The CRES Amateur Radio Club held its third general membership meeting
of the year on Tuesday, 17 June 2014, at the New Albany branch of
the Columbus Metropolitan Library.  The following members and guests
were present:

 K8LJ		Bob Kenyon		- President
 K8AX		Dave Brown		- Vice President
 KD8WK		Rob Stampfli		- Secretary
 W3CRZ		Bob Cartwright		- Treasurer
 KD8ZG		Art Grandle		- VE Liaison
 K8RSP		Dave Woolf		- Past President
 WD8TA		Tate Antrim		- Internet Manager
 N9CX		Bill Erwin
 WA8LBZ		Al Mecozzi
 K8NU		Carl Yaffey
 N8WL		Steve Katz
 W8UL		John Tipka
 KD8DZ		Mike Mickelson
 KC8IUC		Bob McNitt
 K8LE		Andy Elliott
 KD8LRT		Scott Petry
 N8OGI		Greg Stout
 KD8VJX		Jerry Griffin
 W8NFT		Doug Gibbs
 KD8OQA		Martin Hohl
 N4DLR		George Foy
 N4HAI		Tom Foy
 KC8JPM		Dennis Brewster

 
President K8LJ called the meeting to order at 6:50 PM.

Two new members, Bob McNitt/KC8IUC and Scott Petry/KD8LRT, introduced
themselves to the club.

The minutes from the April meeting were approved.  Secretary KD8WK
thanked K8AX for taking the April minutes in his absence.

Treasurer W3CRZ reported the club had a net worth of $8462.72 and
has 49 paid members.  The treasurer's report was approved.

KD8ZG reported for the VE team:  The next CRES VE exam session will
be on Saturday, August 2nd, at Columbus hamfest at the Aladdin Shrine
Temple.  VE examiners should meet for breakfast at the Bob Evans at
Hamilton Rd and I-270.  KD8ZG has 10 tickets which he will hand out
at the breakfast and if you will be going directly to the exam site,
you should contact him ahead of time to procure your ticket.  KD8ZG
also noted that the FCC had issued a rule change so that those who
once held a ham license of General or Extra which has been expired
for more than two years can have it re-issued by simply passing the
current Tech exam.

K8RSP reported he had visited the repeater site, examined the antenna
and tower, and found them to be in good condition, although one guy
had loosened and needed to be re-tightened.  Also the circuit which
produces the reset beep based on which receiver was being voted needed
to be power-cycled.

N8WL reported that the CRES web site is in good order and is up to
date and thanked WD8TA for his hard work.

K8LJ reported on Field Day plans and assignments.  The planning is coming
along well and it appears we are in good shape.  The event will take place
over the weekend of June 28-29 at Infirmary Mound Park near Granville.
We will be able to gain access to the facility on that Friday.  One
potential problem is that the old barn, which partially burned last year,
has not been repaired.  N8WL reported there will be a club picnic on
Saturday evening, with the club providing the meat dish (BBQ from Newark)
and guests asked to bring an item to share.  N8WL requested a headcount
at the meeting and requests others who plan to attend contact him so that
he knows how much food to purchase.

The business portion of the meeting finished at 7:15 PM, after which
K8AX introduced K8RSP who gave a detailed talk about the history,
configuration, and operation of our W8ZPF repeater.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli / KD8WK
CRES-ARC Secretary