From: NY4N
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:34:13 EST
To: TCG
Subject: [TCG] Official Jan 2003 TCG Meeting minutes

The second meeting of the new 2003 year took place on 
January 12, at the Old Country Buffet at Hendersonville, Tn.
The meeting began at 3:30 pm. The following contesters
signed the meeting roster:

Jeff        NY4N
Jerry       WB9BSH
Mark        K0EJ
Kirk        K4RO
Tom         K1KY
Dan         N7DLS
Chuck       KE4OAR
Sue         KF4EQS

   The main topic of discussion was the election of new officers. 
As our new constitution states, it would take a 25 percent vote of 
members in good standing at the January meeting to vote on and pass 
the nominations for Facilitator and the Executive Assistant. There 
was not enough votes at the meeting to take a vote. At present, the
only two that had volunteered for the jobs was Ric, Wo4o, for 
Facilitator, and Kirk, K4RO, for EA.

   Per the Constitution, it will now be necessary to cast votes via 
e-mail and US Postal mail. Look for a voting form from a TCG member
soon so as votes can be cast and tabulated. US Postal Mail can be 
sent to TCG, P O Box 73, Dickson, TN  37056. Also, the e-mail votes
can be sent to me at: NY4N@aol.com. If the next meeting is to be on 
the Feb 1, let's make the deadline for vote casting at Jan 31.

   EA Note. It looks like Dan, N7DLS, has resigned as Facilitator 
for the TCG effective Jan. 12, 2003. Dan has a lot on his plate at
this time and it was a joy working with him. If the Group has no 
objections, I will take responsibility for collecting and tabulating
the votes for the new officers and make hard copies available at the
next TCG meeting.

   Other discussions were about the NAQP CW contest this past weekend. 
The TCG put a whopping seven teams together! Nice job by all. Looks 
like TCG Team #1 will post about 1.3 meg in points. Lots of comments
on the nice band conditions, especially on the lower bands of 40, 80,
and 160. Many claim that this was their best NAQP CW effort ever. 
Also, see other post on reflector about Mark's (K0EJ) new use for 
duct tape.

   Chuck, KE4OAR, brought the final 2002 Radio Active list to the 
meeting.  Looks like Don, K4WX, will have the most Q's this year 
and Kirk, K4RO, will take home the MIC (Most Improved Contester) 
award, having collected over 9000 + Q's more this year than last.
Congrats went out to both guys on a job well done.

   I failed to mention, at the December meeting, the Group decided 
and voted to accept that future MIC participants will have to operate
in no less than eight counting contests to qualify, which include all
ARRL, CQ, NCJ, Tennessee, California and Pennsylvania QSO parties. 
Should be no problem to qualify.

   Lastly, it is still a requirement to attend two meetings and 
operate in two counting contests to be a member in good standing
for the Tennessee Contest Group.

   Meeting ended about 4:45.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeff  NY4N  2002 EA