the project Tower crew will cost $1000/day - need to get donations to cover the cost Web sites Lost the hosting service for the web sites Moving to another website, soon, but may need to get some money to pay for it in order to guarantee the site to stay up - any donations are welcome to help Ray out with the wonderful job he is doing. Ray is working with another place for all his sites - free is working for us because he is spending too much rebuilding the sites after they break Please fill out the HAM questionnaire at www.sffma.net/status.htm if you have not done so already - if you need to update it, please e-mail Ray We have had 147 check-ins this month, 359 check-ins last month If you hear jamming, what do you do? Ignore them, pretend he's not there -
they will go away if they don't get any attention Made antennas after the meeting ARTICLE 12- AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the association with a
two thirds vote of the members voting, provided that the amendment has been
submitted in writing at the previous regular meeting and the members have been
sent written notice of the proposed amendment. Section 3. SECTION 3 DUES AND ASSESSMENTS a. )The association, by majority of those present at any regular meeting may
levy upon the the regular membership such dues and assessments as may be
necessary for the business of the organization. c.) The fiscal year shall be October 1 through September 30 TO READ C) The Fiscal Year, commencing January 1, 2003, shall be January 1 through
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