The Executive Committee of the CRES Amateur Radio Club met on
19 November 2003.  The meeting was held at the Donatos Pizza in
Pickerington and was attended by President David Jeffords/K8ON,
Sec/Treas Rob Stampfli/KD8WK, Equipment Manager Stu Steenburgh/KB8DEO,
VE Liaison Art Grandle/KD8ZG, Station Trustee Mike Rauh/NV7X,
Immediate Past President Mike Stansbery/WD8EBS, and Dave Woolf/K8RSP.

The meeting was called to order by K8ON at 6:30 PM.

The first order of business was to discuss the, at times, increasingly
degraded audio on the W8ZPF repeater.  Many users have pointed out
that audio from the main site is distorted with noise on voice peaks.
KD8ZG and others felt the problems were likely due to the voter,
although KD8WK believes it could be in the demodulator of the main
site's receiver.  KD8WK cautioned we should not invest in a new voter
simply on speculation, and proposed a committee be set up to study
the problem and make a recommendation, which would include proposing
a specific replacement for the voter if that turned out to be the best
solution.  KD8ZG, KB8DEO, and K8RSP agreed to serve on this committee.
Additionally, WD8EBS and KD8WK also offered to assist with testing
as needed.

Next, a discussion was held regarding whether the repeater, as it
is currently configured, could be placed in receive-CTCSS mode.
There have been an increasing number of incidents where slow-scan
from Cincinnati have brought up the machine.  K8RSP indicated
there are two codes that affect receive-CTCSS in various ways, and
neither appears to work as intended today.  The committee decided
that we should discuss this topic at our next general meeting
to better understand what the membership desires with respect
to a policy of running receive-CTCSS on the machine, either
occasionally or on a permanent basis, before proceeding.

WD8EBS reported for the Nominations Committee, consisting of
himself, Al Mecozzi/WA8LBZ and Jim Yoder/W8ERW.  The committee
nominated the following members who have all been contacted and
are willing to serve as officers for next year:

	President	-	Jack Kirkpatrick/KC8TM
	Vice President	-	Tricia Kovacs/KC8HIH
	Sec/Treas	-	Rob Stampfli/KD8WK
	Equip Manager	-	Stu Steenburgh/KB8DEO

Those present agreed this is a good slate.  The officers
thanked the committee for their diligent work.

K8ON read a report from Jerry Scott/K9RV, who was unable to
attend the meeting.  Jerry reported he expected there to be
a exceptional number of CB entries for this year's CQ-WE
contest.  He did have to correct a few scores which were
calculated incorrectly, and wished to remind everyone that
they must include a dollar if they want a certificate.  (One
contestant, jokingly or not, literally enclosed a green postage
stamp.)  He reminded everyone once again that the score sheets
must be submitted by 1 December to be counted.

The officers set a date of Wednesday, 10 December, for our
4th quarter general meeting.  A quick check with the management
of Pickerington Donatos confirmed their private meeting room
was available for a meeting on the 10th, and we reserved it.
We will meet at 6:00 PM for pizza dinner, followed by our
business meeting, including the election of next year's
officers, and holiday socializing.

KD8WK suggested the club consider hosting next year's CQ-WE
contest.  Although the idea was generally popular among the
officers, provided there are a sufficient number of volunteers,
it was decided to put the question to the membership at the
general meeting for a final determination.

KD8ZG reported the Club's December VE Exam session will be held
at Parkview Presbyterian church on Saturday, 6 December.  At
this time, VE staffing looks adequate.

NV7X said he had received several QSL cards from stations that
had contacted the club's station during Field Day.  He needed
QSL cards to mail back.  KD8WK said he had some of the club's
old QSL cards, and NV7X picked them up from him after the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli
CRES-ARC Sec/Treas