BOARD of DIRECTORS MINUTES
April 20, 2007
The
Illinois Repeater Association Board of Directors meeting for April 20, 2007 was
called to order by IRA President
IRA
Officers Present:
President:
Richard Ranson, N9YAY
Vice
President Tim Childers, KB9FBI
Secretary/Treasurer
Larry Schroeder, KA9KDC
Directors-
-
Al Wolfe, K9SI.
William Kraus, KA9FER
Stephen Look, KA9SZW
Stephen Craig, WD9CIR
Staff Present: Aaron Collins, N9OZB, Frequency
Coordinator.
Robert Shepard, KA9FLX, Technical Committee Chairman.
Fred Seibold, W9FWS, Newsletter Editor.
Guests
Present:
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Request of additional
items to be added to the agenda:
Minutes of Previous
Meetings:
K9SI moved and KB9FER seconded a motion to approve the minutes as previously
published in the newsletter. Motion
carried by unanimous voice vote.
Treasurer's Report:
Secretary/ Treasurer, KA9KDC, read the treasurer's for the period of April 2006
to April 20, 2007. Association account
balance as of 4-20-2007 was $5659.74. Through the year expenses were $2309.85
and income was $2139.00.
KB9FBI moved and WD9CIR seconded a motion that the report be accepted. The
motion carried by voice vote.
COMMITEE REPORTS:
v Frequency Coordinators Report : Aaron Collins, N9OZB, IL
Frequency Coordinator gave a review of past years coordination and actions.
v Technical Committe Report : Bob Shepard, KA9FLX gave a summary of issues
and active topics related to coordination.
Discussion of a emerging technology, concerns
and coordination guidelines for digital repeaters, proposed plans for
technologies that utilize narrow FM in terms of separation & coordination
covered in new business.
A
motion to accept the committee reports was made by KA9KDC and seconded by KA9FER. The motion was
passed by voice vote.
Old Business:
Several of the board members identified address and
contact information corrections for the web site.
Tim Childers change email address: kb9fbi@arrl.net.
Board signatures provided for change of
New Business
:
KA9FLX - continued discussion on the Tech Committee presentation on digital technology & repeater systems coordination. Bob Shepard presented proposal for spacing systems w/narrow FM bandwidths, such as DSTAR in present 2 meter and 70cm band plans. Board supported Bob's efforts, and a present for the proposals will be given during the general membership meeting. Based on the technical factors presented, additonal trials for the potential spacing recommendations will be led by Kermit Carlson, W9XA with several DSTAR based digital systems [in West & North suburban areas of Chicago, including FRRL & NSRC] in coming months.
Bob will post key components of the proposal on the IL repeater association internet site. The board agreed that this proposal should include noted copyright information to avoid other groups from misuse or misunderstanding.
Discussed guidelines for handling of existing repeater coordinations, when a request is made for narrow coordination - such as a conventional repeater that desires to shift to STAR or other narrow digital technologies. the board agreed to have a 1 year period of conversion allowance for conventional coordinations who request to convert to digital/narrow coordinations over, after that time the coordination will be for the narrower channel. Further discussion occurred on mixed P25/analog mode repeaters and present packet/digital repeaters which occupy standard FM coordinated repeater "channels", it was recognized that a number of such repeaters exist within Illinois and that the IRA has always fairly handled all coordinations whether they be analog or digital.
Adjournment: KA9KDC moved and KA9FER seconded that the IRA
Board of Directors' Meeting be recessed until after the annual meeting on April
20, 2007. Motion passed by unanimous
voice vote. The meeting was recessed at 1:00 AM.
Respectfully
submitted,
Larry
Schroeder, KA9KDC
Secretary/Treasurer,
Illinois
Repeater Association Inc.
Annual Meeting Minutes
APRIL 21,2007
Call to order: The meeting was called to order by IRA president Rich Ranson, N9YAY at 10:00 AM at the Eastland Suites,
Bloomington/Normal Illinois. Larry Schroeder KA9KDC, secretary/treasurer,
verified that there was a quorum present as required in the constitution to
conduct business.
Introduction of Officers and Attendees: N9YAY asked everyone to introduce themselves and
identify the repeater(s) they represent. There were 56 persons in attendance
representing 88 unique repeater sponsors.
Also
present was
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Approval of prior meeting minutes: W9XA moved and WD9HSY seconded a motion that the
minutes of the 2006 annual meeting be approved as published in the IRA
newsletter. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
Treasurer’s report: Secretary/
Treasurer, KA9KDC, read the treasurer's for the period of April 2006 to April
20, 2007. Association account balance
as of 4-20-2007 was $5659.74. Through the year expenses were $2309.85 and
income was $2139.00.
As of April 20th (before
meeting) there were 122 IRA members, with 94 paid through '07, 12 through '08, 9 though '09, 5 through '10, and 2 through '11.
N9JWI moved and N9ZD seconded
a motion that the report be accepted. The
motion carried by voice vote.
Coordinator’s report: President N9YAY introduced Aaron Collins, N9OZB
Frequency Coordinator, and thanked him for his efforts in the past year. Aaron
presented his written report that highlighted the activity in the past year. Aaron noted that the effort taken to have a
2nd notice mailing for annual update had beneficial results for
getting a number of repeaters to provide more accurate information, as well as
reduce the number of systems that are at risk of decoordination
for failing to provide annual updates.
Aaron highlighted the
value of the "coordinators toolkit" software is in performing
coordination work. This is a software package engineered by
Waiting list for 2m
systems (
A motion to accept the
coordinators report was made by WD9HSY and seconded by KB9ZRU.
The motion was accepted by
voice vote.
Technical Committee report: Robert Shepard, KA9FLX, reported that details of
years technical committee efforts was covered by the Coordinator' report. Bob did stress that repeater coordination
information needs to be technically correct and accurate to improve the
associations efforts in handling coordination actions, in particular he noted
that numerous systems have have incorrect ERP calculation/data,
and physical specifications for their site.
Presentation on digital
technologies for repeater and respective coordination handling proposals would
be given in New Business.
President’s
report:
Rich Ranson,
N9YAY, IRA president summarized his view of 2006-2007 activities of the
organization, thanking the board and committee chairs for their work. In particular for Aaron Collins work on
frequency coordination. Rich discussed
NFCC role.
A motion to accept the presidents report was made by W9XA and seconded by W9JWI.
The motion was accepted by
voice vote.
Election of Officers/Directors:
Nominations were taken from
floor
PRESIDENT -- N9YAY, …
nominated by W9MAF
VICE-PRESIDENT -- KB9FBI,
… nominated by WA9RTI
SECRETARY/TREASURER -- KA9KDC, … nominated by W9XA
DIRECTOR (two
- 2 yr term slots )
W9XA made a motion that
all nominees be declared elected.
The motion was seconded by
WD9HSY and carried by voice vote Therefore:
Your Elected Board for 2007-2008:
President- Rich
Ranson-N9YAY
Vice President- Tim
Childers-KB9FBI
Secretary/Treasurer- Larry
Schroeder-KA9KDC
Directors-
(2006-2008) Stephen Craig-WD9CIR, Steve
Look-KA9SZW
(2007-2009) Al Wolfe-K9SI, KA9FER-William Kraus
Old Business:
n
Discussed
location for IRA annual meetings. general consensus that the EASTLAND SUITES facility,
New Business:
Following a technical
presentation on digital & narrowband repeater technology and related
spacing and coordination considerations by KA9FLX (slides to be available on
IRA web site).
The following
recommendations from the April 20-2007 IRA Board meeting were presented:
1.
2.
3.
Motion
to accept the coordination recommendations by W9XA, Seconded by N9RBQ. Accepted by voice vote.
W9SRV recommended that
Rich present our digital/narrowband plans to the NFCC.
W9XA stated thanks to the
technical committee and coordinator for their support of technical trials &
experiments related to band plans for digital systems, such as DSTAR.
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Repeater Coordination
software: KA9ZRU made a motion to donate $200 to
After discussion of value
for coordinator to have good computer-based topographic data, WD9HSY motioned
for $200 allocation for Freq. Coordinator to acquire Topographic mapping
software. KA9ZRU seconded. Motion passed by voice vote.
Suggestion recorded from
floor discussion that IRA Web Site include a FAQ and technical section that
provides information and guidance on topics related to coordination, such as
calculating ERP, problem resolution procedures, etc.
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General discussion topics
(no specific recommendations or motions):
n
"PL
PLAN"
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Interference
issues
Adjournment: There being no further business before the body a motion to adjourn
was made by N9JWI and seconded by W9FWS and approved by a unanimous voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:35SAM
Respectfully submitted,
Larry Schroeder, KA9KDC
Secretary /Treasurer
Illinois Repeater Association Inc.
BOARD of DIRECTORS MINUTES
April 21, 2007
The meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Illinois Repeater Association was called to order by IRA
President Rich Ranson at 11:45 AM at the Best
Western, Eastland Suites Bloomington/Normal,
IRA Officers Present: President
Richard Ranson, N9YAY - Vice President Timothy
Childers, KB9FBI- Secretary/Treasurer Lawrence Schroeder, KA9KDC - Directors:
Allen Wolfe, K9SI – William Kraus, KA9FER- Stephen Look, KA9SZW, Stephen Craig, WD9CIR
IRA officers absent: None.
Committee and Frequency
Coordinator Appointments: N9YAY
appointed Aaron Collins, N9OZB to serve as Frequency Coordinator for the next
year.
KA9FER moved and KB9FBI seconded
that this appointment be confirmed.
N9YAY
Appointed Bob Shepard, KA9FLX to serve as IRA Technical Committee Chairman.
KA9SZW moved and WD9CIR seconded a
motion to confirm this appointment.
N9YAY appointed Fred Seibold, W9FWS, to serve as Newsletter Editor.
K9SI moved and KA9FER seconded a motion that this appointment be confirmed.
All three motions passed by a unanimous voice
vote.
MACC Director Appointments: N9YAY appointed KB9FBI and W9GIG to serve as MACC
Directors for the next 12 months, and N9OZB to serve as MACC Frequency
Coordinator.
KA9KDC moved and KA9SZW seconded
a motion that the IRA Board of Directors confirm these
appointments. Motion passed by unanimous
voice vote.
NFCC Delegate: K9SI moved and WD9CIR seconded a motion that: “The
IRA President shall cast all NFCC ballots on behalf of the IRA, and that the
IRA Vice President shall do so in the absence or incapacity of the IRA
President, or by the direction of the IRA President.” Motion passed by unanimous voice vote.
Adjournment: KA9SZW moved and WD9CIR seconded that the IRA Board
of Directors meeting be adjourned.
Motion passed by unanimous voice vote.
The meeting adjourned at 11:47AM
April 21, 2007.
Respectfully submitted,
Larry Schroeder, KA9KDC
Secretary/Treasurer,
Illinois Repeater Association Inc.