By Hannes , 14 February 2026

Central Wyoming Amateur Radio Club

Meeting Minutes

Date : January 17, 2026

Time : 10:00 a.m.

Location : Maker Space, Riverton

 

Attendees : Charles Burd. AI7RZ

Hannes Stueckler, KJ7VWV

Tara Stueckler, KD7DTV

Steven Ng, N6IQA

David Maulik, KM7CJR

Liam Solt, (NA)

Caleb Brown, WSJC906

Mark Harris, W7MOH

Paul McTee, KBFGN

John Waite, KO4AWR

Becky Hanson, (NA)

 

Secretary:

  1. Attendance taken, reports quorum in effect
  2. New members, none. Individual dues $25; family dues $40.
  3. Arrl membership through CWARC: Becky Hanson, John Waite and Mark Harris signed up.

 

President:

  1. Quorum confirmed
  2. Introduced Officers and Committee Leaders
  3. Club documents are available for review through Secretary
  4. Election nominations for Feb. election:
    1. President - Hannes Stueckler
    2. Vice President - none
    3. Secretary - Tara Stueckler
    4. Treasurer - Charles Burd

Note: Charles said that his office nomination depended on getting people responsible for Inventory catalogue establishment and maintenance. Becky volunteered to set up inventory catalogue spreadsheet and maintenance and Caleb volunteered to identify assets to be included in the catalogue.

  1. Nominations require a vote.

 

Treasurer:

  1. Account Balance: $1,884.84
  2. Turkey Raffle portion: $235.00
  3. LOR Grant portion: $1,341.63
  4. Equipment Loan document update on paper forms (new forms filled out and collected by Tara)

 

News and Updates

  1. Repeater Committee:
    1. GMRS Repeater. Hannes reported that the GMRS repeater will be picked up and delivered within the week. Mark reported that Bobby Lamar will speak with Ken about the equipment at the prospective Griffy site. David reported that the Riverton City Administrator has been incommunicado.
    2. Dana Hill Site. David reported that fence post holes were dug and the fence schematic diagram would be available soon.
    3. Portable Repeater. Charles reported that the cables would be completed in a week or two and in case function would be confirmed and that final mounting board and case rails would start after that.
    4. CWARC Used Repeater Volunteer Testers. Hannes asked for volunteers to test the repeaters for function.

 

  1. Education Committee:
    1. License Testing Update. Bill was not present. Hannes confirmed that Dominic and Ralph are current Volunteer Examiners and that David and Steve plan to  get VE certification.
    2. Books and Classes Available. Hannes reported availability.
    3. Q&A Sessions / Workshops [ i missed what this was???]
    4. Hannes noted that we was scheduled to make a presentation to the Lander Rotary Club on the relevance of Ham radio to the community.

 

  1. Marketing
    1. Club Logos. Hannes and Liam recommended that the electric jackalope logo be voted on.

 

Floor Open for Motions and Discussions:

  1. Nominations
    1. Hannes  nominated for President - Passed
    2. Tara nominated for Secretary - Passed
    3. Charles nominated for Treasurer - Passed
  2. Motion to move club regular meeting date from third Saturday of the month to the fourth - Passed
  3. Motion to accept some version of the electric jackalope image as the club logo - Passed
  4. Floor Closed

Club Priorities (Limited Resources)

Hannes asked everyone to give their personal top two club priorities:

Paul - 1. Recruit new active young members; 2. More outdoor activities.

David - 1. VHF/UHF relpeater usage; 2. Recruit elementary school age and older members.

Mark - 1. Present project completion; 2. Recruit local inactive ham radio license holders.

John - 1. EmComm.

Charles - 1. Antenna building and experimentation; 2. EmComm.

Steve - 1. Amateur Radio News Line retransmission on our GMRS repeater (when it’s operational).

Tara - EmComm practice.

Caleb - 1. Antenna building and experimentation.

Liam - 1. Community outreach; 2. Social Events.

Becky - 1. EmComm.

Hannes - 1. Recruit new members; 2. More UHF/VHF repeater usage.

Meeting adjourned

 

 

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