The CRES Amateur Radio Club held its fourth general membership meeting
of the year on Thursday, 16 August 2012, at Universal Amateur Radio on
Americana Parkway in Reynoldsburg.  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
WD8EBS		Mike Stansbery
W8AGS		John Lawson
N4GKR		Art Richardson
N8WL		Steve Katz
KB8KPV		James Morton
K8TX		Dan Merrick
WA8PGE		Fred Sass
W8UL		John Tipka
KD8RTP		John Buck
W8NFT		Doug Gibbs
KD8DZ		Mike Mickelson
KC8DJR		George Kinder
KD8OQA		Marty Hohl
KA8CYA		Ross Wilson
K8LE		Andy Elliott
K8AX		Dave Brown
N8VWQ		Bob Mayzer
W8SDS		Larry Wills
W8REW		Ed Weston
WD8TA		Tate Antrim
W8DMR		Bill Parker
W8NQ		Weldon Mathews
W8ATA		Russ Payne
K8KJ		Jim Kerr
N8EKU		Fred Osterman
W9WL		Ron Rateno
WB2FVE		Craig Blaine

Dave Woolf/K8RSP called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM after sandwiches
and refreshments which were generously provided by Universal.  Dave
thanked Steve Katz for setting up tonight's meeting.

The minutes from the previous meeting were accepted.

The Treasurer reported that as of tonight we have 45 dues-paying members
and $9614.96 in our treasury.

Art Grandle reported that the VE team administered exams to
32 candidates at the Columbus hamfest on 11 August, with 28 either
successfully upgrading or acquiring their ham radio license.

Dave Woolf reported the repeater seems to be doing OK.  He has heard of
no significant problems recently.

Dave reported that the North Bank shelter at Buckeye Lake has been
reserved for our club on 8 September for the OSPOTA contest.  The club
will provide burgers, hot dogs, and refreshments for an afternoon
cookout.  More information will be forthcoming.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, 18 October, at the New Albany branch
of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 PM, after which Bob Kenyon introduced
Fred Osterman / N8EKU, Ron Rateno / W9WL, and Craig Blaine / WB2FVE.

Fred, the President of Universal, spoke about the history and direction
of the company, the markets they serve, their website, and their feline
residents.  He noted that this was Universal's 70th anniversary, the
company having been founded in 1942.

Ron showcased several of their popular ham and scanner products, and
Craig talked about antenna options for the covenant-restricted ham.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli / KD8WK
CRES-ARC Secretary