2009 Club Grants announced

The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) Board has accepted the recommendations of the 2009 Grants Committee.

Grants have been awarded totalling $5,450.00.

For 2009 the Board specified that grants would be offered for projects and activities to be conducted before April 2010 to attract new amateurs, and for projects that supported emergency communications.

The Grant Committee was asked to pay particular attention to the number of WIA members in a club as a percentage of the total membership of the Club when considering the applications.

17 applications were received.

7 projects and activities to attract new amateurs were awarded grants totalling $4050.00 as follows:

Fishers Ghost Amateur Radio Club Inc. $500.00 for amateur radio demonstrations at the 2010 Australian Jamboree;

Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club $500.00 for equipment for JOTA activities;

Port Stephens Amateur Radio Club $500.00 to establish loan library of Foundation books and material;

Waverley Amateur Radio Society $750.00 for a trailer fitted with antennas and radios to promote amateur radio and for emergency use;

Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club Inc. $500 for GlobalSET communication,

St George Amateur Radio Society $600.00 for a data projector as a part of a project to attract new amateurs,

Sherbrooke Community Radio Club $700.00 for the purchase of radio equipment and literature to further an existing amateur radio training involvement with a school.

Three projects supporting emergency communications received grants totalling $1,400.00 as follows:

Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group Inc. $250.00 toward replacing a trailer and equipment destroyed in the 2009 fires;

St George Amateur Radio Society Inc. $650.00 refurbish 2 metre repeater for emergency preparedness;

Twin Cities Radio & Electronics Club $500.00 toward stage 1 of a planned project to build an emergency station on a trailer.

The full report of the Grant Committee which details all applications received and the reasons for their recommendations will be placed on the WIA website.

The Board congratulates the successful applicants, and thanks all the clubs that participated.

The Board also thanks the Committee for their work reviewing and analysing the applications and formulating their recommendations.

Geoff Atkinson, VK3AFA
WIA Secretary 6/10/09

Wireless Institute of Australia