The CRES Amateur Radio Club held its third general membership meeting
of the year on Thursday, 19 June 2012, at the New Albany branch of the
Columbus Metropolitan Library.  The following members and guests were
in attendance:

K8RSP		Dave Woolf		- President
K8LJ		Bob Kenyon		- Vice President
KD8WK		Rob Stampfli		- Secretary
W3CRZ		Bob Cartwright		- Treasurer
KD8ZG		Art Grandle		- VE Liaison
W8NFT		Doug Gibbs
N8WL		Steve Katz
WA8LBZ		Al Mecozzi
K8AX		Dave Brown
KD8OQA		Marty Hohl
KD8QVP		Carl Faulstich		-guest
WD8ODC		Constance Barsky
KD8LUW		Duane Vanone
WA8PGE		Fred Sass
K8LE		Andy Elliott
W8UL		John Tipka

Dave Woolf/K8RSP called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

Art reported the club's next VE exam session was moved from August 4th
to August 11th due to a date change for the Columbus Ham-OH-Rama hamfest.
The exams will begin at 8 AM.  Breakfast will still be at 7 AM.

Guest John Tipka/W8UL introduced himself.  He has been a ham since the
1950s, has a passion for RTTY, lives in Etna at Summit and SR 40, and
has held the positions of Licking Co. EC, District EC for Central Ohio,
and Section Traffic Manager.  He knew Wilbur Wollerman and Denny Roe,
and is friends with K8LJ, N8WL (was Steve's mentor), and Russ Payne.
John joined the club this evening.

Guest Carl Faulstich/KD8QVP also introduced himself.  A new ham, he
is interested in the club and in attending our Field Day event this
weekend.

Dave Woolf reported he is watching the repeater's sensitivity problems
and may readjust the duplexers after Field Day.

Bob Cartwright reported the club has 39 members and $9684.95 in the bank.

The minutes from the last meeting were approved.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:11 PM, after which Al Mecozzi/WA8LBZ
gave a presentation including pictures from last years Field Day event,
Bob Kenyon/K8LJ showed the video "The Last Big Field Day", and Steve
Katz/N8WL tied up some last minute Field Day plans.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli / KD8WK
CRES-ARC Secretary