CSMA Meeting Minutes
General Membership
Sunday September 15, 2002

Paul Gibson, N1TUP, called the meeting to order at 10:10 am. The meeting
was held at the Southington ARC.

The meeting minutes of the June meeting were read and accepted.
Paul stated that the treasury had $461 at this time. The Treasurer's report
was accepted.

Old Business: John M. Ahle W1JMA discussed the status of the IRS 501c3
application.  John was pleased to report that CSMA was deemed a charitable
501c3 organization.  John reported that the State had sent paperwork to
determine CSMA tax status.

There has been no follow up to the Policy and Procedure committee since our
last Meeting.  The work group will convene before our October meeting.  The
draft documents will be circulated by Email prior to the meeting.  The group
decided to apply for NFCC status by the end of this calendar year. Mark
stated that we had the necessary number of emitters recognizing CSMA in
order to apply.

John M. Ahle, W1JMA, stated that CARA was going to activate a 2m repeater
on 147.300/900 on 9/28/2002.  CARA had applied for this pair last year.
After an extensive period of monitoring and review of the ARRL repeater guide,
it has been concluded that there are no emitters active on this frequency that
would interfere with the CARA operation.  Mark will finalize the coordination
papers for this frequency.  CARA is listed in the ARRL repeater guide for this
pair.

New Business: Mark, K1MAP, requested Coordination help.  Discussion ensued
regarding who could be a coordination assistant.  It has been determined
that any member of CSMA can assist in coordination as long as there is no
conflict of interest or they own the emitter in question.  Joyce Wruck N1RMA
and James KE1AI were appointed Coordination assistants.  Both were given
coordination's to complete.

Nominations were made for the election of officers at the October Meeting.

President:  Paul Gibson
VP: Rod Lane
Secy/Treasurer: John M. Ahle,
203 Director: George Howard
860 Director: Dana Underhill

Nominations will be accepted at the October meeting before the elections.
The October meeting will be held at the Nutmeg Hamfest.  No other business
discussed the meeting was adjourned at 11:35 am.

Respectfully Submitted,

John M. Ahle W1JMA
Acting Secretary