President: Garry Wheatley, KD4GCY
Vice President: Jeff Wielgos, KB9BVL
Scribe: Ruben Fuentes, WB5WTF
Treasurer: Roger Good, KC4WPS
Minutes for the Paducah Amateur Radio Association (PARA) Meeting
August 9, 2021 @ 7:00 p.m.
Location: Heartland Church, 4777 Alben Barkley Dr, Paducah, KY
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m., by club Vice President, Jeff (KB9BVL), and he led the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance to the US Flag. There were 14 members in attendance.
An announcement was made that club President Garry’s (KD4GCY) brother was involved in a serious motorcycle accident yesterday, and the group prayed for Garry and his family.
The Minutes of the July meeting were read and a motion was made and carried to approve the Minutes as read.
The Treasurer’s report was read by Roger (KC4WPS). Roger reported that he’d paid the cost for an invoice received for the Club’s website domain, in the amount of $20.00. Paul (ND4X) made a motion to reimburse Roger for this expenditure and Jeff (KM4LDP) seconded it. The motion carried. There was discussion carried over from the July meeting regarding the generator that needs to be repaired. Following the discussion, Don (KC4DR) made a motion to authorize up to $300 to be spent for the generator to be fixed. Eddie (AC9OO) seconded the motion and it carried. Roger also reported that there are 49 current club members. A motion was made and seconded to approve the financial report and it carried.
There was a discussion about our club’s membership list being shared outside the group. No vote was taken but it was the group’s consensus that the list not be shared with outsiders.
President Jeff (KB9BVL) led a discussion regarding upcoming changes with the way weather alerts are put out to the public by the National Weather Service. He introduced the membership to a couple of new weather websites titled: windy.com and weather.cod.edu.
Paul (ND4X) reminded everyone that the Kentucky Parks on the Air (POTA) is this coming Saturday.
Everyone was also reminded that just prior to our next club meeting there will be another “tailgate” event, this time in the parking lot of Heartland Church, where our club meeting will be.