NHRC BOARD MINUTES
March 20, 2012

Present were:

Doug Emerson, N6NFF, President
Ryan Larkin, W6RNL, Vice President
Maynard Wright, W6PAP, Secretary/Treasurer
Bob Wortman, WB6VYH, Director
Beau Palmer, WB6YYH, Director
Les Cobb, W6TEE, Webmaster
Mark Del Monte, KJ6EFY, Net Manager
Matthew Cobb, W6KDJ, Prize Chairman
Paul Young, KA6PDY, Refreshments Chair
Ruth Blattner, KI6MNZ, Member
Omer Whipple, KI6JNY, Member

President Doug, N6NFF, convened the meeting at 6:24 PM.

Doug reported that John Staples, Sacramento County A.E.C. and 
Assistant Chief of Sacramento Fire CERT Communications Section,
will be addressing the membership at the April meeting as he
will be unable to make it to the March membership meeting.

Ryan, W6RNL, stated that the Hamfest fliers are ready and will 
be printed shortly.

Ryan also said that the Kenwood repeater will be purchased for us
soon by Chris Huber, N6ICW.  The cost will be approximately $700.

Doug asked Board members to review the Constitution and By-Laws so
that we can discuss them at the next meeting in accordance with
the requirement for annual review.  Maynard, W6PAP, agreed to email
copies to Doug and Bob, WB6VYH.

Paul, KA6PDY, informed the Board that he had contacted the people
responsible for putting on the North Highlands Jubilee later this
year to see whether we might participate by manning an NHRC booth.
He has not yet received a response.

Paul reported that our Facebook and Twitter accounts are working
well.

Mark, KJ6EFY, noted that our Tuesday and Thursday net checkins are
up, including the 2m and 6m simplex checkins.

Doug adjourned the meeting at 6:45 PM.

Respectfully submitted,


Maynard Wright, W6PAP
Secretary/Treasurer



NHRC MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES
March 20, 2012

President Doug, N6NFF, convened the meeting at 7:34 PM and called
for a round of introductions.

Ryan, W6RNL, informed the membership that NHRC is buying a Kenwood
repeater for about $700, a considerable bargain.

Ryan also stated that the Hamfest flier is ready and will be printed
shortly.

Carl, WF6J, reported that he has the ticket stock for the Hamfest 
tickets and the tickets are ready to be printed.

Ron, W6KJ, our Section Manager, and Les Cobb, W6TEE, stated that
will post the flier as soon as they receive it.

Ron said that a digital edition of QST will be available by June
and that he would like to have an ARRL ez-up at the Hamfest.

Maynard, W6PAP, delivered a brief Treasurer's report in which he
opined that the purchase of the new repeater would not impair the
finances of NHRC.  He also congratulated Paul, KA6PDY, and his wife
for doing a great job with the refreshments.

Mark, KJ6EFY, noted that we are seeing an increased number of 
checkins during our Tuesday and Thursday nets.  We are seeing four
to six checkins during the new 6 meter simplex checkin.

Les, W6TEE, asked anyone who sees a need for changes in the NHRC
website to contact him.

Les also informed the Club that Bruce, K6THN, of the Mt. Vaca Radio
Club, has started a new 75 meter SSB net on 3918.5 kHz at 8:00 PM
local time on Saturday nights.  Les stated that Bruce needs two
substitute NCS for the next two Saturday nights.

Under old business, Omer, KI6JNY, brought up the matter of using
the VHF national calling frequency, 146.530 MHz, for a net.  The 
matter was deferred as Kim Scheidel, our simplex NCS, was not
present.

Richard, KI6PXB, announced the advent of a new electronics swap
meet to be held monthly in North Highlands at 5901 Watt Ave.  
Richard's contact info is 916.842.1496.

Following the break,  Don Johnson, K6GET, presented a program on
Navstar and GPS.

Matthew, W6KDJ, conducted the drawing.

President Doug adjourned the meeting at 9:18 PM.




Respectfully submitted,


Maynard Wright, W6PAP
Secretary/Treasurer