NEXT MONTH’S MEETING
CVARS WA7UHD Sunday Night Net Controller Schedule
March BOARD MEETING NOTES
March PROGRAM NOTES

When:	Wednesday, April 3, 2019
	6:30 PM Board Meeting
	7:00 PM Social Time
	7:30 PM Program
Where:	Lewis County Fire District 6 Training Room
	corner of SW 21st St & Jackson Highway
	Chehalis, WA
Program:	TBD

The CVARS WA7UHD Net meets Sunday at 8 PM local time on 145.430 MHz, – offset, 110.9 Hz tone. Preamble is at:
   http://cvars.org/net_ctrl_form.html .
Net controllers are:

March	10	─	Paul Van Dyke, K7VWH
March	17	─	Bill Harwell, AC7SR
March	24	─	Cheryl Freese, NW7Z
March	31	─
April	7	─	Paul Van Dyke, K7VWH
April	14	─
April	21	─	Bill Harwell, AC7SR
April	28	─

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Bill Harwell, Paul Van Dyke, Bill Knepper, and Jim Pace.

FINANCIAL REPORT:
Bill submitted the following account summary:
  — CVARS Account Balance:              $6,783.24

CORRESPONDENCE:
1. Liability Insurance: Policy was received. James Van Ornum has the electronic request for certificate of insurance form and will request certificates for Weyerhaeuser and Southwest Washington Fairgrounds.
2. 501(c)(3): Notice from IRS that the CVARS request for 501(c)(3) status was approved.
3. Corporation Registration Renewal: Notice from Washington State Secreatary of State that CVARS corporation yearly registration renewal is due.
4. Baw Faw Lease: Signed copy of the lease agreement with Weyerhaeuser.

The March 6, 2019 general meeting was called to order by Bill Harwell at 7:30 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag followed by people introducing themselves. The attendance signin and CVARS Sunday Net Controller sheets were passed around.

The March calendar, which is available at http://cvars.org/, was presented.
April Van Dyke told the procedure for checking books out from the lending library.

Mike Ritz, W7VO, the ARRL Northwestern Division Director, gave an interesting history of amateur radio callsigns in the United States. He started with the unregulated early days when the size of your spark gap was an important transmitter specification. He continued with the death of amateur radio in the USA during World War 1, amateur radio reconstruction after the war, the effect of the sinking of the Titanic, and through several changes in the structure of amateur radio down to today.

The meeting adjourned at 8:40 PM. There were 22 people registering their attendance on the attendance sheet.