The annual meeting of the Waynesboro Repeater Association was held on December 3, 2008 in Meeting Room A of the Waynesboro Library. Vice president Frank Green, KE4ASWC called the meeting to order at 7:12 PM. All present introduced themselves in an around the room fashion. Frank Green read the minutes from the 2007 meeting submitted by Al Bogden, KF4AGT. A motion was made, seconded and approved that the minutes be accepted as presented. Gordon Batey, WA4FJC presented the treasurer’s report. He reported that the Association had 29 members and an income from dues and donations of $1,315.00. Expenses were $1,149.82. Income exceeded expenses by $165.18. The current bank balance is $595.98. A motion was made, seconded and approved that the treasurer’s report be accepted as presented. A discussion was held regarding the expenses of rent and telephone. John Lasher, N3GLZ offered to perform site cleanup/maintenance work if that would help to keep the rent down. A discussion was held regarding the status of the phone patch. Gordon Batey, WA4FJC, reported that he has not yet been successful in programming the controller to allow the patch to work properly. The patch does work to allow control of the repeater as required. He will attempt to contact the controller manufacturer and obtain additional programming information. Although noting the common use of cell phones, it can be a benefit during an emergency situation to the areas served if the patch is put back into operation. Bob Kerby, W4BLD reported that he has the 440-control receiver and is working on a suitcase programmer to allow control of the repeater without use of the phone patch. A discussion was held regarding ways and means to increase the members that support the association. Information regarding potential members should be given to any officer or the web site can be used to obtain the contact information for membership purposes. Gordon Batey reported that Charles Garner, WA4ITY was on vacation and did not desire to serve as president any more. Thanks to Charlie for his many years serving as president. Scott Martin, KI4MSJ is being deployed to Iraq and will not be able to serve as secretary. Gordon Batey offered to serve as secretary/treasurer if that is the desire of the association. Frank Green, KE4ASC was nominated for president and John Lasher, N3GLZ was nominated for vice president. This motion was seconded and passed unanimously. A motion was made to nominate Gordon Batey, WA4FJC for the position of Secretary/Treasurer. This motion was seconded and approved unanimously. Robert Kerby reported on the status of EchoLink. He reported that the host computer had died and he replaced the power supply and then it died again. Gordon Batey offered to furnish another computer if necessary. Bob would like for the EchoLink terminal to be located somewhere other than at his home. Possible locations might be the Waynesboro EOC or Augusta Hospital Corporation. Some negative comments have been received regarding the EchoLink operation. It was noted that the EchoLink operation is not furnished by the Waynesboro Repeater Association but is permitted by it. Dave Damon, K4DND presented some information regarding the IRLP internet interface experiences in the Charlottesville area. The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM. Gordon Batey, WA4FJC