The March 17, 2001 meeting was held at Spear's Restaraunt in Newton. The meeting was called to order at 9:11am by President Ron Farthing. Present were ??? (Lee Buller, Lon Buller, Stan Clemence, David Duerksen, Ron Farthing, David Godshall, Bob Harder, Roger Jost, Robin McDaniel, Rick Rickenberg, John Ryding, Roger Wilson, Dr. J.J. Wilson.)

The February minutes were read without correction.

Treasurer's Report: Did not have an up©to©date balance available. Estimated $950.

Technician's Report: Repeater has lost receiver rensitivity.

Robin will use a wattmeter to check for signal reflectivity immediately after the meeting. If that doesn't reveal the problem, Robin will ask Chance Cooper to bring some additional test equipment. Repeater is located on the Cargil/Ross grain elevator. The backup repeater is currently not functional, Robin thinks the exciter is broken. We currently have no backup radio. Xon might be able to get some GE Master Pro units for backups.

MCC Relief Sale:

Meeting Times: Xon had some concerns about our current on©theªair net structure. Suggested a 10m net on the weekend instead of 2m. Also some discussion about whether the eyeball meeting should be changed.

Web Site: Kent interested in information for the web page, especially non 2m items since he does not have HF access and is not active in that area.

Class Upgrades: aa9pw's web site has good upgrade information and a good test generator program. Xon has books he would be glad to lend anyone wanting to upgrade.

Field Day: June 23-24. Hesston College's Stutzman Retreat Center should be available.

Meeting adjourned 10:00am.