Sioux Empire Amateur Radio Club
February 7, 2017
Business Meeting Minutes

The Meeting was called to order at 19:30 CST

January Minutes:
-	The minutes of the January Business meeting were read and required the following addendum—
■	Donation to the South Dakota State Link.
▪	A donation of $300 was suggested, debated, and approved.

Treasurers Report: 
-	The report of the December Business meeting was read and approved.

VE Testing:
-	Had two successfully test last month.
■	One General, one Technician.
-	Currently have 4 potentially signed up for testing in February.

Technical:
-	The Menlo Park Site
■	Approval for work has been granted.
■	Ray (WB0HHM) will need assistance with the tower work.
▪	A wish-list will be assembled and we will go over the costs at a later date.

-	Donated Gear
■	Silent Auction started tonight.
■	Will send pictures of equipment with the next club e-mail.
■	Newer items have shown up. Will send pictures of them to Mike.

Equipment:
-	New Equipment
■	Voice Keyer is here.
■	It will be next month’s program.

Public:
-	1st Responders Technician Class
■	When : 01/21/2017 to 03/14/2017
■	Finished the first lesson.
▪	Only 1 experiment had issues.
■	Next week is antennas & propagation.
■	We may be ready to start testing on 2/14/2017 for those whom are interested.

Auction:
-	AA0GP donated some equipment.
-	A question was brought up on the club’s TIN number.
■	It was going to be looked into.

Field Day 2017:
-	Wild Water West will be the site again this year.
-	May’s club meeting program will include Ham Radio Plus instruction.
-	Promotion
■	TV and Radio

Programs:
-	The Silent Auction.

Net Control:
-	This month & the 1st Tuesday in March. 
■	Primary – Will (AE0Z)
■	Spence will assist
■	Secondary - Pete
-	Saturday Morning Trader Net
■	Bill S.
-	Wednesday State Link
■	21:00 (9:00 PM) CST
■	Daily Monitoring if possible.
■	SEARC is in charge of net control in April and May.

The meeting was adjourned at 19:57 CST