WICEN (Vic.) Inc. Committee of Management
Minutes Meeting Sept 4th 2003
Thursday September 4th 2003, 20:08,
Venue: WIA Rooms, Victory Blvd Ashburton.
1. Attendance Andrew 3HFT, Bruce 3UV, Gordon 3FGC, Gerard 3GER, John 3BAF, and Alan 3ML.
2. Minutes of previous meeting
2.1 Motion. That the Minutes of the meeting of August 2003 be received as a true record.
Moved, John 3BAF seconded Andrew 3HFT Carried
3. Business Arising from Minutes
3.1 Membership application re Under 18 year old. BAF to ask FGC to check.
3.2 New WICEN badges - (Other business) also query re bar coding. 3BAF to check.
3.3 Further invoice re pagers - 3XMU to deal
3.4 WICEN equip at RECOM - John Patterson is following through
4.1.1. Re NE Rally - no coms required - Omega providing.
4.2.2 Chris Morely - Re -Esteemed Member
4.2.3 John Morrisy - Thanks for taking up appointment for R 5
4.2.4 Graeme Brown - Thanks for efforts over years as RCO 5
4.3 Motion: That the incoming correspondence be received and outgoing be accepted.
Moved by John 3BAF, seconded by Gerard 3GER Carried
YTD 7/8/03 income $3,753.63 expenses $3,673.56 income-expenses $80.07 BALANCE $16,756.17
Motion That the Finance Report be accepted.
Moved Andrew 3HFT, seconded 3FGC Carried
Motion that the Treasurer investigate the possibility of short-term investments for an appropriate amount of the funds balance.
Moved Bruce 3UV , seconded Andrew 3HFT Carried
Motion that a copy of MYOB be purchased. Present programme redundant.
Moved Gordon 3FGC, seconded Andrew 3HFT Carried
5.2 Radio - 3XDE - Info to ACA
5.2.1 re license for Police Centre
5.2.2 re -Mobile Data Network (Motorola) going ahead
4. Publications - 3HCE/3XDE - nil
5. Training - 3XDE - To General Business re training requirements.
Motion that the reports be accepted.
Moved 3FGC seconded 3GER Carried
6.1 Police Station installations. Garry Wilson to be contacted.
6.2 Mark McHugh re RCO -FGC to follow through
6.3 Field Day - when and where? Kirth Kiln - 3BAF to investigate dates.
6.4 Rally of Melbourne - semi in hand. As yet no Event Coordinator. Paul resp for technical side. Mark - bodies/resource personnel. Net Control John Brown/Simon Griffith and John Kerr. (4th/5th October).
6.5 Training. 3XDE. For what? Voice operators. Each Committee Member to produce a list of basic equipment etc required. Qualifications etc.
6.6 Bruce re badges and banners. Design with three rows of black chequers on yellow ground agreed. Writing under chequers "WICEN RADIO OPERATOR" Banner design also agreed. Quotes to be obtained.
6.7 WICEN/RECOM/WIA - Patterson has asked for another meeting. Agreed. - Paul 3XDE
6.8 Gordon - briefed the meeting on WICEN promotion during recent visit to the Western District.
6.9 Bruce - re web site updating. Andrew and Bruce to investigate alternative web space.
Actions - Rally of Melbourne - Mark 3XMU
Minimum age requirements for members - 3FGC to follow up
John re bar coding of gear - 3BAF
Update Esteemed Member - 3BAF
Next Meeting
Thursday October 2nd 2003, 20:00 WIA Rooms, Victory Blvd Ashburton. 20:00 hrs