QCARC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

7:30 pm, Thursday April 10, 2008

Royal Kingsway Legion (10425 Kingsway, Edmonton)

Parking is available at no charge in the adjacent west parking lot.

This report covers the operation of the Quarter Century Amateur Radio Club for 2007/08 to be presented to the Annual General meeting on April 10, 2008. The club is in good financial health which will be included in the Financial Report. The main items I will report are Repeater Operations and Elections.

QCARC operates four repeaters which I discuss separately below:

Athabasca Repeater: One of our members reported the VE6BOX repeater was transmitting noise for long periods this summer. A trip to the site to investigate identified a squelch adjustment was required. The repeater is operating normally.

Pigeon Lake Repeater: The technical team visited VE6SS during the spring of 2007 to address an intermittent problem. The intermittent was repaired but a new problem showed up producing brief periods of noise. This problem is annoying but does not prevent use of the repeater. The plan is to work on this remaining problem in the next few weeks.

Stony Plain Repeater: VE6QCR has operated all year with no problems reported.

Whitecourt Repeater: VE6PP has operated all year with no problems reported. However, the club has received a request from the SRD – Forestry Division to remove our equipment from their site this spring. Our repeater has operated from their tower for 25 years. This is a major issue that the executive is addressing to find a resolution.

The election of executive each year is an important function at the annual general meeting. This year, nominations from incumbent members will leave vacancies for one director and president. The executive is searching for nominations for these positions and as usual will call for nominations from the floor. The executive is anxious to have nominations for all positions and asks the members to seriously consider participating on the executive by allowing their names stand for nomination. Please contact any of the executive for information.

As noted above, I have removed my name from nomination for the next year. I have enjoyed the last seven years working with the executive and members as president of QCARC. I would like to thank the members that continue to make this a great club by their continued support.

I look forward to seeing you at the Annual General Meeting on April 10, 2008.

Les Abbott

President – QCARC

2008 01 26

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