Palestine/Anderson County Amateur Radio Club – K5PAL

www.pacarc.org               P.O. Box 1376, Palestine, TX 75802              K5PAL@arrl.net

MEETING MINUTES

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The regular monthly meeting of the PALESTINE/ANDERSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB - K5PAL was called to order at 7:00pm Tuesday, December 2^nd 2024, by President, Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK.  This was not a dinner meeting. Chris Claytor, K5OOL, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. There were eight (8) members and one (1) guest(s), for a total of nine (9) persons present.

The Minutes and Treasurers Reports were posted from the last monthly meeting. The current Treasury Balance is $2924.70                                                                  

There were no application(s) for membership.

NET CONTROL:                

                                January 6^th            Chris Claytor, K5OOL

                                January 13^th          Charles McReynolds, W5IAK

                                January 20^th             Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

                                January 27^th           Louie Downey, AI4SW

Monthly Speakers: Kenny Burrow, NK5L, spoke on Cyber Protection: Some potential attacks to be aware of and how to protect against them.

Activity Reports:

                None reported due to extensive program by Kenny.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

                 ARES:  Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD, reported that Skywarn Appreciation Day will be December 7, 2024 from all of the NWS locations.

                VE:  Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD reported no VE sessions this month

                BUILDING MAINTENANCE: Charlie McReynolds, W5IAK, reported on the roof repair is done with the completion of applying some roof patch over the bathroom to finish up the job. Mowing has stopped for the season.

                FIELD DAY: Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, reported that Winter Field Day coordination with Rick Dees, club member and Pastor of Westwood Baptist church, is being made to use the church back lot for WFD. The event will be the last weekend in January, 2025.

                TUESDAY PROJECT NIGHT:  Project Night meetings are held on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of each month.  No meetings this month.

                OLD BUSINESS:  Picnic-In-The-Park, (PITP), was not held November 24^th, but the board meeting was held at Whataburger with Charlie, Ken and Jeff attending. The next PITP will be December 29^th, and will be either at Dogwood Park or Whataburger. It will coincide with the day of the Board Meeting, so it will probably be at Whataburger. The annual PACARC Christmas dinner will be at King Buffet on December the 5^th at 7pm. We will have the back room for privacy and there will be door prizes along with our annual awards. Ken Vickery, KI5JRY, is exploring the possibility of having a Technician class at the Palestine campus of TVCC, this spring and planning is pending.

NEW BUSINESS:  None at this time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Cowtown Hamfest January 17-18 at the Forrest Hill Civic and Convention Center

Orlando ( Florida ) Hamcation February 7-9

Irving Hamfest March 1^st

Greene County ( Oklahoma ) Hamfest April 11-12

Club patches are available at $3.00 each.

The next Meeting will be on January 7^th, and this will be a dinner meeting.  Louie Downey, AI4SW, made a motion to adjourn and Chris Claytor, K5OOL, seconded it.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Jeff Montgomery, WB4WXD

Secretary/Treasurer 2024-2025       

PACARC

12/7/2024

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