UMARS General Meeting
September 17, 1997

Present: Paula Ehn VE4MHZ, Bill Franzin VE4YK, William Franzin VE4VR, Rich Green VE4GG, Craig Thomasson VE4CET, Remi Godin VE4GOD, Arne Grimstrup VE4ARN, Eric Krievans VE4IET.

Meeting called to order at 7:04pm with IET taking minutes.

President's Report by Arne Grimstrup

- UMARS received appreciation award form ARES. Good work to all who participated during The Flood of 97.
- Pan-Am volunteers are needed Jul/Aug 99. A 2 week committment is required. They must know very soon. Contact Remi Godin for details. His email address is: zonk@freenet.mb.ca.

Vice-president's Report

- We are in process of applying for student group status at the university. Without this status we LOSE our clubroom, and must move out all our radio gear. To receive this status with the UofM Student Union (UMSU), we must have 17 students signed up. We need 5 more. Please sign up if you haven't yet, and/or find someone who will.
- Remember, you don't have to be licenced to be a member of UMARS. Right now, the most important thing is your student number. Unfortunately, UMSU does not count our associates as members for this recognition status. (Even though UMARS wouldn't have a club without our associates 8-))

Treasurer's Report

We currently have 900 dollars in the bank. We have an account payable of about 1100 dollars. Fortunately we have a forgiving supplier who does not require full payment AT THIS TIME. This means we will not go below the 500 dollar mark in the bank.

However, I feel very uncomfortable with this situation. It would be nice to be "in the black". The 1100 dollar account payable were expenses by purchasing the new VHF repeater antenna, 2 feed lines, and the associated hardware for it. We absolutely had to purchase the equipment for roof installation before "old man winter" comes.

I anticipate further revenue from three sources: 1. Membership dues. 2. "Love money" 3. Other

1. Membership dues - From past members who just haven't gotten around to it yet.
2. Love money - From additional contributions by members who feel they get more service than their annual membership dues ask for. Generally this group is composeed from our licenced members.
3. Other - ARN was looking into funding from the new flood agency being started (sorry Arne, can't think of the name right now). Also, I'll try to think of other organizations in the university that may fund us because of our involvement in the Campus Crime Watch. (Remember to log those hours everyone!)

Just remember everyone, it costs a lot of money to keep a repeater going smoothly. I estimate it costs around 300 dollars a year. We got hit hard this year because of the major component purchases that were not properly budgeted for. Shortly, I plan to address this problem so future UMARS execs don't have to beg for money all the time!

And now the pitch......

For those of you who feel that UMARS is giving them more than their dues ask for, feel free to show your gratitude by cutting the Secretary/Treasurer a cheque. You'd be surprised how I'd appreciate receiving an extra 20 bucks.

Technical Manager's Report- None.

Motion to vote for UMARS Executive 97/98.

President: Remi Godin
Vice P: Craig Thomasson
Secretary/Treasurer: Eric Krievans
8 For, 0 Against. MOTION PASSED
Congratulations to the new railroaded executive.

Motion to adjourn by ARN

Meeting adjourned at 7:45pm.

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