OEN On-Air Board Meeting Notes

April 2, 2025

Larry R Hiatt W7HLR

(from an email written on April 23, 2025)

• A quorum was present for the meeting. 
• A review of the tentative decisions from the previous meeting (see below) was conducted and by a unanimous vote of the Board, the decisions were given final approval. 
• Current Board Member term limits were reviewed, and no change was made. It was suggested that responsibilities for Directors representing a specific area of the State be updated with more detail. I will do this. 
• Joe confirmed that the net may do various forms of fund raising but may NOT conduct raffles. Money collected should be sent to Fred. 
• Rick and Harold volunteered to keep net history files. 
• Harold volunteered to update the Bylaws, Operating procedures, and key contact list going forward as well as take notes and publish Board Meeting notes. Larry to send Harold the master public Excel version of the key contact list. 
• Joe volunteered to facilitate Board Meetings 
• Rick volunteered to manage the member certificate process and send certificated copies as needed. 
• It was suggested that we have a booth at Sea-Pac to educate about the net, perhaps sell or give away items such as hats, window stickers, Etc. 
• Joe agreed to investigate and report on whether Technician class stations operating on 2 Mts could be relayed in as checkins in order to stimulate interest in HF and the net.