MEMBERSHIP REPORT: 
Anthony Merry, received a member application for student. Voted on and accepted.
Greg Britton, Darkroom manager at OCC, received an application for Student. Voted on and accepted.
At the Christmas party Jodi Lepinot said she wants to join as a member, looking forward to accepting her application.
A motion was made to make Susan Johnson an honorary member, seconded and passed.

COMMUNICATIONS REPORT: 
It was suggested that we move MIPA.info to it's own server. See "New Business" below.

OLD BUSINESS REPORT: 
Christmas party was well attended, had a few old members we haven’t seen in a long time, and many new members, good to see some fresh faces.

Directory for 2008, the idea was tossed about on have only an electronic PDF version, member will then have the option to print their own directory or to continue to have a printed book version.

NEW BUSINESS:
Slate of officers:
President: Herb Schoene
1^st Vice President: OPEN
2^nd Vice President: OPEN
Secretary: John Schalk
Treasurer: Francis Byrne
Communications Director: Joe Gallina

With the passing of our esteemed President, Don Johnson, we will not appoint an acting president and we’ll wait for the next elections to fill this position.

Joe Gallina says we need to move the MIPA web site server to it’s own server. For $3.99 a month we get 5 GB of storage on the server, 250 GB of monthly data transfer (traffic to the website), up to 500 email addresses (ie: John.Schalk@mipa.info or Joe.Gallina@mipa.info, etc.). We would have to commit to a minimum of 2 months. If we found that the site gets a lot of traffic, the next package costs $9.95 a month & offers 100 GB of storage on the server, 1,000 GB of monthly data transfer. Motion was made and seconded, passed.