b. A question was raised about the ARRL payment to TASMA for the database. Jeff Reinhardt will check to find out why we haven’t received payment.

c. TASMA currently has 115 members eligible to vote.

d. Will be sending out a letter to members whose membership has expired.

Neither the Secretary nor the Tech Committee Chair has received a request for that frequency. Jeff will get back to Riley and assure him that TASMA has neither received a RFD nor coordinated a repeater on that frequency.

b. Richard Burton is now facing six felony counts of violating the communications act of 1934.

c. The FCC does not find Kenwood SkyCommand system complaint with the FCC rules and had denied their request. "We conclude that Sky Command does not comply with Section 97.201(b), and that a waiver of the rules is not warranted," the FCC said.

d. Pleased with the way the mainstream officers have been conducting their business. Jeff was concerned about the light attendance at the meeting.

e. Future of coordinating bodies. How can we get more participation.

f. Jeff has been speaking about TASMA at clubs around Southern California.

b. It was brought to the attention of the group, the membership of the Tech Committee Secretary expired in February and that his attendance at the Tech Committee meetings is poor. Jeff Reinhardt will talk to him to see if we can get a better effort from him.

c. The question of a list of coordinated simplex frequencies on the TASMA web page was brought up again. TASMA in the past has decided not to post this list because it did not want visitors to the site to think these frequencies are coordinated by TASMA. TASMA does not coordinate simplex frequencies. The band plan identifies spreads of band where certain things occur, such as simplex, digital, repeaters, sideband etc. The Secretary was instructed to put a list of common use simplex frequencies on the web page. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.

b. Proposed Purchase of Terrain Mapping Software: Chairman Jeff Reinhardt and Rob Hansen, member of the Tech Committee, have been looking at mapping software to produce coverage maps. They have given a test copy of a commercial program to the Tech Committee Chairman to evaluate. The Tech Committee could enter the parameters (location, power, height and gain) submitted to TASMA on a RFC into this software and come up with a professionally rendered map that will show how this proposed repeater will impact other repeaters in its coverage area. It will also point out any potential for interference. Using this software, we could also go back through our repeater database and enter the information into the program on all the repeaters we coordinate to better manage them when there are complaints. The Tech Committee Chairman has been testing the proposed software. He found it to be cumbersome to work with. He will also test a freeware program suggested by Jim Fortney to see if it works as well.

c. NFCC update - K6IYK: There will be an election. The SCRRBA, the 220SMA and the TASMA representatives all agreed to vote for the same individuals. They voted for people to fill two of the three open seats.

d. Proposed Bylaw Changes: Several Bylaw changes were proposed as itemized below. These changes will be brought to the general membership for a vote at the next General meeting.

• The bylaws need to be changed from 30 days to 90 days grace for members to renew their memberships. Jim Fortney, K6IYK, made a motion to make this change to Article 6, Item b of the Bylaws, seconded by Jensen Woods. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.
• The only scheduled meeting addressed in the Bylaws is the Annual meeting. The members present decided the general membership needs to meet on a more regular basis. Jim Fortney made a motion to change Article 4, Section 1, Item a, to include three general membership meetings each year. Each meeting shall be preceded by an agenda that will be transmitted in writing and/or electronically 14 days prior to the scheduled date of the meeting to the latest postal or e-mail address on file. The general membership meetings shall be held in April, August and December each year. The December meeting shall be the Annual Meeting. Seconded by Jensen Woods, Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.
• Jim Fortney made a motion, seconded by Jensen Woods, to remove all references to the appointed office Sargeant-at-Arms from the Bylaws. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.
• Jim Fortney made a motion, seconded by Jensen Woods, to strike the words "active association members and" from Article 3, Section 3, Item a. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.
• Jim Fortney made a motion, seconded by Jensen Woods, to strike the words "new members," from Article 3, Section 3, Item c. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.
• Jim Fortney made a motion, seconded by Jensen Woods, to remove Article 3, Section 3, Item d, from the Bylaws. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.

e. Jim Fortney volunteered to create a TASMA eMail reflector for TASMA members on eGroups. Allan Avnet made the motion, seconded by Jensen Woods, to approve the use of the TASMA member database to create a remailer to TASMA members to be accessed by TASMA members for the transaction of information related to the organization, only. Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.

f. Jensen Woods made a motion to have Jim Fortney register the domain name "TASMA.org" the cost will be about $35.00. Seconded by Allan Avnet, Vote 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstaining.

a. Nomination Meeting will be held Friday, October 27. Location to be determined.

b. Annual and the election Meeting will be held Friday, December 1, at the L.A. County E.O.C.