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ALLEGAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

May 12th, 2026

Meeting Opened At: 7:00 PM
Pledge, Sign-In sheet and Introduction Done

Topic/Program: Mike Wolthuis CMEN Presentation. 

Secretary’s Report: Not much to report. No emails. website updates have been made. 
John got an email from someone asking for assistance with a silent key estate sale. 


Treasure’s Report: Balances read. No deposits since last month. $20 to be deposited soon. 

Motion: James KB8VUC Second: Dennis WB3LHU PASSED

Group Reports
				
Auxiliary Communication: May 21st, 2026 7PM
Allegan County EOC 3271 122nd Ave, Allegan MI 49010
Not much to update.

Allegan County SAR: May 13th, 2026 7PM
Location: Little John Lake County Park Topic: GPS training
Randy won’t be able to attend Seth will be leading the business meeting and Jason will be leading the training. 

VE Team: May 23rd, 2026 9AM
Martin Township Building 998 Templeton St, Martin MI 49070
We have 3 people signed up so far with. Looking forward to it!

Up Coming Events:
Next club Meeting: June 9th, 2026 7PM Plainwell Public Safety
No topic yet.

Club Camping Trip: June 4th-7th, 2026
Fort Custer State Park 
Questions? Ask Randy W8RMN randymacneill@gmail.com

Summer Field Day: June 27th-28th, 2026 
East Saugatuck Community Park 5599 136th Ave, Hamilton, MI 49419
More planning to come. Let us know if you can come out and set up a station.

Club Activities/Presentations/Opportunities: 
Any ideas -!! The club is interested in Your thoughts and suggestions  

Old Business:

Club Pota operations: Next outing date?
Look at the 23rd after the next VE test. Looking at the Kal haven trail. Bloomingdale museum and trail head. 

May 23rd, 2026 Bloomingdale Museum on the Kal haven trail. Around 1PM.

Grant Application: Ideas for upgrades to our systems.
James is asking the club to put together a list of wishes and ideas for the grant application. 

New Business:

No new business to cover


Meeting closed @ 8:30 PM
Respectfully submitted	Seth McPherson KE8GOJ Club Secretary

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