Yankee Clipper Contest Club General Meeting February 7, :00 to 4:30PM Holiday Inn Enfield, CT

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

Secretary’s Report Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, Secretary

Meeting Minutes -Recent Minutes Published in Scuttlebut

Did you in the past year Get a New Call? Move to a New QTH? Change address? Please send an at with updated information

Treasurer’s Report From : December 1, 2014 To : January 31, 2015 Chet Slabinski, N8RA, Treasurer

Treasury: Dec 1 thru Jan 31, 2015 $9,118 (Jan 31) Dues paid$810 Other income (badges) $ 3 TOTAL INCOME $813 Donation to WWROF $500 Donation to N1MM Logger $100 Club Newsletter $242 Holiday Meeting Buffet $ 87 TOTAL EXPENSES $929 $ 9,234 (Nov 30) Treasury balance

Scholarship Raffle Ticket sales at December meeting: $1075 Balance Feb 1: $1075 SCHOLARSHIP K3-100 kit $25/ticket

Vote to Approve Reports

Unfinished Business - None New Business?

Announcements Winter Contest University LIDXA/YCCC Meeting

The YCCC 2015 Winter Contest University Date:Tuesday February 10 th, 2015 Time:6:00-9:30 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 see

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: YCCC web goto:

Scores Update Alec W2JU, YCCC Scorekeeper

CQWW 2014 (CLAIMED) YCCC FRC SSB228,274, ,430,841 CW345,019, ,276,282 TOTAL 573,294,198496,707,123 YCCC ahead by 15% (12 points worse than 2013)

ARRL DX 2014 YCCC FRC CW190,495,374140,728,254 35% SSB119,056,050133,821, % TOTAL 309,551,424274,550,130 13%

THANKS!

Game Design for Contesters Brooke Allen, N2BA

99% of all contests are Drag Races!! K1DG K5ZD

“YCCC seems to have become bored with winning the DX contests each year”. -Randy, K5ZD, YCCC reflector Mon Jan 5 14:23:16 EST 2015

From Gamification online course by Kevin Werbach

WFWL!! Work first and question later – and whatever you do, don’t be QRM!

Game Design for Contesters Brooke Allen, N2BA “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 won’t — in which case it will die. Let me explain”.

Break – Buy Your Raffle Tickets!!! 15 minutes Prize: Elecraft K3/100 Kit ! Tickets are $25 per chance!! Tickets ONLY sold at meetings!!!

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

Choose your working group: Gamification/Onboarding for New Hams – N2BA Design the YCCC Contest - W1UE

Adjourn – Kick Butt in ARRL DX!! See you at the April Meeting!! April 12, 2015 Sturbridge, MA