Secretaries minutes from April read and accepted.

Treasurers report: Club received $90 from dues, bringing total in account to $2728.26. Combined with our $1500 CD the club treasury currently sits at $4230. Report read and accepted.

VE testing will be Tuesday, May 13 7:30 PM at the Emergency Management Building.

The Dayton Hamvention will be at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio May 16 through the 18th.

The first Fox hunt for 2008 will be Tuesday, May 20 at 7:15PM Don, KC0VDF will be the fox.

Our next ARES meeting will be Tuesday, May 27, 7:30 PM PM at the Emergency Management Building.

The next business meeting will be Tuesday, June 3 7:30 PM PM at the Emergency Management Building.

Field Day will be Saturday and Sunday June 28 & 29 at the fairgrounds. Several people will be out of town this year, so operators & set up and tear down volunteers are needed.

Bike MS is Saturday and Sunday August 2 & 3. The ride is Sioux Falls to Vermillion this year.

The 2008 SD Section hamfest will be Saturday, September 20 at the Oaks hotel in Sioux Falls.

The participation by the general public at the Community Science Celebration was light. We had a poor location this year, being away from most exhibits. Suggestion is mand tio submit the event to QST as a special events station, so we increase our contacts and hopefully attract more people to get on the air.

Brian, KC0VDE took orders for shirts, jackets and hats. See Brian if you would still like to order something.

Rich, N0PV moves that we purchase a Yaesu 897D to use with the tuner, power supply & Pelican case donated by Brian, KC0VDE. Motion seconded and approved. We will now have a complete station in a relatively light weight case for portable or emergency operations.

Discussion on repair of 220 repeater. A new antenna would cost $660.00. Sugestion was made to try a new amplifier first, if we can get one. It is also mentioned that Dave K9VKG has a TDR test set, which could be used to diagnose the problem.

Question was brought up if club is liable for non-offiicial storm chasers using the repeater to co-ordinate their activities. A ham was directed into the rain-free cloud base of a thunderstorm by anothe ham recently. This is not considered safe as this is the area of a thunderstorms where tornado's develop.

Meeting adjourned at 8:25

May 2 meter net control is Dan, KC0YMW, June net control will be Dave, KC0SSD.