Category: Meeting Minutes

he Secretary’s report was entered into the historical record with no hiccups, geddups or gitalongs.

Total balance at last report (January 2025): $12,098.91

February Financial Report

• Income
  • Annual Dues: $ 197.13 (17 members + 1 donation)
  • New members: $43.12 (none)
• Expenses
  • Web hosting fees:   $107.57
  • Web domain renewal: $ 48.34
• TD Bank Balances
  • $11,725.25
• Cash-on-hand
  • $458.00 

Total Funds in the Treasury

• $12,183.25

New Member Applications

• Ray Kagels (KC1WCN)
• Preston Sturdevant (NCS)

Notes

• Zelle online payment setup in TD Bank – information on website
• TD Bank balance includes $100 for coffee fund
• Name badges: Jim Singer investigating

Patrick Perkins
KO1NE
CMARA, Treasurer
(m): 508.667.6335

We have 105 paid members and 28 deliquent.

DUES ARE DUE!

73, Dick / W1REJ

Working fine.

Need badges.

We are looking into a badge printer. Jim and/or Tom G will do research.

Possible speaker, former astronaut Ken Camerton

• March – Introduction/ overview to 3D Printing – Connor KC1MMT
• April  – CMARA Flee??
• May – Field Day Planning 
• June – Last Minute Field Day Prep

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 70 Highland St., Holden, MA. (or Zoom if you prefer) Doors will be open at 6pm and Zoom link up at 6pm (maybe)

Gil WK1H presented the program on ‘Volunteering for the Boston Marathon’. It takes almost 300 ham radio volunteers to make the event go smoothly and YOU are needed.

7pm start time

In attendance, Jim, Dan, Tom G, Greg, Gil, George, Nick and Connor

Gil noted that Pat needs help finding a badge printer.

Connor will do a program on “Intro to 3d printing”.

April will be the annual Flea

Nick brought up that the Quincy VHF repeater is getting kicked out of it’s site and that Marlborough my lose its spot..

Even though my note taking ability is a still a bit strained we managed to get reasonable notes taken and properly transcribed for the December. The minutes as written in the official CMARA minutes…(that’s kind of redundant) were approved by all present.

Total balance at last report (December 2024): $12,047.23

January Financial Report

• Income
  • Annual Dues: $ 451.68 (17 members + 1 donation)
  • New members: $0 (none)
• Expenses
  • Deposit for Field Day 2025 site (Troutbrook Holden): $400.00
• TD Bank Balances
  • $11,690.91
• Cash-on-hand
  • $408.00

Total Funds in the Treasury

• $12,098.91

New Member Applications

• None received

Notes

• Zelle online payment setup in TD Bank – still learning how to use best
• TD Bank balance includes $100 for coffee fund
• Name badges: continuing…

Patrick Perkins
KO1NE
CMARA, Treasurer
(m): 508.667.6335

Lots of members and folks paying their dues. Which reminds me…

DUES ARE DUE!

73, Dick / W1REJ

The machine on the big hill is still working like a champ.

There is a new payment option on the website. I’m not sure what it is due to sloppy note taking but you will see it there somewhere.

The SURVEY about changing the meeting start time. 52% vote to keep it the same. 1% didn’t care. 47% voted for change. So for the time being we will continue to meet at 7pm.

I spilled the beans earlier in the minutes but we have a new website look. Check it out at ‘www.cmara.org’. Many thanks to Tom N1TJC for all the hard work.

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 70 Highland St., Holden, MA. (or Zoom if you prefer) Doors will be open at 6pm and Zoom link up at 6pm (maybe)

Gil WK1H presented the program on ‘Volunteering for the Boston Marathon’. It takes almost 300 ham radio volunteers to make the event go smoothly and YOU are needed.

We are still working on a new vendor. Film at 11.

Tom C N1TJC has all the credentials and new look is active.

The current laptop doesn’t have Power Point. We approved $ to but Office 365.

The members voted to keep the meeting time the same.

Wrapped up and paid for!

Another group would like permission to use our repeater as an emergency back up to their emergency system. All approved and Greg will make the proper contact.

We will take up the by-law changes that got abandoned when covid closed everything down. The last known revision will be sent to the board by Greg. This is like déjà vu all over again…and again.