At the PCRC “Annual Meeting” on May 30 there was a lot of discussion and activity about nominations and officers. After an interesting exchange of ideas Sharon, Jack, Dwain and Dutch (as Board Member at Large) were returned to office.

Padre, as secretary, wasn’t sure at the time he would continue in office, so kept himself apart from Daniel’s nomination to return all five to office. Daniel’s nomination was voted upon and passed. Padre will continue in office at least until the next meeting on July 25.

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Because of the change of our meeting schedule the May 23 meeting will be our Annual Business Meeting with the election of officers for the new fiscal year.

Our fiscal year is from July1 to June 30, and officers’ terms will continue on that schedule.

Please be thinking about accepting a position as an officer and/or thinking of someone else to do so. Talk with him or her. This includes visiting with current board members to see his/her interest in continuing in office.

A strong and active organization of any kind needs strong and active leadership. The PCRC is in need of this for the future, too.

On a personal note, I’m not sure I will wish to continue as secretary considering the many years I have served, my health and maybe even (???!!!) the frustration of some with my days in office. I’ll have to prayerfully think about it. Your input will be appreciated, one way or another!

73, de PADRE
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We regret to record George Cowan of Leadville was found deceased on December 4 in his home. He was 72, and missed his next birth (Dec.18) by two weeks).

George was a long time member of the PCRC, and was always the first to renew his membership each year in May or early June. In the past he assisted with the Burro Races and the “100,” even before he earned his Ham ticket. He was also involved with many other civic causes and was well known and well liked.

At this writing no known relatives have been found. He had been unmarried.

May he rest in peace.

At the meeting on Nov. 15 it was voted to reduce the monthly meetings to every other month, and meet only in the months of VE sessions, i.e., ODD months.

To do so requires us to look at the month for the formal Annual Meeting (currently June) and amend the By-Laws 3.2 to provide for another month.

Therefore: “Be it resolved that the By-Laws 3.2 be amended to say:

‘3.2 Annual Business Meeting. The regular meeting in May shall be considered the Annual Business Meeting’.” (Substituting May for June).

See Constitution Article VII “Amendments.”

At the last VE session, 7/26/08, one of the successful candidates for Extra Class donated his Extra Class Study Manual and associated CDs to the club, for loan to club members.

These materials are, of course, for the new question pool, effective July 1, 2008.

J. K. (Keith) McClanahan, KØJKM, was quite pleased with the materials and wants to share them with others.

Therefore any club member wishing to borrow them for a suitable time may do so. Contact me to sign up. First Come First Served!

73, PADRE

WITH SINCERE THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR A DONATION OVER AND ABOVE ANNUAL DUES:

KØUEM/KBØEKH -- Neal and Dolores Hart

WH6ANH – Carl Lippman

Our June 28 meeting is very important. Hopefully we’ll have a very good turnout.

The future direction of our club is dependent on the officers you select in June.

Give serious thought, please, to assuming one of the officer’s positions and/or deciding whom you would wish to see in one or another of them.

The election is not a “popularity contest” but a call to service to those who are elected.

Consider several (unofficial, but necessary) qualifications when you think of yourself or another for election: expertise for the office, fidelity to the PCRC ideals, faithfulness in attending regular meetings, personal attributes (temperament, technical and other required abilities) and the time to perform required duties from day to day and week to week as needed.

For general information on the club, it would be well to check the Constitution and By-laws, http://www.ab0pc.org/constitution.htm. Especially see Article III in the Constitution regarding officers’ duties.

(Reprinted from the June 2006 QUA, and amended).

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POST SCRIPT: All officers’ positions are open (including At-Large Board Member). Nancy said she is not running for re-election as treasurer. 

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by Padre -- WØWPD
(4/4/08)

PCRC Discussion Forum
(10/3/06)

By now, everyone should be aware that the PCRC Discussion Forum has replaced the Guestbook. Anyone can view the information posted here. However, due to the ever present spammers, in order to post a message you must register and log in.

To register, click on 'Register' at the top of the page (right below the DSV logo), and follow the instructions.

To log in to the forum, simply do the following:

• Click on 'Log in' from the top of the page.

• Enter the username and password you created when you registered. Optionally, you can select 'Log me on automatically each visit' which should eliminate having to do this in future visits.

• Click on the 'Log in' button. This will return you to the DSV Forum index page.

• Scroll down to the PCRC Discussion Forum, or whatever forum you wish.

73, Jack
WØDSV

Expanded Capability for PCRC Net Access
(3/11/06)

Thanks to Neal (KØUEM) and Dolores (KBØEKH), access to the PCRC Wednesday Night Net is available in the metro area thru cross-band repeater at 440.300 (simplex). I have used this access for several weeks now, and am very happy to be able to join the Net from the 'flatlands'. :-)

For the Wednesday Night Net 3/8/06, Carl (WH6ANH) and I were able to use Echolink to join in. Dutch did some 'tweaking' during the session, and by the end of the net it seemed to be working well. THANKS, Dutch!

I hope more people will take advantage of these improvements and join us on the Wednesday Night Net (every Wednesday at 7:30 PM).

Stay tuned for further information! 

73, 
Jack, WØDSV

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