There being no quorum, the meeting was not called to order and no business was done. Some items were talked about:
The March eating meeting will be held at Catfish Hollow Restaurant at Thomas Crossroads. Subject to change, the date and time are tentatively Tuesday, March 25 (two days after Easter) at 7:00 p.m. Members should contact if they have conflicts with this date.
The future of the weekly 2m BGMRC net on the 145.13 repeater every Sunday evening was a subject of discussion. It will no longer be possible to rely on a single "default" net control now that the Sunday net is no longer an ARES activity.
Despite having been told to stop charging the club for certain online services, BB&T continues to assess those charges. KL0UD will try one more time to put a stop to the charges, and to reverse those already assessed; the option of changing banks may have to be considered if this problem continues.
The Bill Gremillion Memorial Radio Club would like to thank the Senoia United Methodist Church for providing the location for this month's eating meeting.
Tonight's attendees:
W8PY Ellis, with LaRealia
W4KLW Kathy
K4UN Eddie
K4MJR Mandy
W4KTR Keith
KL0UD Chris
AK4MC Kevin
W4IW George
K4WPM Bill, with Pat
KE4CUJ Jean
WD4IIW Tom
N5XAL Alan
AE5M Jim, with Sue
Thanks to all for coming out, and especially to Tom and Jean for arranging the location and being our gracious hosts.
The October meeting of theBGMRC was scheduled tonight at 7:30 at the Newnan Coweta Public Safety Training Center on Greison Trail. However because only seven members attended and it was the understanding of the acting chair that eight are required for a quorum, the meeting was not called to order and there was no business acted upon. Informally, those in attendance discussed a few things that are or will become matters for the club to consider at the next meeting. BGMRC president Eddie Wilson K4UN was in Costa Rica and vice-president Jim May AE5M was out of town. Kevin McGehee AK4MC, secretary, was present to act as chair and Chris McGehee KL0UD, treasurer, was also in attendance. Also present:
Ellis W8PY
Bill K4WPM, brought cookies
Phillip KG4WSL
Sam KI4WNA
Scott (callsign pending)
Sam is a new member who joined BGMRC at the county fair where members of the club manned a booth next to the Coweta EMA communications van, and Scott passed for Technician at last Sunday's VE session and paid his dues tonight at the meeting.
Chris reminded everyone about the NIMS workshop in Fayetteville Thursday night. Any member wishing to attend this workshop who needs a ride should send a message to the BGMRC email reflector.
Bill announced that the planned new 911 center on Walt Sanders Memorial Drive -- in the building formerly housing the skating rink, across from the baseball and soccer fields -- is expected to be ready for operations to move in around the middle of next year. County EMA director Eddie Ball WB4QAU had told Bill the new building will have a room set aside for amateur radio, and this space would be available for BGMRC meetings.
Those present agreed that having another potluck for the December eating meeting sounded like a good idea, as these have been well-received in the past. Date and location have yet to be determined; Chris KL0UD will be seeing to the arrangements.
