C.I.R.A.S. Central Iowa Radio Amateur Society

Ciras Meeting Minutes
2.14.2007
Secretaries Report, was read by Pat Lehman. Minutes were approved.

Treasurers report, was also read by Pat Lehman. We have $539 dollars in the till cash and savings account.

Gilman Site Report. Was given by Ryan Butler. There was some work done there with the batteries. Tried to get the temperature up in the battery room too stop them from freezing. We didn’t start the generator way too cold. Was –7 degrees F when we were there.

Reoccurring Reports:

Secretaries Report:
Report given by Pat Lehman. Motion made and passed by the attending members.

Roll Call:
Rich May, Chuck Clappsaddle, Dave Young, Chuck Lynk, Ryan Butler, Pat Lehman

Treasurers Report:
412.08 in the bank and 23 dollars cash.

Gilman Site Report:
Need to schedule a work day at the site sometime in the
future. To get door alarms up and running due to the chealsea site being broke into besides needing to get the generator running to charge batteries.

Repeater Committee Report:
They work. Given by Ryan Butler.

Old Business:

CIRAS Meeting Agenda
5.10.2006

Reoccurring Reports:
Meeting called to order 7:26pm
Secretaries Report:
No report read due to no meeting last month.

Treasurers Report:
Report given by Pat Lehman motion made and accepted by the general membership.

Gilman Site Report:
Antenna problems at the site, exact problem has not yet been determined. Antenna Horns will be coming off this month or sometime this summer.

Repeater Committee Report:
Strange noise has been determined on the 146.880 machine are due some interference at the site. The plan is to move the 146.880 repeater to the Gilman site sometime this spring/summer. The duplexors have been retuned on the 444.525 repeater.

The Central Iowa Radio Amateur Society will be participating again in this year's field day activities. In previous years, field day has been held at various places around central Iowa. Most recently the club has used the National Guard armory in Marshalltown to house our field day activities.

At the last general meeting, a decision was made to move the field day site to the Marshall County EOC which is located downtown in the basement of the police department. There were several reasons for the move including a National Guard training exercise on the same weekend. In addition, there were not enough firm commitments for muscle to erect our usual field day setup, so something more simple was chosen.

March Minutes

March 8, 2006

Bonanza Restaurant, Marshalltown Iowa

Members in attendance:

Pat Lehman, N0JAK (Acting President), Ryan Butler, KB0JQO (Acting Secretary), Chuck Lynk, W0DYS, Chuck Clapsaddle, WB0VXP, Jim Ramsey N0JJR

Meeting called to order by N0JAK at 7:34 p.m.

Standing Reports

Secretary’s Report – Read by N0JAK, approved by general membership.

Treasurer’s Report - $59 in cash, $412.08 in general funds. Motion by N0JJR to accept, 2nd by KB0JQO, motion carries, 1 nay by W0DYS.

CIRAS member Randy Frank (KD7URK), who works for the American Red Cross has been in Mississippi helping hurricane Katrina victims. Working for the Red Cross in charge of operations in 8 Mississippi counties. Randy Frank was in the hurricane stricken area through the month of September. Please read the news article found in the Des Moines Register.
Des Moines Register article