Firstly, I will start this report with the Club’s THANKS to Larry, G2DSY, our President. He has presided over the Club and Committee with stature and for being there whenever we needed that extra special advice and knowledge.

The greatest event of the year, to my mind, was Itchen Valley Amateur Radio Club being presented with a Laptop computer and Video projector from one of our members. Our Club President, Larry G2DSY, as the picture on the front cover shows, is seen receiving the equipment from our benefactor Vic, G3NVB. His generosity has brought IVARC right up to date with equipment. I know Larry expressed the Club’s thanks at the time of the presentation, but I would also like to put it in print how very grateful the Club is and say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

Since that date both items have been used with great effect at two of the Club’s indoor meetings. The laptop was also used for logging at Foxlease, near Lyndhurst, recently for Thinking Day on the Air, the Girl Guides annual event for sending greetings messages to fellow Guides around the globe.

We are very fortunate to have within our membership Liz, M0ACL. Not only does she do a tremendous amount of work for the Girl Guides but she also gets our club involved with events such as Foxlease. This helps to promote amateur radio with today’s youth and also amateur radio to a wider audience. We must also give thanks to Liz for making the bags to protect our new equipment.

Thanks also must go to Brian, G0UKB for getting together all the necessary leads to go with our new equipment to enable connections to various inputs and outputs. We are also grateful to Brian for all the tuition he gives to us, keeping us up to date with new technology and software. Also for being one of the Club’s tutors and bringing new enthusiasts to amateur radio.

Thank you Sheila, G0VNI, our other tutor, for all you do for the Club.

I do consider it is the prime function of being Chairman to give thanks to people who participate in the success of a club or society and with that in mind I must continue in that vein. As with all clubs, we function with the help of a dedicated few who perform their duties for the benefit of the membership as a whole.

Ted, G0BHK the Club’s Treasurer, does a tremendous job in keeping our funds intact and making sure all are outgoings are kept right up to date and the Club remains financially viable. From us all THANK YOU. Ted and Pat have moved house since last year and are now living in Sussex. Although much further away Ted has continued to be at all Club meetings and has every intention to continue his duties within the Club.

Bert, G4XBZ our Secretary, has also achieved a great deal for our Club in keeping us well informed on the research he has done in trying to find new speakers and venues for us to visit. He has been the backbone of your Committee since taking the position, and to you Bert, our sincerest THANKS.

It is with regret that next year we have to find a replacement for Bert. For strictly personal reasons he has requested to be replaced as Secretary and he will be missed by us all. We are not losing him as a Club member, just his skills as Secretary, so on everybody’s behalf THANK YOU Bert for all you have done for us.

G0LMD, Malcolm has done a great job as Membership Secretary. One of his achievements has been to endeavour to get everybody’s e-mail address so that communication between Committee and members can be done very effectively and with little or no expense to the Club. THANK YOU Malcolm and thanks for withdrawing your request to stand down as a committee member.

M0FKG, Jim, thank you from us all for keeping our lips lubricated. Your dedication on the catering front is much appreciated and the support you give to all events is very welcome indeed.

Quintin, M1ENU, has been a great help with all the backroom bits and pieces that he does, all of which is very necessary for the smooth running of any organisation.

Thank you Steve, M0GSP, and Sheila, G0VNI for agreeing to audit our accounts.

Our Club entered teams in two quiz events this year. The first was at Horndean and District ARC where we went to defend the title we won last year, and once again the team were successful thanks to Quintin M1ENU, Ted G0BHK and Brian G0UKB for their expertise. Later that same week we held our own quiz night. We had teams from Andover ARC, Horndean and District ARC and ourselves. A very enjoyable evening it was and Horndean reversed the tables this time and won our trophy. Well done to all !

I consider that our Club has had another very successful year and our thanks must go out to all those who have made it such. Bert has outlined all our events in a separate report in this issue, so I need say no more on that point. All Club members need to be thanked for their continued support whether it be attending everything that happens or just being a member on paper. It takes all sorts to make a club successful. So again on behalf of everybody, I say THANKS TO EVERYBODY for an enjoyable year !

Finally, special thanks go to the three members involved in the production of this report. Ted, G0BHK was responsible for editing the input and Brian, G0UKB, and Quintin, M1ENU kindly did the printing.

Brian M0WSR
Chairman