The July 20, 2002 meeting was held at Red Coach Restaurant in Newton. The meeting was called to order at 9:23am by ViceŠPresident Kent Stutzman. Members present were David Duerksen, Ron Farthing, David Godshall, Dan Inskeep, Roger Jost, John Ryding, and Kent Stutzman.

The June minutes were read with no corrections.

Treasurer's Report: The treasurer audited the 2002 statements and receipts and has come up with an accurate balance of $577.23 in checking and $120.00 in petty cash, for a total balance of $697.23.

Banner: The banner was used for Field Day and Kent Stutzman will store it until we need to use it again.

Antenna: Some discussion about the new antenna and location away from other antennas. In doing the work they also found and replaced a corroded connector, so the new antenna system is doing really well.

Field Day: There were about 15 people attending and about 6-8 operators. We made 311 contacts (234 regular and 77 GOTA) and with five bonuses we scored 1122. The $25 deposit check was returned and voided.

Echo Station: Kent Stutzman gave information about a piece of hardware called an "Echo Station", which is a link between a computer and the repeater for the purposes of making automated announcements. It could be used to announce the weekly nets and the monthly eyeball meeting, as well as public service announcements and/or Newsline. The cost of the hardware is $59 and the software is $20. Kent Stutzman would be willing to operate it off one of his computers and maintain the messages. Dan made a motion to purchase this equipment in order to help promote the club and improve visibility, John seconded. There was discussion about whether there were enough members present to have a proper vote and the bylaws were consulted, however it did not specify the parameters for a proper vote, other than citing Robert Rules of Order. It was decided that unless otherwise determined, we could vote on this. The motion passed unanimously. Will table the motion until next meeting. Will also review the bylaws at the next meeting to decide if anything needs to be changed; the current bylaws will be posted at the web site.

Meeting adjourned 10:17am.