Yankee%20Clipper%20Contest%20Club%20General%20Meeting%20February%207,%202015%201:00%20to%204:30PM%20Holiday%20Inn

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Yankee Clipper Contest ClubGeneral
MeetingFebruary 7, 2015100 to 430PMHoliday
Inn Enfield, CT
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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

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Secretarys Report
Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, Secretary
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Meeting Minutes
-Recent Minutes Published in
Scuttlebut  
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Did you in the past year

• Get a New Call?
• Move to a New QTH?
• Change Email address?
• Please send an email at Secretary_at_YCCC.org with
  updated information

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Treasurers Report From December 1, 2014 To
January 31, 2015
Chet Slabinski, N8RA, Treasurer
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Treasury Dec 1 thru Jan 31, 2015
Treasury balance
9,118 (Jan 31)
9,234 (Nov 30)
Donation to WWROF 500 Donation to N1MM Logger
100 Club Newsletter 242 Holiday Meeting Buffet
87 TOTAL EXPENSES 929
Dues paid 810 Other income (badges)
3 TOTAL INCOME 813
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Scholarship Raffle
K3-100 kit
SCHOLARSHIP
Ticket sales at December meeting 1075
Balance Feb 1 1075
25/ticket
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Vote to Approve Reports
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Unfinished Business - None
New Business?
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Announcements

• Winter Contest University
• LIDXA/YCCC Meeting

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The YCCC 2015 Winter Contest University

• Date Tuesday February 10th, 2015
• Time 600-930 pm
• Location ARRL Headquarters
• 225 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 06111
• see http//www.yannispizzarestaurant.com/

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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 meeting
• Introductions
• 2015 YCCC raffle tickets (Bob W2OSR won a K3
  last year)!
• Presentation TBA, moderated by Tom KA2D, LIDXA
  member and YCCC NYC/LI Area Manager
• YCCC and LIDXA dues can be collected
• New 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

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Scores Update
Alec W2JU, YCCC Scorekeeper
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CQWW 2014 (CLAIMED)
YCCC FRC SSB 228,274,294
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)

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ARRL DX 2014
YCCC FRC CW 190,495,374 140,
728,254 35 SSB 119,056,050 133,821,876
-11 TOTAL 309,551,424 274,550,130
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THANKS!
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Game Design for Contesters
Brooke Allen, N2BA
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K5ZD
K1DG
99 of all contests are Drag Races!!
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• YCCC seems to have become bored with winning the
  DX contests each year.
• -Randy, K5ZD, YCCC reflector
• Mon Jan 5 142316 EST 2015

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From Gamification online course by Kevin Werbach
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WFWL!!

• Work first and question later and whatever you
  do, dont be QRM!

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Game Design for Contesters
Pay attention, because nothing less than the
future of our hobby is at stake. I do not mean
just contesting I mean all of ham radio. You
will save this thing we love. Or you wont in
which case it will die. Let me explain.
Brooke Allen, N2BA
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Break Buy Your Raffle Tickets!!!
15 minutes
Prize Elecraft K3/100 Kit ! Tickets are 25 per
chance!! Tickets ONLY sold at meetings!!!
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New Members

• Application to Brian, NJ1F
• Dues to Chet, N8RA
• Introduce yourself
• Interests, Contest activity, Rig, Antennas
• Motion to Accept these new members?

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Choose your working group
Gamification/Onboarding for New Hams
N2BA Design the YCCC Contest - W1UE
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Adjourn Kick Butt in ARRL DX!!
See you at the April Meeting!! April 12,
2015 Sturbridge, MA