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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2015/05/07 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

Amateur Radio

Licence Exams

Upcoming exams, 1st May
- Room booking
- Outstanding practical work

SUSU Antenna Array

OVERVIEW - general state, updates, etc.
- Have explained

Equipment orders

SUWS repaying members for items they have bought for the array
- Any outstanding items still needing to be claimed?

Assembly plan
- Lightning protector?
- Plan of equipment needed in the shack
  - Rack diagram exists, apparently.
  - We've contacted SUSU re the final cabinet size

Working with E&F / SUSU facilities
- Cherry picker hire

Working with other societies and SUSU
- SURGE's antenna status
  - Seems OK, I seem to recall?
- Organise meeting with other societies and SUSU

Publicity

SUWS now has a WordPress site
- Accessible from http://www.suws.org.uk/
- Wiki moved to http://www.suws.org.uk/wiki/ all existing wiki pages should redirect to their new URLs.
- We need everyone to help add content to this new site:
  - Convert current G3KMI history wiki page into a WordPress page.
  - Add page describing Amateur Radio activities
  - Add page describing SOWN activities
  - Write the occasional post on something interesting SUWS has been doing.
- Currently iSolutions usernames of the FORMER committee with random passwords that they were emailed.

QSL Cards

QSL card design submissions
- On hold due to the mast
Received QSL cards
- Murray has volunteered to scan these in but needs to get the cards off Tyler - any progress?
- Also buy and put in a physical album - any progress?

WebSDR

Any significant updates
- We have the LF band! (See the blog)

How to unbreak the members page

daveruss is still loking into this
- Daveruss thinks he has fixed it.
  - We're all confused

Outings

Any plan for outings
- Maybe something post-exams before people disappear for the Summer.
- Chilbolton Atmospheric Radio Observatory
- WebSDR site, for operating HF?

Joint Agenda

Stuff we can buy with education monies

All spent?

Outstanding membership fees (Darren)

£10 for students
£15 for staff/society alumni

Mailing List and Wiki

Mailing list additions (Dave N)
New wiki accounts (Dave N)

Polo shirt and fleeces

Have arrived. Collect from Dave N and pay outstanding balance (£6 polo shirts, £10 fleeces)

Cupboard

Any new information?
- We would like another key thanks to new committee position.

AGM

Happened
We elected a committee
And updated the mail alias
Had a constitutional issue which required us to elect a committee position without portfolio.
Wiki updated
SUSU committee submitted (before deadline)
Other new committee position, Equipment and Facilities Secretary, to manage equipment and facilities.

Joint Agenda

AOB
- Write an email to SUSU re mini bunfight.
  - July dates NO, clashes with VHF field day
    - Let's go for the September dates then
      - Email being written here

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda

@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 * Assembly plan
 ** Lightning protector?
-** Plan or equipment needed in the shack
+** Plan of equipment needed in the shack
+*** Rack diagram exists, apparently.
+*** We've contacted SUSU re the final cabinet size
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 * Working with other societies and SUSU
 ** SURGE's antenna status
+*** Seems OK, I seem to recall?
 ** Organise meeting with other societies and SUSU
@@ Line 47: / Line 50: @@
 *** Add page describing SOWN activities
 *** Write the occasional post on something interesting SUWS has been doing.
+** Currently iSolutions usernames of the FORMER committee with random passwords that they were emailed.
 === QSL Cards ===
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 === WebSDR ===
 * Any significant updates
+** We have the LF band! (See [http://www.suws.org.uk/wp/2015/05/03/10khz-2mhz-coverage-added-to-suws-websdr/ the blog])
 === How to unbreak the members page ===
 * [[User:DavidNewman|daveruss]] is still loking into this
+** Daveruss thinks he has fixed it.
+*** We're all confused
 === Outings ===
@@ Line 66: / Line 72: @@
 ** Maybe something post-exams before people disappear for the Summer.
 ** [http://www.stfc.ac.uk/chilbolton/default.aspx Chilbolton Atmospheric Radio Observatory]
+** WebSDR site, for operating HF?
 == Joint Agenda ==
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 === Cupboard ===
 * Any new information?
+** We would like another key thanks to new committee position.
 === AGM ===
-* 23rd April
+* Happened
-* Nominations, you must be nominated by a full (student) member of the club
+* We elected a committee
-** Exams secretary
+* And updated the mail alias
-*** Henry
+* Had a constitutional issue which required us to elect a committee position without portfolio.
-** Social secretary
+* Wiki updated
-*** Daveruss
+* SUSU committee submitted (before deadline)
-*** Malton
+* Other new committee position, [[Equipment and Facilities Secretary]], to manage equipment and facilities.
-** Node Deployment Officer
-*** Daveruss
-** President
-*** Tyler
-** Webmaster
-*** Colin
-** Treasurer
-*** Darren
-** Secretary
-*** Murray
-** Licensing Officer
-*** Henry
 == Joint Agenda ==
 * AOB
+** Write an email to SUSU re mini bunfight.
+*** July dates NO, clashes with VHF field day
+**** Let's go for the September dates then
+***** Email being written [http://demo.firepad.io/#ZlBGSNhBFz here]
 == SOWN ==
 See [[sown:Meetings|SOWN Agenda]]