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Meeting Minutes

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View or download Club meeting and Board of Director’s meeting minutes using the links below.

2026

December 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

November 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

October 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

September 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

August 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

July 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

June 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report

May 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report.

April 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report – NA, Mark’s meeting support slide package (link here), Jerry Keisler presentation support – USB Checker (link here)

April 8, 2026 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, Analysis of Irving Amateur Radio Club Micro-Grant Program

March 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report, meeting support slide package

February 2026 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report, Resolution #1, Resolution #2 and Mark’s Slides

January 2026 – no quorum

2025

December 2025 – no quorum

November 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report, Tabled Resolution #1, Tabled Resolution #2 and Mark’s slide package.

October 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report.

September 27, 2025 – BOD Meeting Minutes

September 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report (none made, Phillip was out sick.).

August 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report.

July 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report and Mark Johnson slide presentation.

June 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report.

May 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report.

April 2025 – Quorum not established, no official business.

March 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report, Club meeting slide support pack, including Nets and Being Net Control (presenters Mark Johnson and Jerry Keisler) and the RRVARC Net Control Call Up Script.

February 2025 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report and Test Equipment Slides from presentation by Mark Johnson (W5PTX).

January 2025 – Quorum not established, no official business.

2024

December 9, 2024 – Christmas party, no minutes.

November 23, 2024 – Meeting Minutes (draft v1), Secretary Report

October 26, 2024 – Meeting Minutes (draft v1), Secretary Report

September 28, 2024 – Meeting Minutes (draft v1), Mark Johnson Presentation – Ham Radio Websites & Software, Secretary Report

September 17, 2024 – BOD Meeting Minutes

August 24, 2024 – Meeting Minutes corrected v3 (thank you Jerry), Secretary Report

July 27, 2024 – Meeting Minutes (corrected v2), Secretary Report.

June 22, 2024 – Meeting Minutes

May 25, 2024 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report.

April 27, 2024 – Meeting Minutes.

March 23, 2024 – Meeting Minutes, Secretary Report and Dan Beard April 8 Solar Eclipse briefing.

February 24, 2024 – Meeting Minutes and Secretary Report.

February 20, 2024 – BOD Meeting Minutes

January 27, 2024 – Meeting Minutes including three resolutions voted on at the meeting, Secretary Report

2023

December 8, 2023 – Christmas Party meeting.

November 18, 2023 – Minutes

November 18, 2023 – Approved at January 2024 Meeting, Secretary Report

October 14, 2023 – BOD Meeting Minutes 11-14-2024

October 28, 2023 – Approved at the January 2024 Meeting

September 23, 2023 – Approved at the January 2024 Meeting

August 26, 2023 – Approved at the January 2024 Meeting, Johnny Thomas Open Wire Impedance Chart for Hams, Johnny Thomas balun with hand written notes and 4 to 1 Air Wound Balun.

July 22, 2023 – Approved at August meeting.

June 24, 2023 – Approved at August meeting.

May 20, 2023 – 50th Anniversary – Approved at the August meeting.

April 22, 2023 – Approved at August meeting, President’s Remarks – Etiquette, Kindness and Technique, Secretary’s Report, Resolution: Board of Directors Recommended Quorum Definition Change – Resolution #4 – 04/22/2023, Charles Penry (WA5VHU) presentations: Summer Field Day 2023 and Repeater Upgrades.

April 15, 2023 – BOD Meeting Minutes 04-15-2023, Resolutions: Club Station WB5RDD – FCC Contact Information (BOD #1-04/15/2023), Club Station WB5RDD – Control Operators (BOD #2-04/15/2023) and Control Operator List incorporated, 444.500 Operation (BOD #3-04/15/2023), Club Station WB5RDD – Contact Information (BOD #4-04/15/2023), Club Station WB5RDD – ARRL Forwarder (BOD #5-04/15/2023), Reduce dues, prorate and expire everyone in January (BOD #6-04/15/2023), Reduce Quorum Number for BOD meeting (BOD #7-04/15/2023).

March 25, 2023 – Approved at April 22 meeting, Secretary Report and Storm Spotting and Weather presentation by Leo Salas (N5JEP)

March 11, 2023 – Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, Secretary’s Report, Business Development Proposal, Flyer DRAFT v1

February 25, 2023 – Approved at March 2023 meeting, Secretary Report Talking Points, Presentation #1 EMP Shield, Presentation #2 Representing our Club Uniformly, and Resolution #1, Resolution #2 and Resolution #3, as passed by the membership

January 28, 2023 – Approved at February 2023 meeting and Secretary Report Talking Points

2022

December 17, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting

November 19, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting

October 29, 2022 – Board of Directors meeting

October 22, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting

September 24, 2022 – Lion’s Club Fair – No meeting, no minutes.

September 10, 2022 – Board of Directors meeting

August 27, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting

July 23, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting and Charles Penry’s Cross Band Repeater Operations briefing

June 25, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting

June 4, 2022 – Board of Directors meeting

May 28, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting and Secretary Report

April 23, 2022 – Approved at February 2023 meeting

March 26, 2022 – Meeting minutes – Approved April 23, 2022

March 12, 2022 – Board of Directors meeting

February 26, 2022 – Meeting minutes and EMP Shield discussion notes – Approved April 23, 2022

January 22, 2022 – Meeting minutes – Approved February 26, 2022

2021

December Club Meeting – Club meeting was not conducted in lieu of a Christmas party at Magel’s Grill.

December 11, 2021 – Second Board of Directors meeting

October 23, 2021 – Approved January 22, 2022

September 25, 2021 – Approved October 23

August 28, 2021 – Approved October 23 and Dan Beard presentation Aspects of Emergency Communications – PowerPoint – PDF

August 7, 2021 – First Board of Directors meeting

July 2021 – Approved August 28 and Secretary’s Prepared Remarks as Presented

June 2021 – Approved August 28, 2021

May 2021 – Approved August 28, 2021

The April meeting was cancelled due to lack of officers to conduct the meeting.

March 2021 Minutes – Approved May 2021

February 2021 Minutes – Approved March 2021

The January meeting was cancelled due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Lamar County.

2020

The December meeting was cancelled due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Lamar County.

November 2020 Minutes – Approved February 2021

October 2020 Minutes – Approved November 2020

September 2020 Minutes – There was no September meeting due to conflict with Tour de Paris

August Meeting Minutes – Approved October 2020

March – July 2020 Minutes – There are no minutes for these months because there were no meetings April – July due to the corona virus pandemic.

February 2020 Minutes

January 2020 Minutes

2019

December 2019 Minutes

November 2019 Minutes

October 2019 Minutes

September 2019 Minutes – NOTE:  The September meeting date coincided with the Red River Valley Fair.  The RRVARC members were encouraged to participate in Fair related activities. To that end the September meeting was postponed to coincide with the October meeting.

August 2019 Minutes

July 2019 Minutes

June 2019 Minutes

May 2019 Minutes

April 2019 Minutes

March 2019 Minutes

February 2019 Minutes

January 2019 Minutes

2018

December 2018 Minutes

November 2018 Minutes

October 2018 Minutes

September 2018 Minutes

August 2018 Minutes

July 2018 Minutes

June 2018 Minutes

May 2018 Minutes

April 2018 Minutes

March 2018 Minutes

February 2018 Minutes

January 2018 Minutes

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Who We Are

Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club (RRVARC) is a licensed FCC radio operator (WB5RDD) and an affiliate of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – The National Association for Amateur Radio®.

Club members – hams – are persons interested in amateur radio operations and public service. The Club and its members participate in public service events such as the Tour de Paris, Field Day and educational activities, as well as during emergency preparedness activations.

Non-Profit Organization

The RRVARC is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.

Where We Meet

The Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club meets at Paris Municipal Court (2910 Clarksville St, Paris, TX 75460) usually on the 4th Saturday of each month.

Note: Special events like Field Day and some November and December meetings are excepted.  Check the events calendar for special location, dates and time.

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