Shuswap Amateur Radio Club Minutes

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting: November 13, 2025

Location: Uptown SASCU – 1120 – 25^th St. NE

Present: Phil Baker, Gary Stortz, Robin Hickman, Dave Hadley, Simon Gray, Wayne Harris, Al Marr, Peter Jugovic, Aiden Haglund

1. Call to Order: 1900 hours, Phil in the Chair
2. Introductions – round table
3. Adoption of the Agenda: M: Gary S: Peter                                  CARRIED
4. Adoption of the October 9th Minutes: M: Dave   S:                     CARRIED
5. Financial Report: Treasurer – Robin

Regular Account: $4361.16                                              Gaming Account: $9.72

Income: $0.39 Interest                                                      Income: Nil

$20.00 part year m’ship

Expenses: $271.81 –  W. Harris reimbursement             Expenses: Nil

$115.50 – VE7HMN travel

$115.50 – VE7GSZ travel

Total:   $502.81

M: Robin               S: Simon                , that the report be                                                               ADOPTED

6. Web Site: Robin – reviewed future costs for website.

M: Robin               S: Wayne , that we renew the hosting fee for one year and both domain names for  three years                                                               CARRIED

7. Repeater Reports: all working fine. Solar activity appears to be causing link problems

7.1 VE7RNH – 146.760- :

7.2 VE7AHR – 147.140+: controller issue, issuing voltage alerts

7.3 VE7QMR – 145.470-:

7.4 VE7RSA – 147.020+:

8. Club Correspondence:

8.1 Thank you letter to Peter Rizzi for donation of the Icom IC2100H radio

8.2 Thank you email from Ale Dyke for the Club’s assistance with Spooktacular again this year

9. New and Unfinished Business:

9.1 Emergency radio – Peter – batteries are dead.  Suitable replacement batteries would not fit the case and would be costly.  Radio functions as long as it is plugged into a power source

9.2 Logo – Gary – has been working with Otto Pfannschmidt, (@ottoart.ca) on some logo ideas.  Several examples were shown to which the meeting offered input/suggestions for changes – include website and some lightening bolts.

9.3 Liability Waivers – Robin

In the interest of time Phil created a subcommittee to bring back a recommended liability waiver to a general meeting.  Members to be Phil, Robin and Gary with the power to add

M: Robin               S: Wayne              , that the RAC insurance be renewed for the 2026 calendar year                                                                                CARRIED

10. Information Only Items:

10.1 Christmas dinner – December 7^th, at the Home Restaurant, Salmon Arm, at 14:00 hours.  Order off the menu

10.2 Interagency Meeting Summary – Wayne for Celia

Thanks to Robin and Peter for a very effective presentation

-CSRD establishing evacuation routes for the Areas – see CSRD website

– Salmon Arm RCMP is down two officers

– new fire department for Golden-Kicking Horse

– Fire Smart has changed focus to working with communities rather than individual

– Vernon is planning to add a siren to Predator Ridge area to warn of any emergency in case people don’t receive alerts on their phones

10.3 Club PR – Peter

– prepared a poster on how to become an amateur radio operator for placement in local schools and community bulletin boards

– investigating use of Community Forum on Facebook to promote amateur radio and how to become an operator

– investigating ad placement and possible interviews with Voice of the Shuswap radio station

 

11. Adjournment: 20:15, Gary

 

Next Meeting: February 12, 2026