W9AB

• Saturday, March 29, 2025

• Location: All Secure Self Storage 16996 IN-23, South Bend, IN 46635. No early sales.

• MARC Members 9 -11 am (Join MARC shop during the Members time )

• Community 12 - 2 pm

• SK estate donated to MARC will be available for sale. Reasonable offers will be considered. A portion of the sales will be given to the SK's family.

Carl Luetzelschwab (K9LA) visited MARC from Ft. Wayne for the January meeting. Carl is a well-known Amateur Operator who holds an ARRL office, is a member of CWops, and is a Net Control for the Indiana CW Traffic Net. You've probably seen Carl at the Elkhart East Hamfest each summer. Carl chose three topics for the meeting:

1) Voyager 1 (the deep space probe);

2) Solar Cycle 25 (what is it and where are we?);

3) The ARRL (an official ARRL Update).

Notes from Carl's presentation can be found here

At last night's Social Meeting six members were elected to the MARC Board of Directors. They are:

• Dave Ellis (N9UH)
• Wendy Ellis (K9SUN)
• Ron Goote (W9RWG)
• Brian Jennings (N9YOU)
• Ryan King (KD9WXK)
• Jeff Wynegar (KA9TOC)

Congratulations to the new Board Members and thank you to everyone that came to last night's meeting.

A YouTube Playlist for the Connecting the Moon to the Earth series can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOaTnRX8QvY&list=PLrYpqVozlcUNu4S7_rYZMVlx2548pwm6v

At this year's election four new Directors will be elected. Which makes this year's election very important. The only returning board member will be Robert Bower (W9RWB) for the last year of his three year term.

To become a board member Article V of the Bylaws lists the following requirements:

1) Must hold a valid license from the Federal Communications Commission

2) Must have been a Club Member for at least one year

Below is Article VI of the Bylaws which outlines the election process.

Article VI Elections

The Directors at their meeting in September of each year, appoint a committee of three members, none of whom are Directors, as a Nominating Committee.

1) Prepare a Slate of at least one person for each of the Directorships to be voted upon.

2) Present Slate, of those who have agreed to serve, at the October Social meeting to membership.

3) Further nominations from the floor may be made.

4) Membership votes at the close of nominations.

The President will appoint two tellers, neither of whom are Directors or on the ballot.

1) Verify and count ballots

2) Report the results to the membership.

Newly elected Directors will attend the November and December Board meetings. The Board of Directors, at the December meeting, will elect among themselves a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer. The remaining one Director will be considered as the Director at large.

If you are interested on being on the Nominating Committe or have any questions please contact one of the current Board Members. Remember the September Board Meeting is held the first Thursday of the month so if you want to be on the Nominating Committe the Board needs to know by the end of August.

Note: A full copy of the Bylaws can be found under Club Documents in the Members only section.