CWARC October 2026 Meeting Minutes

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026

Time: 10:00 AM

Location:  Wyoming Outdoor Council, Lander

Secretary:  

1. Roll call, do we have a Quorum?  Yes

President

1. Confirm Quorum
2. Introduce Officers and Committee Leaders
3. Contact secretary for any club documentation.  Every book is open for your review.
   1. Add Eli to the repeater group.

Treasurer:  

1. Account and budget Status
2. $2160.59 in available funds
   1. Tower project- $100
   2. Griffey Hill-
      1. $250 Annual recurring costs,
      2. $710 Project Budget
   3. Portable repeater- $100
   4. Education, marketing, etc.-

        Reserve of $1000

News, Updates, Ideas

1. Ghost Towns on the Air
   1. No responses, Ralph plans on doing this himself @ Miner’s Delight.  (Update.  Things are back on track)
   2. Bands 80, 40, 20, 15.
2. Turkey Raffle
   1. $250 so far
3. Repeater Committee: 
   1. Griffy Hill Site Progress (David)
      1. Lightning arrester panels
         1. Build a panel, we have the grounding rods. Need the copper sheet & copper braid. Want to repurpose the cabinets on site, the issue is the locks on the cabinets.
      2. Site cleanup: generate a list, have a logbook on site, and record any activity. 
         1. Hannes, Charles ,Ralph & David have done some clean up. David has keys if you want to visit the site. 
         2. Top shelves need to be cleaned. Hannes has generated a list of things to be done.
      3. Solar power
         1. Anna to help with the solar panels. Need to get solar panel information. 
         2. Charles, Bill to see about the empty county building. Cost is an issue.
         3. November 14th @ 10 a.m. is a clean up day at Griffey Hill. Bring rakes, shovels & implements of destruction.
   2. Dana Site Decommissioning
      1. No progress yet.  Hannes will contact Dana.
   3. Tower Trailer
      1. The inner sections of the tower have been bent, Tony is rebuilding them.
      2. Once everything is pulled off of it, it needs to be weighed & registered.
4. Field Day: Brainstorming ideas such as public event, more clubs, flyers, and a swap meet, flea market, craft fair, and raffle.  
   1. Different band/mode stations
   2. Fire department/ PD to showcase 
   3. Wyoming Homeland security
   4. Lander parks are the busiest
   5. Farmer’s market presence
   6. Day in the Park, Riverton- Caleb will get information
   7. Use the trailer as an eyecatcher
   8. January will be a month for more planning of marketing ideas.
5. Fundraiser ideas.  
   1. Tabled for next month.
6. Reliability: two is one, and one is none.  
   1. Next year’s theme to build on this year’s. 
7. Project teams: at least two people working on a project at a time.
   1. Buddy system. Find someone who has experience.

Floor open for motions and discussion.

Nominations

2. President 
   1. Hannes Stueckler
3. Vice President
   1. Bill Collister
4. Treasurer
   1. David Maulik
5. Secretary
   1. Tara Stueckler

Caleb is working on the field analyzer.

Education

Troubleshooting

        Working on a meshtastic node. It was up at Kirk’s place.