1. Yankee Clipper Contest Club General Meeting February 7, 2015 1:00 to 4:30PM Holiday Inn Enfield, CT

2. 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

3. Secretary’s Report Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, Secretary

4. Meeting Minutes -Recent Minutes Published in Scuttlebut

5. Did you in the past year Get a New Call? Move to a New QTH? Change Email address? Please send an email at Secretary@YCCC.org with updated information

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

7. 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

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

9. Vote to Approve Reports

10. Unfinished Business - None New Business?

11. Announcements Winter Contest University LIDXA/YCCC Meeting

12. 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 06111 see http://www.yannispizzarestaurant.com//

13. 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

14. Scores Update Alec W2JU, YCCC Scorekeeper

15. CQWW 2014 (CLAIMED) YCCC FRC SSB228,274,294 212,430,841 CW345,019,904 284,276,282 TOTAL 573,294,198496,707,123 YCCC ahead by 15% (12 points worse than 2013)

16. ARRL DX 2014 YCCC FRC CW190,495,374140,728,254 35% SSB119,056,050133,821,876 -11% TOTAL 309,551,424274,550,130 13%

17. THANKS!

18. Game Design for Contesters Brooke Allen, N2BA

19. 99% of all contests are Drag Races!! K1DG K5ZD

20. “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

21. From Gamification online course by Kevin Werbach

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

23. 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”.

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

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

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

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