THE UPLINK - THE NEWSLETTER OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Vol. 11 No. 3 January 2006 The next club meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2005 at “Sweet Mesquite – A South Texas Grill”, 2412 Bay Area Boulevard in the back meeting room of the restaurant. A scheme is to arrive at 6 PM and have dinner before the meeting. Our normal meeting schedule is the last Thursday of each month. **************************************************************************** JSCARC December Meeting Minutes The meeting on December 8, 2005 was held at the Sweet Mesquite Restaurant. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Leslie Eaton, KD5DYY. There were 11 members and 3 guests in attendance. Secretary/Treasurer Ken, K5RG, reported that there were 16 paid members for GFY 2006. The combined JSC Federal Credit Union accounts have a balance of $831.58 The annual officer liability policy was paid ($325) in November otherwise there were no other expenditures. COMMITTEES: Repeater – Larry, WD8KUJ reported no changes, normal operation. ARISS – Ken, N5VHO reported that 11 school contacts and over 200 general QSOs having been made predominately by the International Space Station commander, Bill McArthur, KC5ACR. Skywarn – The Skywarn net is conducted on the JSCARC repeater, Thursday at 8 PM and will be in operation this evening. OLD BUSINESS: New Shack – No news to report. VEC – David, KB5PGY reported that there would be a test session this Saturday, December 10, 2005. NEW BUSINESS: GFY ’06 Officers – After discussion, Ken, K5RG made a motion that Larry, WD8KUJ be elected President and that Kyle, KG4YUQ be elected Vice President and Program Chair. The motion was seconded by Leslie, KD5DYY. The slate was elected by acclamation. Ken, K5RG stated that he would be willing to continue as Secretary-Treasurer until a volunteer was forth coming. Audit – Ken, K5RG asked that the books be audited in conjunction with the new board. Leslie KD5DYY, Nick KC5KBO and Kyle KG4YUQ volunteered to conduct the audit when the financial records have been prepared by the Treasurer. The business meeting was adjoined at 7:00 PM. Agenda Items for the January 26, 2006 meeting at Sweet Mesquite: New Shack Progress Report **************************************************************************** CLUB OFFICERS, APPOINTEES & INFORMATION President Larry Dietrich, WD8KUJ (w) 281-483-9198 Email: wd8kuj(at)orbitworld(dot)net Vice-President Kyle Brewer, KG4YUQ (w) 281-483-9831 Email: kyle(dot)brewer(at)nasa(dot)gov Secretary/Treasurer Ken Goodwin, K5RG (h) 281-333-2636 Email: kgoodwin(at)houston(dot)rr(dot)com Station Mgr John Maca, AB5SS (w) 281-483-8802 Email: john(dot)j(dot)maca(at)nasa(dot)gov Property Custodian Larry Dietrich, WD8KUJ (w) 281-483-9198 Email: wd8kuj(at)orbitworld(dot)net W5RRR Trustee John Maca, AB5SS (w) 281-483-8802 Email: john(dot)j(dot)maca(at)nasa(dot)gov Repeater Trustee Nick Lance, KC5KBO (w) 281-483-0386 Email: nicholas(dot)lance-1(at)nasa(dot)gov QSL Mgr Vince LePar, KA8UDO (w) 281-244-7755 Email: vlepar(at)houston(dot)rr(dot)com Webmaster Dale Martin, KG5U (h) 281-484-4465 Email:kg5u@hal-pc.org VEC Coordinator David Fanalli, KB5PGY (w) 281-483-4833 Email: kb5pgy(at)clarc(dot)org Club mailing address for both business and QSLs: NASA Johnson Space Center Attn: AW7 / JSC Amateur Radio Club 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, TX 77058-3696 Repeaters: Voice : 146.64(r)/146.04(t) MHz and 1294.3(r)/1274.3(t) W5RRR APRS 144.39 MHz Website: http://www.w5rrr.org **************************************************************************** DE Ken, K5RG, Secretary/Treasurer JSCARC AR