Minutes of General & Exec. Meetings
secretary@kwarc.org

Recording Secretary Dennis Tabbert VA3DLT

Minutes of the Mar 6th /2001 general meeting of the Kitchener Waterloo Amateur radio Club.

Dr. Robert McKie VA3MCK called the meeting to order at 7:45 pm, 15 minutes late due to the poor driving conditions. He warmly greeted 30 members and guests in attendance.

After the customary introductions of all members and guests, the program chairman Ben Sasiela VA3BNY introduced the guest speaker Ralph Cameron VE3BBM.

The topic of the evening was the famous Jack Revenscroft Case, which was presented in detail using a combination of overhead and computer generated video.

The case involved amateur radio operator Jack Revenscroft of Ottawa who was accused of radio interference He was ultimately sued by his neighbour who contended his various appliances were behaving strangely when Jack operated his amateur radio station. The interference continued even after Jack's radio equipment was removed from his home and kept in Ralph's possession. It was thought perhaps a local cb'er might have been the culprit.

Sadly to say, Jack passed away shortly after the cased was resolved. He will be remembered by all of us.

Our program chairman presented Ralph a certificate of appreciation, which he gratefully accepted.

At 9:30 coffee break was called with coffee and donuts served.

President Bob called the meeting to order at 9:45 and called on any one with announcements.

Ron Gimbel VE3DVD, advised us about the ham courses being offered.

Linda Hayward VA3LWH mentioned that the Saturday breakfasts would be held at Angles dinner 8:30-9:00 am.

Ben Sasiela VA3BNY announced that next month Paul Cassel VE3SY would be next month's speaker. The topic will be EQSL service, which stands for electronic QSL service. Have a look at www.eqsl.cc . This looks to be an exciting evening, don't miss it !

Ben also announced that Bill Graham VE3ETK will become program chairman in September.

President Bob closed the meeting at 9:52 pm. after announcing the executive board meeting will be held Tuesday March 6th.

Dennis VA3DLT

Executive Board Meeting Tuesday March 6th/2001
Ratz-Bechtel Family Center

Present: President Bob McKie VA3MCK, Vice President Dennis Tabbert VA3DLT, Past President Dave Johnson VA3MRJ, Webmaster Paul Cassel VE3SY, Treasurer Dave Schwartz VA3DGS, Packet Director Larry Gorman VE3LGN, Technical Director Ben Sasiela VA3BNY

President Bob McKie called the meeting to order at 7:30pm

Dave Schwartz stated the club was in good shape financially with approximately $1700 in the bank.

Paul suggested we use Pay Pal for Internet fund transactions but it was decided the present system has no problems.

The up and coming expenses were hall rental ($350.00) and field day ($150.00).

Paul discussed a repeater linking system called IRLP. He said there are 60 nodes on the air. A dedicated Internet connection is required as well as software (<$200.00)
The VE3RBM repeater was suggested to be used and Paul said he would bear the cost of the project.

A motion to proceed on IRLP experimentation was moved by Paul and seconded by Dave.

Ben gave the tech report.  He said field day would again be held at Doon Pioneer Village.  An email was sent and a favourable reply was received from them. They said they would advertise the Field Day weekend for us.   Volunteer seniors will be admitted free of charge. It will be held the 4th full weekend in June. It will start at noon Saturday June 23rd and run to 1:00 pm Sunday June 24th.

NASA link is to be changed from VE3RCK to 147.510 simplex.   RCK and the phone patch will be moved to Manheim.

Ben's guest speaker for the April meeting will be Paul Cassel VE3SY with a presentation on EQSL.

May and June guest speakers are not yet planned.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.

Dennis Tabbert VA3DLT acting secretary