About 4 dozen hams showed up for the summer membership meeting of the San Antonio Repeater Organization tonight. The venue was Martha’s Mexican Restaurant, on the corner of Huebner Road & Babcock Rd, on the NW side of San Antonio.
Reports were made on the status of the various repeaters, what needed fixed and what needed upgraded. Reports were made on a few past events, but the focus was more on what was coming up in the next few events regarding public service.
A presentation was made by the La Vernia Wildwest Hammerfest bike ride to be held on September 19th, asking for SARO’s support. They brought t-shirts from last year’s (canceled) event, to offer to those who would have worked it, had Hurricane Ike not caused a cancellation.
Heavy discussion held regarding the new requirement by the National MS needing volunteers to undergo a background check for criminal and drivers license records. Most discussion focusing the the ability to do credit checks even though that type check wasn’t being paid for by the National MS. The local BikeMS will be held October 3rd and 4th, running from San Antonio thru Seguin to New Braunfels, and back on day 2. GVARC ham club has offered the use of their repeater system for this event, plus will try to get some ham volunteers to help work it.
