President’s Report
I want to start out by thanking everyone who helped with and those who attended Midwest Superfest 2023. We were successful at our new home. I’m honored that we even had help from non-members/other clubs. It was a learning experience for sure. The Three Sister’s Park Staff members were amazing to work with. Any request or need we had was taken care of immediately and without hesitation. We hope that next year and the years to come will be bigger and better yet! We have plenty of room to grow so let’s do it!
As a reminder, the October Club Meeting will be in Bartonville at the American Legion Hall. We will be voting on the changes to our Constitution mentioned at the last 2 club meetings, and we will be finalizing the Nominations for Board of Directors, to be voted on at the November club meeting. If you are interested in any position on the BOD, please contact me at n9wx.ares@gmail.com or any current board member.
I’m hoping to organize another POTA and Foxhunt event or 2 before Winter. There even thoughts of a Fall camping trip, just to have one last hoorah before Winter Field Day comes along.
Again, I am proud and honored to be the current leader of such a great group. I have said it before and I’m saying it again, I want to hear from you! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! This is just as much your club as it is mine. I look forward to the years to come!
Justin Flick N9WX
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Meeting Minutes:
Board of Directors 9/7/23
Attending are: Tom (W8NWG), Adam (KD9NYE), Justin (N9WX), Deb (WD9EB), Doug, Rob (KD9DBQ), Scott (K9XJT), (Tanya, KD9YPM, joined later)
7:02 p.m., we begin…
Bandbits approval: Deb makes a motion, Rob seconds. All are in favor and it passes.
Treasurer’s report from Justin (no Tanya until later):
- Savings: nothing!
- Checking: $5,000.00
- $775 is coming out of checking for golf carts
- $1,888.55 transferred from checking to PayPal in case we need to refund anyone for Superfest (Deb did have to refund $50 for a double orders of tables)
- $341.48 for purchase of Square hardware
- $7,772.46 is in our money market
Motion to accept the report by Tom, Deb seconds. All are in favor.
Repeater committee: No updates, says Tom, due to being busy with Superfest
Old business:
– Justin still hasn’t heard anything further from the Red Cross about needing to move, but did hear back last that they’re pretty sure we have room in the new building.
– Doug says that the American Legion is once again an option for us if desired… they won’t charge us, either. They want to be involved with us.
– Jason said that there’s a gentleman (Adam?) from Dream Center who thinks we could also be there, perhaps. The guy is supposed to call Justin next week to discuss.
New business:
– None
Superfest from Deb:
– We got a lot of things straightened out with golf carts… one 6-seater, one cargo and 3 smaller ones. Justin has a friend who has a friend who has also agreed to loan us their golf cart. We need to be careful with all carts – do not overload, etc. Deb will take pictures when they deliver them at 3 p.m. Friday, to avoid prior damage claims. We’ll have the personally-loaned one on Thursday.
– Deb will get Tanya a list of what cash we’ll need; we’ll organize it all during Thursday night’s regular meeting.
– Deb is also going to get our certificate of insurance soon.
– Emails have been sent to all indoor vendors thanking them for participating and reminding them that setup is Friday from 1-8 p.m. Vendor packets will be waiting for them.
– Deb is going out to the site Wednesday afternoon to meet with Susan on any last minute things we need to do. There are some ruts by the gate due to recent weather, but hoping to have that addressed in advance.
– Also working on ARRL request paperwork for next year’s Superfest.
– Deb has our raffle license to have on-site as required.
– So far, with all expenses we know about, we have almost paid for the venue. $2,926 in income so far. Venue is $3,500 (not much more than what we paid for Expo last year) Postage, raffle license, portable toilets, etc. are other expenses.
– Gary from the Woodford club mentioned a desire to work with our club next year in exchange for part of the profits. Will need further discussion by the board.
– Adam volunteered to help integrate our new Square account into our website… Deb will reach out with info needed.
– Deb needs to get some sort of sweets/treats for the vendors on Friday afternoon. Sweet rolls/doughnuts from Walmart? We may comp drinks/etc for vendors for the weekend from the on-site concession stand.
– Darren is planning to bring his grill; we’ll fill up the coolers in our trailer with water and ice.
At 7:38 p.m., we’re finished!
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Superfest
OH MY!! What can I say but THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Our first Midwest SuperfestTM in our new home was a resounding success. The comments we received, or just overheard were fantastic. People were surprised by how well we had planned some things, and yes there were some things we definitely have on our list for improvements for next year. We found out that the golf carts are required and our guests were very grateful for the rides. I heard some of our shuttle drivers were even given tips 😁
We have already started planning for next year and if you would like to help, you are welcome to join us on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7pm, go to the Club meetings page and click on the Superfest link.
Deb Suhs, WD9EB
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Peoria County ARES
Amateur radio operators use their training, skills, and equipment to provide communications during emergencies, When All Else Fails®.
October 4, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
October 7, Community Service Event, 1:30 PM at Junction City for PAWS-TOBERFEST
October 11, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
October 18, Monthly Meeting via Zoom, 7:00 PM
Please submit your Training Documentation form.
ARES website: http://www.peoriacountyares.org/
Rich Holtman, KD9ANU, Emergency Coordinator for Peoria County ARES
email: kd9anu@arrl.net
Winlink: kd9anu@winlink.org
Cell: 309-256-4272
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September Net Logs
9/3
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9/10
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9/17
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9/24
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October Club Events
October 4 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Net: W9UVI Repeater 147.075
October 5 – 7:00 p.m. – Board Meeting via Zoom
October 11 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Net: W9UVI Repeater 147.075
October 12 – 7:00 p.m. – Club Meeting: Vote on Constitutional amendments. American Legion, 4501 S Airport Rd, Bartonville
October 18 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Meeting: via Zoom
October 21 – 12:00 noon – FCC License Testing: October Location: Hopedale Village Hall Community Room, 101 SE Main St, Hopedale, IL. FRN Required. Bring two forms of identification and a copy of your license (if upgrading). Testing Fee: $15.
October 26 – 7:00 p.m. – Superfest Meeting