Meeting began at 240501@18:35. * Seven attendees. Meeting conducted by Richard Frankie, N6NCW. * $6,937.06 current balance, $200 check outstanding, balance will shrink. * 84 paid members, 169 on list, 200+ on email list * Ratpack has some good presenters on Zoom. * Possible good speaker is someone presenting winlink, like Dan Tomlinson, nr6v. * Jerry Wager, Connect systems has a new SDR technology they are developing in China. * People's equipment must be left the entire time of field day, they can't return their equipment earlier. Test equipment in advance. * Gary is willing to loan the club a laptop for field day. Mark, K6FG, said just having $100 deposit for loaning equipment, but if it comes back broken, what do we do? * 10, 15, 20, 40, AND 80M for field day use. Possibly a GOTA station. 3ALAX There's a home Depot about a mile away from Pierce college to rent a generator. We should have seven laptops available for a field day use. We need to test the software, networking, and battery usage availability before field day. Like last year, have some Field Day Zoom meetings to prepare for the event. *Field Day Committee Alex Auerbach, K6AUR Gary Brainard, KB6RKO Howard Burkhart, KA6EMT – Safety Officer Dana Custer, N6DEC Bernard Falkin, KG6FBM Julio Jara, KN6BDF Chris Kerrigan, KM6NMC Eli Lazarow, W6ELI John Peyser, KM6LB * Meeting ended at 1937. * -END-