CSMA
Meeting Minutes
December 2, 2001
General Membership


The meeting was called to order by Paul Gibson, N1TUP, President at 10:07
am.  The meeting was held at the Southington Town Hall.

The minutes of the October meeting were read and accepted.

The Treasurer report was made.  CSMA has received $90 in collections.  The
current balance in the account was $376.  The report was accepted.

Old Business:
 John Ahle, W1JMA, discussed the status of the Incorporation papers and
tax-exempt application status.  A motion was made and approved to set aside
$215 for the filing of the incorporation and exemption papers.  John will
circulate a copy of the Articles of Incorporation for approval prior to the
next meeting in January.

New Business:
 John, W1JMA, raised the issue of CARA moving to the 147.300 frequency.
CARA sent a letter to LIDXA and was told the LIDXA machine was on the air,
running low power.  Bruce, WA1NXG, would be out on the Island and will
determine if such a machine exists.  Until this is settled CARA will stay on
146.67 as coordinated.

 James, KE1AI, who has a coordinated machine in Northville, CT is
experiencing interference from a machine that came up on his frequency.  The
origination of the interference is in the West Point, NY area.  Several
members of the CSMA and the Frequency Coordinator gave James some tasks to
solve this problem.

 The group discussed several uncoordinated repeaters that have been heard.
The sites include Avon, New Britain and Colchester.  If interference is
evident, then the matter will be turned over to a local OO.

 John W1AM raised a question about the status of the 2m-band plan. We had
discussed this plan several meetings ago.  We need to finalize the plan,
grandfather those non standard split repeaters.  Bruce raised the issue of
publishing coordination standards.

 The next meeting will be held January 13, 2002 at 9:30 at the Southington
Town Hall.  The incorporation papers and the Coordination Standards will be
finalized at this time.
Respectfully Submitted,
John M. Ahle, W1JMA
VP and Acting Secretary
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CSMA
Board of Director Meeting


 The BOD meeting was called to order at 11:25 am.  Paul Gibson, N1TUP,
President presiding.

 The general membership decision to set aside $215 for incorporation was
affirmed.
 Mark Casey, K1MAP, Frequency Coordinator requested that the CSMA pay him a
$200 per year stipend to support the costs of maintaining the various
databases.  A discussion pursued.  A motion was made to table further
discussion.  The motion passed.
 The board decided to raise the fee for copies of the coordination papers.
The new fee effective 12/3/2001 is $15 per emitter.

 No other business being discussed the meeting was closed at 11:50am

Respectfully submitted,
John M. Ahle W1JMA
Vice President and Acting Secretary