Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association
Promoting packet radio in the State of Florida


Mail Address:
L. E. "bud" Thompson
1131 Abady Court
Deltona, FL 32725


FADCA Board of Directors
Minutes
February 15, 1997


The annual FADCA Board of Directors Meeting was held on Saturday, February 15,
1997 at the Orlando Hamfest in forum area 2. President Joe Kuntz, WB4TEM called
the meeting to order at 1020 hours. The president then had the directors
introduce themselves. The following directors were present:
District 2 Joe Kuntz WB4TEM
District 3 Bill Sinbine N4XEO
District 4 Bob Owens AA4RU
District 6 Tom MacDonald WA2LKI and assistant director
Free Crosby W1NPR


Secretary / Treasurer Bob Owens, AA4RU, read the minutes of the October 26,
1996 meeting. MOVED by Tom MacDonald, WA2LKI to accept the minutes ar read,
SECOND by Free Crosby, W1NPR. APPROVED. He then read the Treasurer's report
for calendar year 1996.

The secretary then advised that since districts 1 and 8 have been vacant, and
that district 5 recently became vacant due to the job related move of Harry,
KC4HQS we had but one seated director absent. He then declared that a quorum
was present as required by the by-laws.

The secretary then read the secretary's report, which is appended in it's
entirety to these minutes. The report stated that there is no election report
for the even numbered districts as there were no nominating petitions submitted
with the required number of signatures. Under these circumstances the by-laws
require the president to appoint directors. The president thus appointed the
following directors with their concurrence and that of the board:
District 2 Joe Kuntz WB4TEM
District 4 Bob Owens AA4RU
District 6 Tom MacDonald WA2LKI
He also stated that he would talk to Frank Buter, or ARRL Director and FRC
Director for their district 8 to see if he would be willing to serve or could
suggest someone for our district 8 directorship.

The president then announced that he did not wish to serve another term in
that office and placed the name of Bill Sinbine, N4XEO in nomination as
president. It was MOVED by Tom MacDonald, WA2LKI - SECONDED by Free Crosby,
W1NPR to accept the nomination. CARRIED

The gavel was then turned over to Bill Sinbine, N4XEO to take over the chair
of the meting and begin his duties as the new president.

Prior to the president placing in nomination the names for other officers, Joe
Kuntz, WB4TEM advised the group that despite correspondence from Roger regarding
his retirement as frequency coordinator, he was willing to continue in that
capacity if the board realized that the requirements of his job could prevent
him from attending many of the board meetings.

The new president then placed in nomination the names of Joe Kuntz, WB4TEM for
Vice President, Bob Owens, AA4RU for Secretary / Treasurer and Roger Edwards,
KB4GBS as Frequency Coordinator and database manager. It was MOVED by Joe
Kuntz, WB4TEM - SECONDED by Tom MacDonald to approve the president's
nominations. CARRIED

Discussion was then held regarding the possibility of appointing Robin Terrill,
N4HHP as director for district 1. The problem is that Robin lives in Broward
County although he is on the county line. The secretary checked the by-laws
and advised that this would require a by-law revision as the director must
reside within his district.

The president advised that since our district 5 director's job move now had him
in district 1, he would talk to Harry about accepting the directorship for
district 1, perhaps with Robin to help. He also said he would ask Harry for
recommendations for a replacement director for district 5.

There was discussion about revising the forms to have a "plain jane" no change
simple renewal. The secretary said he would send such a form to Free for
inclusion on the web page.

The president then thanked and congratulated Free Crosby for the excellent job
he has done as webmaster for the FDCA home page on the internet.

The president commented that TAPR is now keeping a database of packet operation.
ARRL is no longer including packet listings in the Repeater Handbook. As this
has been used in the past by the FCC for determining spectrum use he advised
all present to contact the ARRL asking for re-inclusion of the packet section.
He also asked the secretary to write or e-mail the league about this.

Tom MacDonald, WA2LKI asked that a letter of thanks be sent to Walt Maxwell
retired president of FRC for all his help over the years.

It was also discussed that FADCA needed to have a greater presence at some of
the larger hamfests in the form of a table to do handouts, etc. MOVED by Tom
MacDonald, WA2LKI, SECONDED by Joe Kuntz, WB4TEM that this be done with the
director of the district in which the hamfest is located to have primary
responsibility for the table. If there is a table charge, FADCA will pay that
cost from the treasury. CARRIED.

The treasurer then advised the group that he was going to purchase a receipt
book for use only in the field. It would be in addition to rather than a
replacement to the receipts he mails. It would relieve the problem of allowing
the people (such as the two today) who paid dues in cash at a meeting to leave
that meting with no proof of payment. He also suggested that we may want to
begin issuing a membership card. Joe Kuntz, WB4TEM offered to design the card.

It was decided that the next board meeting would be held on May 31, 1997 at
Stacy's Buffet in Altamonte Springs.

There being no further business to come before the board, the meeting was
adjourned at 1120 hours.


Respectfully submitted
Robert W. Owens, AA4RU
Secretary



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