The Executive Committee of the CRES Amateur Radio Club met on
Thursday, 30 August 2006.  The meeting was held at Donatos
Pizzeria, Morse Road and US 62, Gahanna, and was attended by
President Bill Erwin/N9CX, Vice President Dave Brown/K8AX,
Past President Tricia Kovacs/KC8HIH, Secretary/Treasurer Rob
Stampfli/KD8WK, Equipment Manager Stu Steenburgh/KB8DEO, VE
Liaison Art Grandle/ KD8ZG, Station Trustee Mike Rauh/W8GT.
The meeting was called to order by Bill at 6:30 PM (rounded
to the nearest half hour).

Bill passed out an agenda for the meeting:

It was reported that the repeater phone line is down.  Dave
Woolf/K8RSP will visit the site next week to look into that
and also replace the control link receiver.

Bill said he had reviewed the Club's Constitution/Bylaws 
(hereafter called "Bylaws" in these minutes) and Robert Rules
of Order.  He discussed selecting a Nominations Committee for
our upcoming general meeting.  This committee's task will be
to select a slate of qualified applicants for our elected
Officer positions.  In addition, nominations can be made from
the floor.  Once elected, the new "Officers" will in turn
appoint the "Director" positions.

Bill stated he has a concern with the Bylaws on this point.
The Bylaws state that the general membership shall confirm
the Directors, but this would mean the Directors cannot be
confirmed until the first general meeting of the year,
leaving them in limbo for up to three months.  Bill proposed
changing the Bylaws to drop the requirement for Director
confirmation, so as to make the Bylaws more representative
of what happens in practice.  This proposal was generally
well received.

Stu thought the term "Director" was misleading and should
be changed.  He proposed "Trustees".  Art thought that the
Directors should not be involved with the Excomm generally,
but should only be responsible for their specific areas.

Dave Brown wondered what feedback had been received on the
programs this year.  All feedback had been positive.  Dave
requested suggestions for next year's programs.

Bill wondered why we typically present expenses to the
membership for approval when this is not necessary 
according to the Bylaws.  Art explained it was largely
historic, based on our old affiliation with the CRES Club.
Technically, the President is granted the power to approve
all expenses. Art suggested changing the Bylaws so that
the Excomm must also approve expenditures over $100.

Stu suggested we have an approved budget each year.  Rob
pointed out he publishes a budget each year, but that it
has never (recently) been formally approved.

The Excomm then discussed the pros and cons of the Club
either incorporating, or forming a Limited Liability
Corporation.

Bill stated he will appoint a committee to review the
Bylaws, compare it with examples from other clubs, and
recommend updates to Excomm for review.  Once approved,
they would be presented to the general membership.

Stu told those present that the east end of the front
office building (Section 3) would be razed.  Rob wondered
whether we should approach Mt. Carmel about claiming our
antennas and the east tower when this happens.  Art
will feel out his contact there on this issue, and based
on the reception, perhaps make a formal request.

Next, the Excomm discussed the problems we've been having
with the remote repeater receiver link.  It was generally
agreed that our 440Mhz link is marginal, but we don't
know why.  Art thought it was topological, and exascerbated
by increased home building along the path.  Rob thought
the problem might be due to the construction of Pickerington
North HS in our path.  The problem seems to vary with the
season, so foliage is also suspect.  Nothing was resolved
on this point, but we will continue to review the problem.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM, and we continued
informal discussions for several minutes before departing.

Respectfully submitted,
Rob Stampfli/KD8WK
CRES-ARC Secretary/Treasurer