Post date: Nov 30, 2020 8:17:56 AM
The MRA Annual Board of Directors meeting was held Tuesday December 1 via WebEx internet only.
A 14 members and officers attended the WebEx live.
Meeting minutes for this meeting will be posted on the Documents tab of this website.
The 2020 FY Treasurer's report was given, there is ~$2500 surplus in the treasury, after ~$4000 expenses in 2020 to replace the KG4MRA repeaters with Yaesu DR-2X.
The 2020 FY year end Treasurer's report is posted on the Documents tab of this website.
Highlights of the meeting, of the ~70 members on the MRA roster, ~40+ have paid their 2021 MRA dues as of 12.01.2020
The election/re-election of the standing officers and board members was unanimous at 32 proxy votes tabulated, see the Officers and Directors tab on this website.
Other business included the near term turn on of the DR-2X repeater, and putting the main Motorola Quantar into standby spare status, along with the spare DR-2X.
See Photos tab for the current MRA repeater rack.
Other new business discussed was open debate about the modality to be used after DR-2X turn on, variously NBFM only, Fusion AMS Dual Mode physical layer standalone, and possible Wires-X Fusion internetworking at a later date.
The potential that the 2021 meetings may remain as "Internet meeting only" for the next 3 to 6 months was acknowledged, and the potential to include Internet meeting attendance, even after the COVID pandemic, was agreed tp.
The meeting concluded at 7:45 PM.
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Brewer Pedin W4MGA
President of MRA