The CRES Amateur Radio Club held its third general membership meeting of the year on Thursday, 18 June 2015, at the Reynoldsburg branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The following members and guests were present: K8LJ Bob Kenyon - President N4HAI Tom Foy - Vice President KD8WK Rob Stampfli - Secretary W3CRZ Bob Cartwright - Treasurer KD8ZG Art Grandle - VE Liaison K8RSP Dave Woolf - Trustee, Immediate Past President WD8TA Tate Antrim - Internet Manager K8AX Dave Brown KC8ARE Jim Bingham KD8OQA Martin Hohl N8WL Steve Katz WB8YTZ Joe Coffman KD8RTP John Buck KE8BJY Bettina Lorenz W8UL John Tipka K8LE Andy Elliott WA8LBZ Al Mecozzi W8REW Ed Weston N8FWY Chris Pezzutti N4DLR George Foy N4OTR Lois Foy KB8PV Madhu Asar Meeting called to order by K8LJ at 6:45 PM. Guests introduced: Bettina Lorenz/KE8BJY, newly licensed, along with daughter Caitlin. Chris Pezzutti/N8FWY Secretary reports minutes of last meeting are online. Treasurer reports club has $8597.53 and 55 members. VE Liaison reports next VE session will likely be at the Columbus Hamfest, to be held for the last time on August 1st at the Aladdin Shrine Temple near Easton in August. The new registration software works more seamlessly if applicants have an FRN number, so Art requests that those contacting the club be advised to obtain an FRN even if they are unlicensed. Applicants without an FRN can still be processed. Station Trustee reports Club has been approved for two Yaesu Fusion digital/FM repeaters. Estimated time to deliver: 2 months. One unit will replace our main repeater and the second will operate from the remote receiver site. Dave will order a new controller for the main site. We are still in learning mode, but eventually we should have a significantly improved repeater. Internet Manager reported he had replaced his Linksys router with a TP-Link unit, resulting in improved overall performance, including Echolink. K8LJ reported he had recently had a conversation on the repeater with a South Korean station coming in over Echolink. Field Day: K8LJ reported park and facilities are in good shape. The fire damage to the barn has been repaired and the grass will be mowed. Vice President announced he is trying to set up a tour of a local radio station sometime during the week of July 11th. It will be in the evening, and more information will be forthcoming. WA8LBZ asked whether the Club will take part in this year's Ohio State Parks On The Air (OSPOTA) event. There were no volunteers to lead this effort, although if there is no official participation, some club members may take part in the event informally. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 PM, after which George Thomas/W5JDX gave an hour-long video presentation via Skype on the production of programming he and friends are doing on his website ( http://www.amateurlogic.tv ) and for Ham Nation ( https://twit.tv/hn ). Respectfully submitted, Rob Stampfli / KD8WK CRES-ARC Secretary