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