Council » Minutes » 2010 Minutes » 2010 November

Minutes For NZART Council Meeting held on
3820kHz, Tuesday 2nd November 2010
commencing 8pm with a roll call at 7:55pm

6/1     Roll Call

Chairman:          Roy Symon, ZL2KH.

Council:          ZL1UD Tony Case, ZL1PK Phil King; ZL1TGC Vaughan Henderson

ZL2HD John Andrews,

ZL3TNT Ann Fraser, ZL2LS Topsy Scott

ZL4QS John Lochhead 

Min Sec:          Topsy ZL2LS

6/2          Apologies

ZL2AMJ Fred Johnson

ZL2MAX Max Wheatley

6/3          Confirmation of Minutes October 2010

Moved by ZL1UD    Seconded by ZL 1TGC       Confirmed

6/4          Additional Agenda Items

6/16c Information paper on OSL Bureau

6/5     Action Point from Friday Council meeting June 2010

6/08:   ZL1PK to action once response received from WGN VHF Group re their Constitution.          Ref paper 6/5 08.

Pending the verification of the legal advice given to Branch 74

ZL2HD wrote to the President of the Wellington VHF group and is waiting for a reply back from them. Action Point against ZL2HD                    Complete

10:          ZL1TGC to report progress back to Council regarding Hibiscus Coast

A special meeting is being organised to consider this.                     Ongoing

Action Points from Monday Council meeting June 2010

20:          ZL2AMJ to commence updating the NZART examination question-bank and the version of the ‘New Zealand Amateur Radio Study Guide’ on the NZART web page and report to Council on progress                                     Ongoing

21:          ZL2AMJ to prepare appropriate wording to advise all examiners on the NZART web page that the Wellington VHF Group examination system is available for examinations.                                                                                Ongoing

22:          ZL1TGC to produce policy document for review by Council before publishing, re Digipeaters  Will have finished by Next meeting          Ongoing

Action points from September Council meeting

01   ZL1TGC to contact ZL4PLM re NZART VHF-SHF Records Update

Programme to edit his document and circulate to Council                Ongoing

Action points from October Council meeting

01          ZL2TDM - send an official letter to Warren Harris ZL2AJ advising him of his appointment as ARX2                                                                   Complete
02          ZL2TDM - advise Whakatane and Auckland branches that their exam Supervisors were approved.                                                       Complete
03          ZL2TDM - pay the Oceania DX Contest costs                      Complete
04          ZL2KH - to write a letter to Stuart Watchman                         Complete
05          ZL1TGC - to obtain legal advice as to who owns the copyright on the Study Guide.  We have verbal legal advice that there is NO copyright on the Study guide                                                                                  Complete
06          ZL1TGC - to contact World Exchange re them putting a link on the NZART web page.          Awaiting reply re wording of article will follow up          Ongoing

6/6          Confirmation of New Members October  2010

Moved ZL4QS, Seconded ZL1PK                                                            Confirmed

6/7          Ratification of October 2010 Payments

Moved ZL1UD, Seconded ZL3TNT                                                Ratified

6/8          Monthly Reports

a)             QSL Bureau monthly report

b)             Monitoring Service Report

c)             FMTAG

d)             ALO report October 2010

A,B,D   Moved by ZL2LS       Seconded by ZL1PK

C    The final recommendations be adopted Moved by ZL2HD                                                        Seconded By ZL1TGC                                          Carried

6/9          Examination Supervisor Application

a)              Ross Meban ZL2RWM – Gisborne

b)              Peter Scott ZL1AAM – Suburban Amateur Radio Club

c)               Dennis Seymour ZL1UET – Suburban Amateur Radio Club

Moved by ZL1UD Seconded by ZL1TGC                                     Approved

A/P     Debby ZL1TDM to notify the Branches concerned and inform them that the Examination supervisors have been approved

6/10          Establishment of ARTANZ

Invitation received by ZL2AMJ

Fred to be asked to give full report back to council from meeting, Council will then take action if needed after that.

6/11          Conditions of Use – NZART Examination system

A/P          ZL1UD/ZL1TGC to review the Conditions of use document and discuss at the next ‘on air’ meeting.

6/12          Application for Moderator of Members Reflector

a)              Jamie Pye ZL2NN

This to be put with the other applicant ZL3AI and when we decide if we are going to go with the reflector we will then vote on who Council would think be best suited for this position at the face to face meeting in February.

A/P     Debby ZL1TDM to acknowledge Jamie’s letter and let him now that this will be considered at the face to face meeting in February.

A/P     Debby ZL1TDM to advise the other applicant ZL3AI that this will be discussed at the face to face meeting.

6/13    Call Book missing call signs update – ZL1PK

Intention is to produce a sheet with all missing call signs for the November / December Break In

6/14

6/15

6/16          Information Papers

a)              Tauranga Branch visit – ZL1UD     Pleasant meeting  Thanks Tony

b)              Financial issues IARU R 3

A/P     ZL4QS to respond to Jay Oka re  Council decision ASAP

c)               QSL Bureau

6/17    Leave of Absence

ZL3TNT will be away on leave from Monday 15th to Friday 19th November

Will have no email contact

ZL1TGC will be out of the country for about 10days from Saturday 6th November limited email coverage also

6/18          General Business

ZL1UD ask for approval to send the situation vacant off for Break in and to also include the moderator position for another month.

There being no further business President Roy closed meeting at 21.17 hrs

Thanks given to everyone.

Topsy Scott ZL2LS

Minute Secretary

02.11.10