Meeting summary (about 31 minutes, ham radio club, only Randy and Tim attended)
Nobody else joined, so Randy and Tim called the meeting early and handled informal club business.
Club business
- Recording: Randy posted the Brave Talk link in the chat and wants everyone, including Evans, to save a copy. He needs a reminder to save the recording and transcript at the end.
- ARRL affiliation: Evans applied for affiliate status today. Randy takes that to mean the club cleared the membership-percentage threshold again.
- Tennessee state organization: A renewal letter arrived, due around the first of the year. Randy will fill it out and have the club pay the roughly $30 fee. Carl paid it last time.
- Other national organization (Murfreesboro): Randy will think about it. No decision.
- Dues: All founders except Tim and Randy will pay an additional $100 per year.
- Tax-exempt paperwork: Randy couldn’t find his scanned copy in OneDrive, so he’ll rescan from the printer. Tim suggested building a “vendor packet” (incorporation letters, tax and resale certificates, liability insurance) to send to vendors.
Merchandise (T-shirts, mugs)
- Randy hasn’t researched it yet.
- Tim suggested print-on-demand services such as Printify and Printful. The club would upload a design, pick products, and embed the links on the site.
- Neither could recall a third popular service. They thought it was something like “CafePress” but weren’t sure.
Upcoming
- Saturday: The club meeting is at Randy’s house, ending around 11:30 a.m. Then the group drives to Murfreesboro, which is more than an hour away. Randy wants a strong showing there. Tim is tentative and depends on how Friday goes.
- Guests: A young couple with kids (ages 4 and 7) is coming Saturday to talk about doing something at TTU. Randy plans to get the kids involved in ham radio.
- Follow-up: Tim will update Randy on how Friday goes.
Side conversation
Most of the rest was casual: Tim’s replacement amplifier tubes and 14 incoming data radios, mini-split air conditioners, Microsoft email outages, a property for sale in Overton County, and the weather (snow flurries expected).
Action items
- Randy: save the chat link, recording, and transcript.
- Randy: complete the Tennessee renewal.
- Randy: rescan the tax-exempt form.
- Tim: confirm Saturday attendance.
- Both: look into a print-on-demand service for merchandise.
One response
FYI, you all left 2 old men on a chat by themselves. You should know better. We ARE NOT raising the dues to $100. The AI didn’t pick up that we were joking about making all kinds of changes. All in fun folks.
Hope to you you all next week!!