General Membership Meeting Minutes May 8th, 2017 The meeting was called to order at 7:01pm by Nick, KD8JBG. Secretary's Report (Josh, KE8DXB): - Approved Minutes of the April 2017 meeting were accepted as published on the website. Treasurer's Report (Rich, WA8MTI): (Last Month’s Report, no update) General Fund: $3,352.99 Membership: $101.75 Cash: $10.00 Total: $3,464.74 Treasurer's report was accepted as read. Upcoming events: Ham Fests: Information regarding upcoming Ham Fests can be found on the ARRL website. VE Testing: VE Testing is conducted at the Victory Point Ministries youth building on the second Saturdays of March, July, November, and December at 6pm. E.A.T This month’s E.A.T. meeting is going to be on May 22th, 2017, led by Jeff, KD8THX. “Ham in a Day” Our next Ham in a Day will be held at 1pm on August 12th. VE Testing follows each event at 6pm. For more information, or to register for the Ham in a Day class, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/holohiad 2 Meter Net –   The 2m net of the Holland Amateur Radio Club will begin at 7:30 at 147.06.  All amateur radio enthusiasts are welcome to join the net.  Please check in and join the fun!  Feel free to reach out to Ed to take Net control. Simplex Net - Plan to be on 2 Meter Simplex at 146.530 Mhz at 7:30 this evening.  This net is headed up by Aaron Folkert, KD8VUN.  If you would like to act as net control or have any ideas for improving the net, please contact Aaron.  Hope to hear you on the air! Old Business: Windmill’s on the Air – May 14th. If interested contact Phil Van Huis at pjvanhuis@wmol.com Multiple Stations (cw and PSK31) Spark in the Park: This year’s event will be held on August 19th from 9am-1pm. Right now there are eight clubs are confirmed, with two clubs still to reply for a total of ten. Michigan State Parks on the Air (MSPOTA): From the MSPOTA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MSPOTA2017/): “The NORTHERN MICHIGAN AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE TEAM (NM8RT) is working directly with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation Division to operate a three year HAM Radio event "Michigan State Parks on the Air". MSPOTA is slated to kick-off in June of 2017.” The repeater had an exciter that went bad and it has been fixed with parts from our back up. No back up repeater at this time, but we are working on a backup plan at this time. Field Day: Jeff, KB8QAP HARC makes a donation to reserve East Saugatuck Park for field day June 24th and 25th. The plan is to have six stations and Jeff is looking for good participation from club members. Field Day Stations: Josh Barnes KE8DXB - HARC information table Arron Folkert KD8VUN - FD NTS MESSENGER, VHF PACKET Kim Loberts N8KAL -   LOGISTICS FOOD, BEVERAGE, COOKING Ed Heighbor KF8EV  -  40M SSB Art VanWyh K0TWB -  75M SSB  John Hanse AC8HZ  -   20M SSB Ernest Loyd W8EL   -  20M CW QRP SOLAR Mike Cole WD8NHA -  40M CW, 15M CW, 80M CW Phil Malburg KD8TEW - 20M DIGITAL OPERATIONS Tracie Malburg KD8UHK- 20M DIGITAL OPERATIONS Todd Boss- 20M DIGITAL OPERATIONS Richard Lovely- GOTA Multi Band Zach Benitt KE8BSM - DMR, FUSION, D-STAR w/ display Jeff Ver Hage KB8QAP - Ground Stations UAV, NOAA, AMSAT contact Jeff at kb8qap@qsl.net. Tulip Time – Preparations for the parades this week. Tom reviewed the times to meet on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. If you have any questions please contact Tom Bosscher at K8TB@bosscher.org . New Business: No new business. Submitted: Josh Barnes, KE8DXB Holland ARC Secretary secretary@hollandarc.org Please contact the Secretary with comments or corrections.