AGM2023

Here we go again!

AGM was held in Helsinki 2md Sept. with good attendance and humour (naturally).

Here are the minutes:

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2023 

Invitees = Members List = Voting List
Hans, OH2EA, member no. 1, Chairman - cmfd
Jouko, OH1RX, member no. 2, untersecretary - cmfd
Lasse, OH2MAK, member no. 3 - pardoned, in Lappland but anyhow present
Martti, OH2BH, member no. 4 - pardoned, in Indexa QP pile up
Olli, OH0XX, member no. 5 - pardoned, @ EA8
Simo, DU/OH9UA, member no. 6 - cfmd
Pekka, OH1RY, member no. 7 - cmfd
Jorma, OH2KI, member no. 8 -  cmfd
Jaakko, OH1TX, member no. 9 -  pardoned

QTH: Ravintola Zetor, Mannerheimintie 3-5, Helsinki

Latitude: 60.169271  Longitude: 24.940625
Locator: KP20LE20VP   
Time: 12.00z - 

 Minutes

  1. Opening of the meeting; Mr. Chair opened the meeting at 12.06 utc.
  2. Election of the Chairman to the meeting; Mr. Chair was elected as the chairman of the meeting.
  3. Election of the secretary and scrutinizer(s); Member no. 2 was elected as the secretary and members no.s 3 and 8 as the scritinizers.
  4. Approval of the agenda; the agenda was approved.
  5. Consideration whether the meeting has been duly conveyed and has quorum; After discussion about meeting conveynance and quorum preconditions both were approved.
  6. Preparation of the voting list; The voting list was confirmed. Warm 73 to the absent ones.
  7.  Opening remarks - one by one, all members ( N.b. non-radio issues only)
    - OH1RY; Mushroom autumn! Great experience every day.
    - OH2EA; nothing to comment.
    - OH9UA; Still in OH, now moving to Espoo i.e. to "Lande".
    - OH2KI; Maintenance of the gard shed continues, still. Lots of nails and screws uses.
    - OH2MAK; Moved to voluntary corps due to retirement age of 65 yrs. Waiting an invitation from the Presidet of the Republic to the annual Finlands Indepence Day Gala. All volunteer workers have priority to attend.
    - OH1RX; Year of the funerals.
    N.b. OH1RY informed once again, that he will live to the age of 135 and will bury us all!
  8. Presentation of the annual report : activities and achievements during the DX years 2022-2023 : ONE, only ONE the single most important activity per member (subjective assessments)
    - EA8/OH0XX; in 31st CNCW contest Olli was QRT (first time ever)!
    - OH1RY; 2 wins in RTTY contests
    - OH1RX; This was the most inactive year in decades.
    - OH2MAK; Donated a loud speaker to OH9UA. Serious consideration to out up an antenna.
    - OH9UA; QRV in OH after tens of years! 50 DXCC countries worked so far.
    - OH2KI; SRAL shadow annual meeting in Hotel Valo, Helsinki. 10 SRAL members + 1 known ham present.
    - OH2EA; DX activity increasing. Antenna 4m up from the roof. 1k+ Windles logged. 
  9. Nomination of the Club Member of the Covid-19 DX Years 2019-2022; Member no. 4, OH2BH was nominated as the ClubMember of the Year 2022 due to his continuous effort to reach a reciprosal agreement between HS and OH countries.
  10. Resolution of the date and QTH for the AGM 2024; it was agreed to arrange two meeting activities
    1) An autumn 2023 visit to member no. 9 OH1TX - date to be agreed
    2)AGM 2023 as a ferry tour Helsinki-Tallinn-Helsinki during spring months.
  11. Other Matters; 
    - Special BDXC Trophys; presented by member no. 2; untersecy donated an unused Pakratt 232 from ca. 1990 to OH9UA.
    - OH9UA presented the original South China DX Team and Spratly 9M0S banners. It was agreed, that the banners shall be put on 1display in every AGM to come.
    - WRTC 2022(2023) report back ; member no. 8 - all went well.
     - HS-OH reciprocal agreement, update ; member no. 4 - no report, OH2BH was absent.
     - PäijätHami 2023 report back: member no. 8 - nobody from the BDXC attended the summer camp.
     - Faith of abbreviations; 88 etc. - sad remarks how history and politics affect to radio traffic code, too.
    - SAC (sigh) - sigh, confirmed. OH2KI; 100 QSOs target, OH1RX; 500 QSOs target
    - R-kiosk does not accept 1c and 2c coins. Meeting expressed its strong dissatisfaction. However, it was noted, that the company is Norwegian without ability to manage euro currency.
  12. Closing remarks; Mr. Chair; Chairman closed the meeting at 13.32 utc with a remark participants: "This year´s meeting was more unctuous than average."

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pic. courtesy by OH2KI

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Waiting the train(s) after the AGM.