Minutes
Medical Amateur Radio
Council Annual Meeting
May 16, 2014
Dayton, Ohio
In attendance: Mary,
AE4BX President; Jeff, K6JW President-Elect; Danny W4DAN,
Secretary-Treasurer; Warren KD4GUA Newsletter Editor; Arnold WB6OJB
MediShare Director; Bruce KM2L Director; Keith N3IM Director; Roger
W8CRK Director; Bill WA9HIR Director; Linda KE5BQK Director; Chuck
N8CL; Bobbie W1BEW; Bernie KD5QHV; Malin KO6MD; Richard K9CIV; Joe
WB2MXJ; Chip N5RTF and Carl WA3ZZU.
The meeting was called to
order by AE4BX at 8:30 AM EDT.
Minutes of the 2013 meeting
were approved as read by W4DAN.
Secretary's Report:
Danny reported that we have 205 members; almost all are paid up.
Between January 2013 and March 2014 we added 17 new members. Most of
these found us and joined through the Web site.
Treasurer's Report:
Danny reported that when Lou WA1HGE was Treasurer, he set up two
accounts. One was a CD bearing higher interest. MARCO and MediShare
funds were co-mingled. Danny recommends separate accounts for MARCO
and for MediShare. Our current balance is:
MARCO
$11115.15
MediShare
$ 5762.78
Total $16877.83
These
funds are tied up in a local bank in New Hampshire, and we have been
unable thus far to transfer them to another bank after Lou's death.
Our plan is to transfer the money to a national bank and authorize
other members of the Executive Committee as signers. W8CRK will ask
his son-in-law, who is a banker, for clarification as to what steps
we must take.
As
determined at last year's meeting, Mary will assume the duties of
Treasurer upon the completion of her term as President at this
meeting.
Motion
by Keith to move our finds to Wells Fargo. Second by Jeff. The motion
was carried.
Motion
by Jeff to reaffirm Mary as Treasurer, for the record. Second by
Arnold. The motion was carried.
Motion
by Mary to nominate Bobbie as Assistant Treasurer. Second by Bernie.
The motion was carried.
Web Site Report:
Bruce reported that he no longer edits the Web site. Dave Lieberman
KT8E is the only one with the ability to maintain the site. There has
been no recent news from Dave. Danny stated that the Google Ad-Words
campaign was suspended as it was not working well. Bruce continues to
post news to the Blog and maintains the email listserv. Both are
working well.
Chip
continues to stream audio of Grand Rounds on Sunday morning. He could
use a better quality audio source, as his location is noisy and
reception is not always good. Bruce provides a Skype feed, and
possibly Chip could use that. Bobbie usually hears Warren quite well,
and regularly joins the Skype conference call. It was suggested that
he provide the audio feed over Skype.
Grand Rounds Report:
Warren would like more active participants at Grand Rounds. Although
we have a large number of check-ins, he would like to hear more
questions and would be glad to share duties with other presenters.
The American Osteopathic Association did not recognize the CME
credits we awarded. They classify their credits according to a
different scheme than the AMA. This issue has apparently been
resolved.
MediShare Report:
Arnold reports that we have no active projects, although our funds
would support a small one. We received favorable publicity from our
support of the T33A DXpedition. Carl suggested that we consider
supporting other DXpeditions with a clinical component to them.
Old Business:
The
MARCO brochure designed by Bobbie has been printed and is ready for
distribution at the MARCO booth at Hamvention. Those in attendance
each received a copy.
Thanks
to Keith for setting up the booth.
New Business: Jeff
proposed a series of dates for next year's meeting, which will take
place in Los Angeles. None of these was universally acceptable, so he
will research the issue.
Election of Officers:
President:
Jeff K6JW assumes the office.
President-Elect:
Nominees are Jay AA4FL and Richard K9CIV. Richard was elected.
Secretary:
The request of the Secretary to step down was tabled by the
President. Danny remains Secretary.
Treasurer:
Mary assumes the role of Treasurer.
Directors:
Roger reports that John WD8NMV is unable to continue as 4th
Call Area Director, and wishes to resign. No action was taken on this
request.
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:45 AM EDT.
