TARC History

Tamiami Amateur Radio Club,
Inc.

The Tamiami Amateur Radio club was organized in 1960 to serve the Venice and
surrounding area with emergency communications. The founders of our club realized that it is of paramount importance to organize the amateur radio operators in the area, to promote training and provide
community ser- vice. We have had a proud history.

Following Hurricane Donna of 1960, a number of the radio amateurs in the Venice area decided to unite into a formal club. At 7:30 PM on 06 October 1960, twenty interested parties met at the Sun- Shine
Kitchen, and E. B. Roberts was elected as temporary chairman. During the two-hour
gather- ing, a committee consisting of Joe Barone, P. D. Baird and Martin Sharp was
appointed to study and draw up bylaws for the organization.

In January 1985 the TARC was incorporated under the laws of Florida as a not-forprofit corporation and, in 2001, as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization with the IRS.