Florida Repeater Council, Inc. Minutes of Annual Business Meeting February 14, 2004 Orlando, Florida The open forum was started at 3:30 PM on February 14, 2004 by President Ray Kassis, N4LEM. He introduced himself, welcomed all present and said that he is honored to serve as President of the FRC. He explained that we had a meeting the previous week at the Miami hamfest where we dealt with many issues that will be voted on today. The Council has recently taken some actions that are controversial but personal attacks on a volunteer are simply inappropriate. The Council has excellent staff members who do good work and are dedicated to the cause. The first part of the meeting would be an open format, where anyone could express any thoughts. This portion of meeting would lead into the formal portion of the meeting where no participation by the members would be allowed. No roll call is conducted during the open forum but the districts are well representative. If anyone in District 7 would be interested in serving as Director please contact me. Mr. Wally Cashwell took offense to something printed in the newsletter that stated he was offered the use of a CTCSS board by the Winter Park trustee and refused. This statement is not true. Only Director Mike has been in contact with Wally. Director Mike explained the situation and recommended that Wally be issued a conditional coordination for the upside-down 440 repeater. Considerable discussion followed. This issue will be voted upon in the business meeting. Ray Vaughn, KD4BBM trustee of the 146.76 repeater in Dade county is continuing to have interference problems with the short-spaced 146.775. He stated that, in Melbourne, we were able to state 5 reasons why it should be coordinated. The output deviation has been reduced to normal but there are other issues. What is current status? Director Nilo explained the history of this situation. Considerable discussion followed. Director Nilo will work the issue. James Macri, KC4TRS, owner of 443.900 received a letter of de-coordination and didnÕt understand why. The letter was sent in error. The new SERA band plan for 902-928 MHz contains a possible conflict that would create interference between FM and small signal users. Director Mike explained the details of the plan. The business meeting was called to order at 4:30 PM on February 14, 2004 by President Ray Kassis, N4LEM. The Secretary determined that a quorum of qualified Directors were in attendance: Directors in attendance were: District 1: Nilo Hernandez, W4HN District 2: Mark Filla, KS4VT District 3: Karen Power, KD4DJX District 4: Mike Fletcher, NI4M District 5: Ralph Betts, KC4SGG District 6: Dave Armbrust, AE4MR District 7: District 8: Frank Butler, W4RH Staff Members in attendance were: President: Ray Kassis, N4LEM Vice President: Ira Bickham, K8HRR Secretary/Treasurer: Dana G. Rodakis, K4LK Database Manager: Dana G. Rodakis, K4LK PRESIDENT'S REPORT: The meeting was then turned over to Vice President Ira Bickham Jr., K8HRR who entertained nominations for President. Ray Kassis was nominated for President, which was seconded and approved. President Kassis re-appointed Vice President Bickham then entertained a motion to re-appoint Dana Rodakis, K4LK as Secretary, Treasurer, Coordinator, Database Manager, and Webmaster, Matt Bush, KA9RIX as 6-meter coordinator; and to re-elect the Directors of districts 1, 3 and 5. All nominations were seconded and passed. Director 7 resigned due to health. SECRETARY'S REPORT: A motion was made to dispensed with the secretaryÕs report. Motion seconded and passed. TREASURER'S REPORT: A motion was made to dispensed with the treasurerÕs report. Motion seconded and passed. WEBMASTER'S REPORT: A motion was made to dispensed with the webmasterÕs report. Motion seconded and passed. DATABASE MANAGER/COORDINATOR'S REPORT: A motion was made to dispensed with the database manager and coordinatorÕs report. Motion seconded and passed. REPORTS OF DIRECTORS: A motion was made to dispensed with the all directorÕs reports. Motion seconded and passed. NEW BUSINESS: A motion was made by Director Nilo to recind the allocation of the UHF pairs assigned at Melbourne for emergency use. He also recommended that link and control frequency requests be included in the short-form updates. Motion seconded and passed. Director Mike made a motion to request all trustees to supply link and control frequencies by web site and newsletter. After 9/11/04, any frequency that is not reported to be in use in the range 440.0 to 441.975 (out) / 445.0 to 446.975 (in) can be coordinated. Motion seconded and passed. A motion was made to adopt the SERA band plan for 902 to 928 MHz with th exception of pairs 17 and 18 (927.7125 (out) / 902.7125 (in) and 927.7250 (out) / 902.7250 (in) respectively). Motion seconded and passed. A motion was made to allocate 6 channels on 1.2 GHz for the NESTARC broadband voice repeater system statewide. Motion seconded and passed. The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM by President Ray Kassis. Respectfully submitted Dana G. Rodakis, K4LK Secretary