{"id":41,"date":"2024-07-10T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:06:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.26.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||56px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.26.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||26px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.26.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.26.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Amateur Radio Consortium (MN-ARC) is a 501 c 3 corporation in the state of Minnesota formed from the original name of MN Affiliated Radio Clubs for the purpose of bringing clubs together for sharing their issues and working together to grow our\u00a0 hobby.\u00a0 Also,\u00a0 to sponsor an ARRL State Convention to provide an expansion of ideas to encourage experienced and new hams to learn something new, to put into practice in their everyday ham radio experience.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, 25 seminars plus an ARRL forum was produced at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park.\u00a0 231 registered to attend the first state convention in at least 15 years. With seed money from 13 clubs and organizations, and a small profit from the 2023 convention, MN-ARC was formed.\u00a0 In 2024 we had\u00a0 demos and workshops building a 2 meter yagi antenna, a youth lounge, and real time satellite connection, with 20 Seminars.\u00a0 The 2025 North Star Radio Convention set for October 11, 2025 at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn park is being developed, with a robust program to present, a youth lounge,\u00a0 a printed sponsored program, more signage, and an improved recording ability that continues to be a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a non-profit corportion, our policies and information are open to examination by the public. Therefore the Articles of Incorporation and the By-laws on how we will operate are available here.\u00a0 Any questions can be communicated to the the board of Directors by emailing <a href=\"mailto:info@mn-arc.org\">info@mn-arc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Miller<br \/>Chair, MN-ARC<\/p>\n<p>April, 4, 2025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Articles-Of-Incorporation-Minnesota-Amateur-Radio-Consortium-Inc.pdf\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Articles of<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Articles-Of-Incorporation-Minnesota-Amateur-Radio-Consortium-Inc.pdf\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"> Incorporation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northstarradio.org\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>North Star Radio Convention<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bylaws-for-Minnesota-Amateur-Radio-Consortium-Inc.pdf\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">By-Laws<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Amateur Radio Consortium (MN-ARC) is a 501 c 3 corporation in the state of Minnesota formed from the original name of MN Affiliated Radio Clubs for the purpose of bringing clubs together for sharing their issues and working together to grow our\u00a0 hobby.\u00a0 Also,\u00a0 to sponsor an ARRL State Convention to provide an expansion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mn-arc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}