The CRES Amateur Radio Club held its sixth general membership meeting
of the calendar year on Thursday, 21 December 2017, at the New Albany
branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.  The following members
and guests were present:

 N4DLR		George Foy		- President
 N4HAI		Tom Foy			- Vice President
 KD8WK		Rob Stampfli		- Secretary
 W3CRZ		Bob Cartwright		- Treasurer
 AC8YE		Larry Howell
 K8NU		Carl Yaffey
 N9CX		Bill Erwin
 K3CTN		Dave Brown
 KF8HWY		Mott Given
 KD8RTP		John Buck
 W8ARD		Russ Ward
 KE8CRL		Alicia Ward
 KB8DEO		Stu Steenburgh
 KE8HXE		Brad Buck		- First time visitor
 K8LE		Andy Elliott
 AD8AG		Thom Thorp		- First time visitor
 WA8LBZ		Al Mecozzi

President N4DLR called the meeting to order at 6:45 PM.

At N4DLR's request, all the attendees introduced themselves.

The Secretary's minutes from the October meeting were approved.

The Treasurer reported we now have 62 paid members and $6,659.07
in our treasury.

Committee Reports:

Repeater: Our repeater trustee was not present, but the membership
indicated the repeater was performing satisfactorily.  N4DLR said
that Echolink was working fine.

New Business:

WA8LBZ announced that Doug Gibbs, W8NFT, had moved back to the
Dayton area.

N4HAI said we need to start addressing the club's Field Day activities
earlier in the year, although not at this meeting.

Several members voiced comments about preparing a lawn mower for winter
storage.

N4DLR announced that the following officers had been elected (via
earlier email balloting) for the Club's 2018 term:

	Vice President:		Tom Foy, N4HAI
	Secretary:		Alicia Ward, KE8CRL
	Treasurer:		Bob Cartwright, W3CRZ

Nominations for President were solicited from the floor with no
one volunteering, so the post remains unfilled.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the
New Albany library.

People who had brought boat anchors were given the opportunity to
tell the story behind their boat anchors.

The meeting was adjourned at 7 PM, after which Dave Brown, K3CTN,
gave an insightful talk on the subject of Loaded and Trapped antennas.

These will be the last set of club minutes I author as club Secretary.
On January 1, this role will pass to the capable hands of Alicia Ward,
KE8CRL, and I will retire.  The transition is a bitter sweet one for me,
as I have been the club Secretary since 1991, and have served as a Club
officer in some capacity continually since 1986.  But, it's time to
turn the reigns over to some new blood.  I do however look forward to
rejoining the ranks of the unelected members and serving the club in
that capacity.  And, as always, I wish the club continued success in all
its future endeavors.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli / KD8WK
CRES-ARC Secretary