yankee clipper contest club general meeting february 7, 2015 1:00 to 4:30pm holiday inn enfield, ct
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Yankee Clipper Contest Club
General MeetingFebruary 7, 20151:00 to 4:30PM
Holiday InnEnfield, CT
Agenda•Call to Order•Secretary's Report - NJ1F•Treasurer's Report -N8RA•Announcements •CQWW Scores - W2JU•Game Design & Contesting - N2BA•Break/Buy Raffle Tickets!•New Members•Break Out – Two Groups:
• Design the YCCC Contest – W1UE• On-Boarding for New Hams - N2BA
•Adjourn
Secretary’s Report
Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, Secretary
Meeting Minutes
-Recent Minutes Published in Scuttlebut
Did you in the past year
• Get a New Call?
• Move to a New QTH?
• Change Email address?
• Please send an email at [email protected] with updated information
Treasurer’s Report From : December 1,
2014 To : January 31, 2015
Chet Slabinski, N8RA, Treasurer
Treasury: Dec 1 thru Jan 31, 2015
$9,118(Jan 31)
Dues paid $810Other income (badges) $ 3
TOTAL INCOME $813
Donation to WWROF $500Donation to N1MM Logger $100
Club Newsletter $242Holiday Meeting Buffet $ 87TOTAL EXPENSES $929
$ 9,234(Nov 30)
Treasury balance
Scholarship Raffle
Ticket sales at December meeting: $1075
Balance Feb 1: $1075
SCHOLARSHIP
K3-100 kit
$25/ticket
Vote to Approve Reports
Unfinished Business - None
New Business?
Announcements
Winter Contest UniversityLIDXA/YCCC Meeting
The YCCC 2015 Winter Contest University
Date: Tuesday February 10th, 2015
Time: 6:00-9:30 pm
Location: ARRL Headquarters225 Main St.Newington, CT
This will be the ONLY Contest University held this winter. This will also be a Local Meeting; New Members may apply for membership and join YCCC at this time. Newbie or Barnacle-encrusted, come one, come all and join us for a great evening of contest discussion!
We will gather for dinner around 5pm:
Yanni's Pizza Restaraunt 296 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111see http://www.yannispizzarestaurant.com/
2015 NYC-LI YCCC Area Meeting
A New York City - Long Island YCCC meeting Tuesday, Feb24, 2015, at 8PM (postponed from Feb 17)Town of Oyster Bay-Ice Skating Center,Community Room 1 in Bethpage. Sponsored by Long Island DX Association (LIDXA).
Meeting Agenda: Short LIDXA meetingIntroductions2015 YCCC raffle tickets (Bob W2OSR won a K3 last year)!Presentation: TBA, moderated by Tom KA2D, LIDXA member and YCCC NYC/LI Area ManagerYCCC and LIDXA dues can be collectedNew Membership info and applications for LIDXA and YCCC
Check out LIDXA web goto: http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/YCCC web goto: http://www.yccc.org
Scores Update
Alec W2JU, YCCC Scorekeeper
CQWW 2014 (CLAIMED)
YCCC FRC
SSB228,274,294 212,430,841
CW 345,019,904 284,276,282
TOTAL 573,294,198 496,707,123
YCCC ahead by 15% (12 points worse than 2013)
ARRL DX 2014
YCCC FRC
CW 190,495,374 140,728,254 35%
SSB119,056,050 133,821,876 -11%
TOTAL 309,551,424274,550,130 13%
THANKS!
Game Design for Contesters
Brooke Allen, N2BA
99% of all contests are Drag Races!!
K1DG
K5ZDK5ZD
“YCCC seems to have become bored with winning the DX contests each year”.
-Randy, K5ZD, YCCC reflector
Mon Jan 5 14:23:16 EST 2015
From Gamification online courseby Kevin Werbach
WFWL!!
Work first and question later – and whatever you do, don’t be QRM!
Game Design for Contesters
Brooke Allen, N2BA
“Pay attention, because nothing less thanthe future of our hobby is at stake. I do notmean just contesting; I mean all of hamradio. You will save this thing we love. Oryou won’t — in which case it will die. Letme explain”.
Break – Buy Your Raffle Tickets!!!
15 minutes
Prize: Elecraft K3/100 Kit !
Tickets are $25 per chance!!
Tickets ONLY sold at meetings!!!
New Members
• Application to Brian, NJ1F• Dues to Chet, N8RA• Introduce yourself
• Interests, Contest activity, Rig, Antennas
Motion to Accept these new members?
Choose your working group:
Gamification/Onboarding for New Hams – N2BA
Design the YCCC Contest - W1UE
Adjourn – Kick Butt in ARRL DX!!
See you at the April Meeting!!
April 12, 2015
Sturbridge, MA