Minutes for the SARA Meeting on November 6, 2019, held at the Saratoga Main Fire Station.
Attendees (23)
Allie Cassidy N6ALI
Mike Turner N6DXQ
Jack Griswold KM6ZWR
John Glass NU6P
Ron Jones AJ6EG
Mike McGuire KM6VZL
Phil Wayman KM6RCS
Stan Roberts AB6SR
Walter Spector W6WS
Wayne Opp N6BTU
Bob Perlman W6BP
Srinath Sudarsanam KN6EKQ
Chris Donovan KI6WGK
Alex Donovan
Tim Stekle KN6FGH
Michael Millen AI6OI
Timothy O’Connor
Paul Wesling KM6LH
Steve Steps AJ6HM
Diana Steps
Brian Whitaker AG6WR
Eben Haber K6EBN
Carol Cassell KN6EYZ
Meeting was called to order at 7:35 by SARA President, Ron Jones AJ6EG
Guest Speaker and Topic
Speaker : Paul Wesling – KM6LH
Topic: The Origins of Silicon Valley: Roots in Ham Rasio
Presentation: www.pwesling.com/docs/1911a-wesling.pdf
Minutes
Previous meeting minutes were not readily available and no reading or approval was conducted.
Business Meeting
Meeting was called to order by Ron Jones at 9:30 pm
Membership Outreach
SARA will do a mailing to local hams using mailing list supplied for free by ARRL. The thrust will be:
· Get some previous and new members engaged with the club
· Notify previous members of the upcoming SARA 30th year celebration being held on December 7.
ARES Recruitment
We have an ongoing effort to get more Saratoga area hams to register with ARES/RACES,
SARA 30th Anniversary Celebration
SARA
was formed on 12/15/1989
30th Anniversary party is planned for 12/07/2019 at the
Friendship Hall (on Prospect Road)
Cost of the hall is covered by the city of Saratoga
SARA will cover the cost of the food
Meeting was closed at 9:50 PM by Ron Jones – AJ6EG.
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