What is the difference between a club trustee and a licensee?
It depends on what type station is being used. If the repeater is operating under the auspices of, and using the call sign of an individual amateur’s personal station license, then the owner is the “licensee” of the station, not the “trustee.” If it is operating under the auspices of an FCC-issued club station license, and using the FCC-issued club call sign, then the person whose name appears on the club license is the “trustee,” not the “licensee.