LAKE TRAVIS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
MINUTES OF MEETING Sept. 21, 2024Time 0830
Place: Rolling Hills Community Church, Lago Vista, TX
Members Present:
Marvin Smith K3MRV --President
Paul Bennett K5BFR-Vice President
Wayne Woodall WA5WW (Secretary)
Gayle Wald WA5LDO (Member)
Joe Vandergriff (Member)
Justin Blaydes (Guest)
Meeting called to order at 8:37 am by Secretary Wayne Woodall.
Business:
1. Wayne Woodall stated that our new club vanity call sign, W5LTR, has been submitted and
we are still awaiting confirmation from the FCC.
2. Club dues have been resumed. Since this is half the year, present dues are $12.50.
3. Brief discussion for club logo was had. Members were urged to bring in their ideas (again) for discussion. Paul Bennett submitted a logo. All members encouraged to bring a logo or even an idea to the next meeting.
4. We have officially changed meeting location. Our new meeting location is Rolling HillsCommunity Church sanctuary building in the rear of the main church building. Motion to move to Rolling Hills: Marvin Smith
Motion seconded: Paul Bennett
Motion passed unanimously.
Wayne agreed to change location data on ARRL club site.
Education:
None today.
Motion to adjourn: Gayle Wald Seconded: Paul Bennett Meeting was closed at 9:14 am.
Next Regular Meeting: Saturday Oct. 19, 2024 @ 0830. Put this date on your calendar !
Rolling Hills Community Church
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LAKE TRAVIS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
MINUTES OF MEETING Aug. 17, 2024Time 0830
Place: JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista, TX
Members Present:
Paul Bennett K5BFR-Vice President
Wayne Woodall WA5WW (Secretary) Gayle Wald WA5LDO (Member) Robert Powell WA5RP (Treasurer)
Joe Vandergriff (Member)
Meeting called to order at 8:43 am by President (Marvin Smith).
Business:
1. Wayne Woodall stated that our new club vanity call sign, W5LTR, has been submitted and we are awaiting confirmation from the FCC.
2. The topic of grant money for our club was again discussed. Wayne mentioned that he has not had opportunity to speak to City of Lago Vista regarding application for city grant money. Marvin Smith mentioned that the ARRL has grant money for clubs. However, deadline is July 26th. Perhaps we can try for next year's grant money.
3. Club dues have been resumed. Since this is half the year, present dues are $12.50.
4. Brief discussion for club logo was had. Members were urged to bring in their ideas (again)
for discussion. Wayne's logo will be submitted again.
5. It was mentioned from Club Secretary that our club may be nearing time for renewing club officers. Wayne to look into our constitution to verify this.
6. Paul Bennett to contact Greg Johnson (ESD1) to find out about CERT (training).
7. Joe Vandergriff mentioned that if our club continues to grow, we may need to move into more space. Joe mentioned that Rolling Hills Community Church may can provide us more meeting space.
8. Paul Bennett sent invitation to Colin Wright (K5KEX) to visit our club next meeting.
Education:
None today.
Motion to adjourn: Marvin Smith
Seconded: Gayle Wald
Meeting was closed at 9:36 am.
Next Regular Meeting: Saturday Sept.21, 2024 @ 0830. Put this date on your calendar !
JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista
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LAKE TRAVIS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
MINUTES OF MEETING July 20, 2024
Time 0830
Place: JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista, TX
Members Present:
Paul Bennett K5BFR-Vice President
Wayne Woodall WA5WW (Secretary) Gayle Wald WA5LDO (Member) Robert Powell WA5RP (Treasurer)
Joe Vandergriff (Guest)
Meeting called to order at 8:50 am by Vice President Paul Bennett.
Business:
1. Wayne Woodall presented members with our present club call sign-KJ5HDE. Effective date of our call sign is July 9, 2024. Expiration date is July 9, 2034. Wayne did a search for relevant call signs for our club. The following was listed:
WA5LT W5LTR
After discussion, Robert motioned that we adopt W5LTR as our call sign. Gayle Wald seconded motion. Vote was unanimous. The new call sign we will submit as a vanity license is W5LTR. (Seems to stand for "Lake Travis Radio").
2. The topic of grant money for our club was discussed. Wayne to ask other clubs who and when they ask City of Lago Vista for grants.
3. Discussion of resuming dues was had. Since we are incurring some new debts (license fees, etc.), it was proposed that we resume club dues. Due now would be $12.50. Full dues would be due in January of $25. Robert Powell made the motion we resume club dues as stated above. Gayne Wald seconded motion. Vote was unanimous.
4. Brief discussion for club logo was had. Members were urged to bring in their ideas (again)
for discussion. Wayne's logo will be submitted again.
Education:
None today.
Motion to adjourn: Paul Bennett Seconded: Robert Powell Meeting was closed at 9:27 am.
Next Regular Meeting: Saturday August 17, 2024 @ 0830. Put this date on your calendar !
JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista
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LAKE TRAVIS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
MINUTES OF MEETING June 15, 2024
Time 0830
Place: JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista, TX
Members Present:
Paul Bennett K5BFR-Vice President
Wayne Woodall WA5WW (Secretary) Gayle Wald WA5LDO (Member)
Adam Lewis (Member) John Audlee (Visitor) Guy Hopkins (Member)
Meeting called to order at 8:40 am by Vice President Paul Bennett.
Business:
1. Wayne Woodall stated that our club license has been submitted and we are waiting on call
sign. After receipt of call sign, we will apply for a vanity club license number. Wayne to check up on status and determine why this has not been granted.
2. Visit by Paul Bennett and Adam Lewis with the Lago Vista Airport Manager has not been done. Meeting with Greg Johnson (Asst. Deputy EMC) and Donnie Norman (Fire Chief) was done. Adam talked to Donnie Norman, Fire Chief.
3. Application for membership received from Adam Lewis. Officer approval given by Wayne
Woodall. Adam Lewis
21720 Crystal Way
Lago Vista, TX 78645
817-487-0661 adamlewisarch@gmail.com mailto:adamlewisarch@gmail.com
4. Wayne to ask Marvin Smith to write letter to City of Lago Vista for possible grant to our club for our repeater station project.
5. Brief discussion for club logo was had. Wayne to send out logo to all members for their comments.
Education:
None today.
Motion to adjourn: Gayle Wald Seconded: Paul Bennett Meeting was closed at 9:37 am.
Next Regular Meeting: Saturday July 20, 2024 @ 0830. Put this date on your calendar !
JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista
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LAKE TRAVIS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
MINUTES OF MEETING May 18, 2024Time 0830
Place: JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista, TX
Members Present:
Paul Bennett K5BFR-Vice President
Wayne Woodall WA5WW (Secretary) Gayle Wald (Member)
Fred Kalt W2XN (Visitor) John Audlee (Visitor)
Joe Vandergriff (Visitor)
Meeting called to order at 8:50 am by Vice President Paul Bennett.
Old Business:
1. Wayne Woodall stated that our club license has been submitted and we are waiting on call
sign. After receipt of call sign, we will apply for a vanity club license number.2. Visit by Paul Bennett and Adam Lewis with the Lago Vista Airport Manager has not been done. Meeting with Greg Johnson (Asst. Deputy EMC) and "" Nelson(Fire Chief) was done. Details to follow when we visit with Adam Lewis.
New Business:
1. Gayle Wald asked what is our club frequency. Paul stated it is 146.58 MHz.
2. Application for membership received from Guy Hopkins. Officer approval given by
Wayne Woodall.
Guy Hopkins: 21308 Dodge Trail, Lago Vista, TX 78645
512 422 6487 guyhopkins@earthlink.net
3. Estimate for complete repeater station submitted by Paul Bennett. Wayne mentioned that maybe funds can be obtained by GoFundMe website.
Education:
None today.
Motion to adjourn: Gayle Wald Seconded: Wayne Woodall Meeting was closed at 9:43 am.
Next Regular Meeting: Saturday June 15, 2024 @ 0830. Put this date on your calendar !
JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista
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LAKE TRAVIS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
MINUTES OF MEETING April 20, 2024
Time 0830
Place: JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista, TX
Members Present:
Marvin Smith K3MRV (President)
Wayne Woodall WA5WW (Secretary) Paul Bennett K5BFR-Vice President Guy Hopkins WRYU269-Visitor Adam Lewis GMRS WSBZ305--Visitor
Meeting called to order at 8:50 am by President Marvin Smith.
New Business:
1. A discussion was had regarding the need for a club repeater that belongs exclusively to our club. Wayne Woodall stated that he would go ahead and apply for our club FCC license. After license is received, we will apply for our club vanity call sign.
After note: License application was completed by Wayne and signature needed by another club trustee. App sent to Marvin Smith for his signature.
Paul Bennett agreed to research equipment needed with pricing.
It was brought up that since we are a non-profit and engaged in emergency communications, some grant money may be available.
Paul Bennett and Adam Lewis agreed to meet with the Lago Vista Airport Manager to see if there is any available space, power, etc. to locate equipment inside an airport building.
2. Paul Bennett noted that our ARRL club website needs to be updated with his position as
Vice-President.
After Note: This has been done as of April 24, 2024.
3. Adam Lewis stated that he wishes to obtain his ham radio license. Our club needs to provide a member that can mentor Adam in this process.
Education:
None today.
Motion to adjourn: Marvin Smith Seconded: Wayne Woodall Meeting was closed at 9:33 am.
Next Regular Meeting: Saturday May. 18, 2024 @ 0830. Put this date on your calendar !
JJ's BBQ, Lago Vista
