2 Timothy 3:1 But mark this:
There will be terrible times in the last days. (2)
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their
parents, ungrateful, unholy, (3) without love,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal,
not lovers of the good, (4) treacherous, rash,
conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of
God-- (5) having a form of godliness but denying its
power. Have nothing to do with them. (NIV)
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President's
Report Hats off to all the MARC
membership for stepping up and doing the plethora of
chores it took to make ARRL Day in the Park a
resounding success. 102 people signed the guest book,
and by afternoon, all of those appeared to have been
well-fed and having a good time. I won't attempt to
name all the folks who volunteered their time and
effort here. I'll just say that Michael, N5VWS did a
fine job as Event Chairman and that the entire
membership really did themselves credit with this
event. Our treasury even got a little boost thanks to
a generous split in the proceeds of the raffle of a
2-meter rig donated by KI5FW, Dennis.
It's been (usually) a pleasure
and (often) an adventure serving as MARC's President
over the last year. Thanks to all of you for your
support on the various projects we've supported. MARC
is a busy club for its size and lends support to LEMA,
Red Cross, and National Weather Service, besides
maintaining the 146.700 repeater for the Meridian
area. We support VE testing for new hams and those who
are moving up in class as they improve their radio
skills and knowledge. I'd love to see all these
missions continue and see some more emphasis on the
fun side of radio too.
With that in mind, remember
elections will be held at the December meeting.
Nominations opened at the November meeting and will
remain open until just a few minutes before votes are
cast in December. There's still time to nominate a
friend, or yourself for the office of your choice.
Annual dues are due in January,
but I'm sure Debbie would accept your check for next
year early, if you want to get that chore out of the
way before Christmas shopping cleans out your bank
accounts. I'll hope to see you all on the 6th of
December.
73, Russ, W5RB
Vice
President’s Comments What a wonderful time we all had
at day in the park. I would like to thank Michael for
all the hard work he did. Bill thank you for getting
the tables and chairs and Mel for doing such a fine
job giving away the door prizes. Thank you Tom and
Wayne for cooking the delicious hamburgers and hot
dogs. All the food that was brought was delicious. I
was so glad to see so many people there and hope
everyone enjoyed it as much as we did. May God bless
you all. 73s Joyce KD5TOI
Secretary
Report Minutes of November business
meeting.
1. Meeting called to order at
9:45 am. 13 members present. Secretary and Treasurer's
reports were given.
2. 102 attendees were present at
ARRL Day in the Park. Volunteers were thanked for
their assistance.
3. Nomination of officers for
2004 was opened, and candidates are as follows:
President - Russell Brown
W5RB Nominations are open until the
December meeting.
4. Program was presented by Ron
Brown AB5WF. The program was about RACES and about
area hams becoming members. RACES members would be
activated by the President or Governor to provide
communications in the event of a national or state
emergency.
5. Red Cross office wishes to
have an amateur station set up at their facility on
23rd Avenue.
6. Tax exempt status will be
moved on. That status has been pending for some
time.
7. Christmas party details have
been scheduled for December meeting.
This month's
favorite web site eQSL
I was surprised this week to learn of a service known
as eQSL.
I had seven QSL cards sitting there waiting on a
confirmation. As soon as you register, you can display
and print your eQSLs waiting for you there. Check to
see if any surprises are waiting on you. 73,
W5MAV
ARRL
DAY IN THE PARK On Saturday October 11th, the
Meridian Amateur Radio Club hosted the ARRL DAY IN THE
PARK. This Annual Event was held this year at the
Bonita Lakes Water Park in Meridian. This event
started several months ago when Malcolm Keown - W5XX
the ARRL MS SECTION MANAGER approached MARC in regards
to hosting the event this year. As a first time
venture for MARC the event was a resounding success.
We had 102 registered Hams and visitors from all over
the State of Mississippi, Alabama, and some from a few
other States. We had the Mayor of Meridian, John
Robert Smith, proclaim Oct. 11th as ARRL DAY IN THE
PARK. We had lots of food and good fellowship and a
great time was had by all. We had several sponsors
namely: MFJ, ICOM, FORCE12, Cable Experts, State of
MS, Lauderdale County Board of Tourism, Meridian Keep
America Beautiful Foundation, Ralph Donnersbach &
Ted Burton with The Queen City Truck Stop/Magnolia
Restaurant.
The door Prizes were great -
Malcolm (W5XX) brought some donated by the ARRL and
some donated by his Mother which was greatly
appreciated, Mel (N5JCG) built a very unique item, a
metal Tin Man, which was great! Denise Thompson
(KD5QDX) created and embroidered a T-shirt especially
for this event which was very cool! Dennis (KI5FW)
raffled off a Yaesu 261 two Meter Mobile which was a
good crowd pleaser. The tail gating was light but some
made some good purchases and others just wished. This
overall will be a very memorable day for MARC. With
that said I would like to thank all the Members who
participated in the event for all their hard
work.
Bill Robinson (KB5ASR) We look forward to next year at
some other location and show them the same support
they showed us here in Meridian. 73, N5VWS
LEMA
PAGERS If you are a LEMA member and
have been inactive for more than ninety days the LEMA
Director would like you to turn in your LEMA pager so
that they can be reissued to people that need the
pagers. W5ED
October/November 2003
If you are reading it in English, thank a Veteran."
Vice President - Michael Harbour N5VWS
Secretary - Bill Robinson KB5ASR
Treasurer - Deb Hover KD5JYJ
By Michael Harbour /
N5VWS
Joyce Thompson (KD5TOI)
Wayne Thompson (KD5TOJ)
Tom Ford (KC5NMB)
Trisha Harbour (N5ZSK)
Mel Oubre (N5JCG)
Margie Oubre (N5VCJ)
Russell Brown (W5RB)
Dennis Carpenter (KI5FW)
Steve Blackwell (K5DAD)
