The CRES Amateur Radio Club held a general membership meeting on
Tuesday, 19 August 2008, at the New Albany library. The following
people were in attendance: President Bill Erwin/N9CX, Vice President
Dave Brown/K8AX, Secretary/Treasurer Rob Stampfli/KD8WK, Contest
Coordinator Bob Cartwright/W3CRZ, and members N4DB, WA8LBZ, W8AGS,
KC8DJR, WD8ODC, N8WL, K8LJ, KC8ALQ, WA8PGE, K8TX, WD8EBS, KD8BJ,
KC8HIH, and K8ON.

The meeting was called to order by President Bill Erwin at 7:00 PM.

New members Steve Katz/N8WL and Constance Barsky/WD8ODC from Granville
introduced themselves to the group.

The minutes from the June meeting were approved.

Treasurer's Report:  Rob reported we have $1064.16 in Telhio checking,
$172.39 in our cash account plus $10 in dues received tonight, and 5
laddered CDs worth $7500.  We currently have 38 members in the club.
The Treasurer's Report was approved.

There was no report from the Repeater Committee, although no problems
with the repeater were reported.

Rob reported that the VE Team held their last exam session at the
Columbus Hamfest on August 2nd.  Nine applicants were processed and
eight of those earned a license or upgraded.

There was no old business.

New business:

Rob gave a report on the proposed changes to the club's constitution.
Al Mecozzi/WA8LBZ motions and Bob Kenyon/K8LJ seconds to bring the
matter to the floor.

Mike Stansbery/WD8EBS motions to change Article I Section 10 of the
Bylaws to make it obligatory that the immediate past president continue
as a Director of the club.  His preferred wording:  "The immediate past
president of the Club will be a Director of the Executive Committee..."
After some discussion, the motion carries unanimously.

George Kinder/KC8DJR wondered about the proposed responsibility of
the Repeater Manager to "preside over the repeater subcommittee",
since this committee is not defined in the document.  He motions
that this responsibility be dropped from the Bylaws and made implicit.
Motion carries unanimously.

Dave Brown/K8AX suggested that the wording be changed defining when
the nominations committee shall report from "the first regular meeting
of the fourth quarter" to "a regular meeting during the fourth quarter".
Motion carries unanimously.

With no further discussions on the floor, the matter of approving the
new constitution as amended was put to a vote.  The vote was unanimous
to approve the document.

Rob mentioned that next year's CQ-WE contest will be the 50th anniversary
of the event and proposed that the club members associated with the
contest consider offering Columbus to be the host location for 2009 in
view of the fact that the contest originated with Columbus WeCo back in
1960.  Rob requested that anyone interested in helping out in this regard
contact him.

Bill canvassed the membership to see if there was an interest in having
a club picnic.  Typically, the club obtains a shelter house at a local
park, provides the meat items for the event, and expends around $100.
Those participating are encouraged to bring a side dish to share.  Steve
Katz/N8WL suggested we might combine this event with the "Ohio State
Parks on the Air" contest on Saturday, September 6th.  The general
consensus was positive and Bill will look into it further.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 PM, after which Al Mecozzi gave a
30 minute slide show presentation of pictures from our 2008 Field Day
exercise, along with some memorable pictures from several (very) prior
year's contests featuring many of those present in their (much) younger
days.

Bob Cartwright gave a Field Day wrap-up along with some comments and
suggestions for the planning and implementation of next year's contest.

Finally, Bob Kenyon/K8LJ gave a preview of a talk he will give to the
club in December, along with a demo of some free feedline modeling
software, TLDetails.exe.  This software has been made available on the
club's website.

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