TASMA

Two Meter Spectrum Management Association
358 South Main Street, PMB 90, Orange, CA 92668

Minutes of
TASMA Board Meeting
Sunday, 10 November 2002
Philippe's Restaurant
1001 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA

Board Members Present:

Chairman:	Bob Dengler, N06B
Vice Chairman:	Pat Finke, KC6ACL
Treasurer:	Jim Fortney, K6IYK
Member at Large:	Ted Fukushima, N6ZZK

Other Members Present:

Howard Brown, KG6GI

Joe Macera, KG6ECQ

Andy Ormonde, KB6OPR

Stephen Mankowski, AD6XK

Record of Meeting:
TASMA Chairman, Bob Dengler Called the meeting to order at 12:30 P.M., at the Philippe's Restaurant. The meeting was conducted in accordance with the agenda found at (See Attachment A).

1. Howard made a draft of the next newsletter available for inspection.
2. Call-In frequencies for the upcoming General Meeting were identified:
• Repeater 145.280 MHz PL=127.3 Hz)
• Simplex 147.570 MHz
3. Pat nominated Jim Fortney to the role of Chief Teller for the upcoming General Meeting. The nomination was approved by consensus. He indicated that he would need an additional four volunteers to count the votes.
4. The FAX number of (805) 491-0319 was identified for absentee ballots.
5. It was agreed (by consensus) that the Board required absentee ballots to be accompanied by copies of a signed amateur radio license.
6. It was agreed that the General Meeting would start at 10:30 to allow sign in time for an expanded membership.
7. The ballots to be used at the general meeting will be printed in a distinctive color.
8. Howard suggested that the next Board meeting should take place on the 2^nd Sunday in January.
9. The Bylaws should be included in the newsletter. Jim will verify that the copy Howard has is current. Also the Articles of Incorporation are to be included.
10. The Treasurer was authorized to reimburse Pat for verified expenses of up to NTE $700 for publication of the newsletter.
11. The minutes of the February Board meeting were approved (Pat motioned, Bob seconded) vote (1-0-1) with Jim abstaining because he was not in attendance at the meeting.
12. The matter of notification of Adjacent/Co-Channel users to proposed coordination was discussed. It was proposed to reverse last year’s decision to advertise these matters via the general Reflector and the Web site. Pat proposed the change, Jim seconded. The motion was approved (2-0).
13. Jim reported the TASMA had $2424 in income this year. TASMA has spent $1078 less than planned to date. The costs for the newsletter and most of the funds advanced for Association operations have not been accounted for at this time.
14. The Treasurer was authorized to reimburse Howard for verified expenses of up to NTE $90 for mail forwarding expense; Jim proposed, Pat seconded. The motion was approved (2-0).
15. The Treasurer was authorized to reimburse Mike Marin for verified expenses of up to NTE $200 for TC Secretary expenses thru 2002; Pat proposed, Ted seconded. The motion was approved (3-0).
16. A discussion took place regarding the details of form RFC-03 regarding updates. There was no formal conclusion to this discussion.
17. AD6XK provided a written appeal to his interference claim from NH2R. The matter was postponed until required notice could be accomplished.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:37 PM.

Prepared By: Howard G. Brown, KG6GI
Member
From personal notes

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