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Annual
Report, 2023
Notice from the
President, Steve Urso, N1CM:
The Year in Review: The 2023 SARA club officers elected by the membership in January are Steve Urso, President; Jonathan Shapiro, Vice President; Terry Papazidis, Secretary; Terry Martin, Treasurer; Fred Cunningham, Program Director; and John Sabini, Web-site Maintainer. In addition, Gaetano Galletta was voted in as Director-at-Large/POTA chairperson by the new board at its January meeting. I would like to personally thank them all for their efforts on behalf of the club this year. We should all be proud of the SARA membership for their participation and support.
As 2022 came to an end, we look forward to
what awaits us in 2023. In this age of electronic and social media, hard
copy has become a thing of the past. And boy did we learn that these
last couple of years. Most of our interactions are done via Zoom, I will
notify members and friends for the next scheduled SARA Zoom meeting each
month. You do not need to join or be a member of Zoom. If you do not get
the meeting invite, contact me and I will send it to you.
We are trying really hard to get back into
the Government Center for in-person meetings. As President, I am working
on finding new ways to include the scope and feel of our club into the
meetings, along with general club information. Many club members are
working FT-8 and some of us are “Hunters” and “Activators” in POTA. I
hope to get us out in the parks during the upcoming year. We have done a
hand full of activations. The club sends out emails via Goggle Groups.
You do not need a Google account to accept the invite you will receive.
If you have not received an invite and would
like to join, and receive informative info related to Amateur Radio,
email me.
My
email address is
N1CM@arrl.net
With that in mind, I would like to actively
solicit ideas from you, the membership, as to how to improve our club
communications. Also, any member is encouraged to reach out to any board
member if they wish to assist with any club actives.
Highlights of the
year include: Continued updates to our SARA website; We now have a
W1EE club remote radio
for members use. Please go to our website and check it out. We have
Program Videos on YouTube.
Please take some time to check them out.
W1DYN, host the
rebirth of SARA-Stamford CT. Sunday night net on 2 meters. 146.655 MHz
PL- 100.7:30 PM. Jon, W1DYN will take check
ins at 7:30. Also on W1EE-R Echolink. Single Stations Only.
Field Day was low key
compared to our Field Day as in the past, with mostly casual actives.
SARA’s 2022 Field Day, which was a scaled-down operation this year, and
in memory of Stan Rothman who was a BIG part of our club became a silent
key, was nonetheless a successful effort!
Membership Renewal for 2022.
We look forward to your membership renewal and participation in the
coming year and hope to have programs involving various topics of
interest at our regular monthly meetings. Please post your renewal by
the end of March so we will have a current total of members. We stand
ready to "Elmer" members, following social distancing guidelines, in
putting up antennas, equipment selection and operating procedures for
getting on the air and making contacts near and far. Membership is open
to all licensed hams. Dues are $25.00 for the year, which include
membership for you and your immediate family.We have not increased our
dues in over 10 or more years.
Dues are $10.00 for
matriculated students and hams that live outside a 50-mile radius of
Stamford. Your dues money pays the costs associated with our website,
business registration and taxes, mailing list, insurance, operation of 3
repeaters at two sites plus their care and maintenance, along with Field
Day operation. This includes the equipment, supplies, and meals. Over
the years, many members have included a tax-deductible donation in
addition to their required dues, and that is always appreciated. You can
register for membership online using pay via PayPal. You do not need a
PayPal account to do so. The new website's membership page is not quite
as streamlined as last year's, but it gets you 90% of the way there.
Fill out the form, and once this is done and submitted, click the PayPal
link to pay using PayPal Friends & Family. Use
tamfordamateurradio@gmail.com as the payment destination and make a note
in the payment of your name and call so that we can credit you properly.
We are looking into other ways of electronically paying, hopefully in
the near future. Mail-in dues via Mailing doc File or PDF File.
Thanks for your
continuing support and 73's.
Steve Urso, N1CM, President
J/S WB1GRB
1/14/2023
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