President’s Report
November is here and that means a month of Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for being part of a great Club and everyone who’s in it. Without you, my position means nothing. I’m thankful for everyone’s support through my term. Elections are this month. I know that Ben Knapp KD9RYH will make a great president.
Like the leaves, my hopes to have one last camping trip have pretty much fallen… But, there’s next year. Yes, slight pun intended.
I wanted to remind everyone that our club Christmas party will be at Pizza Ranch on Brandywine Dr. in Peoria at 6:30 pm. The date is Tuesday, December 12th 2023. Please RSVP to the club email: w9uvi.paarc@gmail.com by December 1st as to how many are coming with you!
Thank you to each and every one of you for just being you and being a part of this wonderful club!
Justin Flick – N9WX, PAARC President
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Meeting Minutes:
Board of Directors 10/5/23
Present: Justin, Tom, Tanya, Deb, Rob, Darren, Scott
Bandbits – Rob & Tom – all approve
Treasurer Report – Money Market #13,580, Checking 1503.58, Savings – 5.04, Paypal – 200.00
Spent for Trademark $600 total Tom & Rob – all approve
Repeaters – Nothing new on repeaters – Tom seeing about access in Dunlap
Superfest – We made $2900 this year, website, vendor letter and most documents have been or are being updated. Reservations will start being taken asap. Deb will reach out to Adam to get Square on the website so we can use it also.
Old Business – Red Cross move – our stuff was moved on 10/05, they have a cubicle for us to use for our radio equipment, this will not work.
New Business – Vote is being taken on Facebook about moving to another night. American Legion would be open to other nights.
Rob – wanting to do a club event for Illinois quoso party – sending information to Justin will create an event on FB
Deb – took a bunch of papers from the radio room, going through them, Dwight will scan them for us and we will save them on the website, important papers will be given to Adam/Tanya.
Darren – Once bylaws are updated, sending to lawyer to take care of 501 (c) (3) for us.
Motion to adjourn – Deb-Rob – 7:30
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Membership Meeting 10/12
7:04pm – Justin N9WX, called the meeting to order.
Darren KD9HZZ, made the motion to approve the minutes from the last club meeting posted in BandBits, Tom W8NWG, seconded, all approved.
Tanya KD9YPM, presented the treasurer’s report:
$13,580.59 – Money Market account
$ 1,255.58 – Checking account
$ 5.04 – Savings account
There was a discussion about PayPal versus Square
Rob KD9DBQ, made the motion to approve the treasurer’s report as presented, Mark W9WGN, seconded, all approved.
Deb presented the Midwest Superfest™ report, we made $2,900 this year, we had some expenses we won’t have next year, the club has used Trademark Engine and have filed for a federal trademark for Midwest Superfest™ so please make sure you use the entire name where referring to it, especially in writing.
Repeater report:
Nov. 11th test turning back on the analog on the .85 repeater in Glasford.
Still waiting on information for possible sight in Dunlap.
The Red Cross gave us a storage room on the 3rd floor, and they may be giving us a 6×12 trailer that we discussed using as a communications trailer.
Tom W8NWG made the motion to accept the revision to Article IV as it had been published and the adoption of the Sexual Harassment Policy, Ben KD9RYH, seconded, all aproved.
Justin N9WX brought up that he had been approached about changing the club meeting night to Tuesday nights, this was okay with the American Legion. Justin put a poll up on our Facebook page and the majority of club members who voted in the poll were in favor of Tuesday nights. Rob KD9DBQ, made the motion to move the club meetings to Tuesday nights at 7pm, Brett KD9PXZ, seconded, all approved. The November club meeting will be on Tuesday Nov. 14th at 7pm at the American Legion Hall in Bartonville. At this time the Board and the Midwest Superfest™ meetings are not moving to Tuesday nights.
The slate of officers for 2024 running unopposed, are as follows:
President – Ben Knapp, KD9RYH
Vice President – Scott Tranchitella, K9XJT
Secretary – Adam Gerik, KD9NYE
Treasurer – Tanya Knapp, KD9YPM
2 year Director-At-Large – Rich Schmitz, K9RCS
These offices are not up for vote:
1 year Director-At-Large – Rob Herrin, KD9DBQ
Club Trustee – Justin Flick, N9WX
Midwest Superfest™ Chairperson – Darren Weir, KD9HZZ
Repeater Chairperson – Jacob Walters, K9WFT
Deb is seeing about a place for the Christmas dinner, hopefully Smokin Notes in East Peoria.
Meeting adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
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Midwest SuperfestTM
Thanks again everyone for all the help at this year’s Midwest SuperfestTM it was a successful year considering it was a new home and the problems we have had the last couple of years with our venues.
Please make sure you have the dates on your calendars for 2024. Since September 1st is on a Sunday, Midwest SuperfestTM will be later than normal next year. For those who didn’t realize it, Midwest SuperfestTM is always the third full weekend of September, instead of based around a certain date.
We have begun the process to trademark our name and are using Trademark Engine to get it done. Please make sure when you talk about it or use it in communications that you use Midwest SuperfestTM the way it is spelled here. We are getting a federal trademark, so our name will be ours everywhere and not just in Illinois.
Since the fourth Thursday of November is Thanksgiving, we decided to not have a meeting in November.
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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®.
November 1, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
November 8, ARES Net @ 7:00 PM CDT on the W9UVI (147.075) repeater
November 11, Area Repeater and Simplex Testing 1:00 PM start time
November 15, 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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October Net Logs
10/1
WD9EB KD9ANU W9WGN W8NWG K9XJT K9HJZ KD9YPM KC9IH KD9HZZ KD9JXR W9JDP K9TNT NM0O KB9ATO KD9IVV N9WFT KD9NYE KD9PXZ N9NDF KD9AER N9SL KD9RJH K9RCS K9WFT N9CS WF9E KC9YTT KB9OGS KD9RYH KD9STL WW9DLM Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/8
KD9ANU WD9EB W8NWG W9WGN KD9IBC K9HJZ NKD9MPI NP2WJ KD9YPM K9TNT NM0O KD9PXZ K9WFTN KD9AER K9RCS KD9IVV KD9JXR WW9DLM KT9TB N9GZ KD9TEG KD9STL KD9VAN KD9RYH K9CEW K9UQF KC9YTT KD9NYE KC9IH Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/15
KD9ANU W8NWG N9WX WD9EB KD9QQU W9WGN NP2WJ KD9Y8PM KD9TEG KC9YTT KC9IH W9JDP NM0O KD9JXR K9TNT N9NDF KD9PXZ N9WFT KD9AER N9SL AB9DL KD9IVV K9XJT KD9WRX KD9NYE KD9ERS WF9E N9CS KD9RJH KD9STL WW9DLM KD9RYH K9UQF K9HJZ K9CEW Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/22
WD9EB KD9ANU W8NWG W9WGN K9XJT KD9VAN KC9IH KD9YPM NM0O K9WFT W9JDP KD9JXR K9RCS K9TNT KB9ATO N9WFT KD9IVV KD9AER KD9IBC KD9MPI N9NDF KC9YTT KD9PXZ N9SL N9CS WF9E K9CEW K9UQF KD9RYH KD9WRX KD9TEG KD9STL Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
10/29
KD9ANU WD9EB KD9WRX W9WGN K9HJZ KD9YPM KC9IH W9JDP K9TNT KB9ATO NM0O KD9PXZ KD9JXR N9WFT KD9IVV W8NWG KD9AER WF9E WW9DLM KC9YTT K9CEW KD9NYE N9GZ K9RCS KB9OGS K9UQF N9NDF W9WTF KD9MPI KD9RJH KD9VIN KD9STL KD9RYH N9CS Submitted by KD9DBQ 73
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November Club Events
November 1 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Net: W9UVI Repeater 147.075
November 2 – 7:00 p.m. – Board Meeting via Zoom
November 8 – 7:00 p.m. – ARES Net: W9UVI Repeater 147.075
November 14 – 7:00 p.m. –New Meeting Day – TUESDAY – Club Meeting: Election of Officers; Demonstration of grid tracker software with FT8 – Bartonville American Legion, 4501 S Airport Rd, Bartonville
November 15 – ARES Meeting: Zoom
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Club For Sale Items
There will soon be a new page on the website for various ham related items for sale, either items that are owned/donated to the club or items club members wish to sell. Any club member with ham related items they wish to sell, please take at least 2 decent pictures of the item and send them to the club email w9uvi.paarc@gmail.com with a description of the item, how much you want for it, and how they can best contact you. Remember these will be posted on the website, so you may want to use your email as the contact to start with.