1. Revenues: Dues and Contributions $19,728; Interest Income $0; Total $19,728.
2. Expenses: Educational/Scientific Programs $10,579; Management/General $2,431; Fundraising $960; Total $13,970.
3. Revenues minus Expenses: $5,758.
4. End of 2016, SETI League account balances equalled $9,503. 2016 beginning net assets $3,845.
5. 2016 Budget: Projected Revenues $15,000; Program Expenses $12,000; Management/General Expenses $2,000; Fundraising Expenses $1,000; Total Expenses $15,000; Projected excess $0; Projected Ending Balance $9,603.
6. This report was accepted by those present.

1. published four issues of SearchLites, the quarterly newsletter of The SETI League, Inc.
2. gave SETI public lectures and/or concerts in Sebring FL, Baltimore MD, and Cherry Hill NJ.
3. performed 52 weekly updates of The SETI League website
4. posted roughly 100 photos, plus numerous links and comments, to The SETI League Facebook page
5. issued one press release and conducted several press interviews
6. served as co-chair and webmaster for the IAA SETI Permanent Committee
7. responded to several dozen email and telephone inquiries from members and prospective members.
8. collected modest SETI book royalties, which he contributed to The SETI League.

Membership
Elisabeth Piotelat, volunteer Regional Coordinator for France, emailed her annual report, which was read into the record by executive director H. Paul Shuch.

EME Committee
Report by SETI League president and station trustee Richard Factor. The EME beacon remains off the air following Mr. Factor's relocation to Arizona. He states that relocation of the beacon station to his new residence is impractical. Thus, future EME activities are suspended indefinitely. However, his new location is an ideal site for Optical SETI observations, he has nearby neighbors with optical observatories, and he contemplates OSETI activities from his residence in the future.

OSETI Committee
Member Bill Kitchen reports on his new Celestron 13" optical telescope, which he believes will be useful for Optical SETI activities, and opines that Sedona AZ will be an ideal location from which to observe.

Awards Committee
Awards Committee chairman David Ocame being absent, report provided by Dr. Shuch. There were no Giordano Bruno Awards or Orville N. Greene Awards presented for contributions during 2016, due to a lack of nominations. Nominations during 2017 will be solicited. Twelve websites have been given the SETI SuperStar award this year. More nominations are requested from the members. Paul will note this in the next issue of SearchLites.

1. Very Small Array
   Dr. Shuch reports that the project remains on hold, due to lack of funding, with no progress to report since last year. However, a photojournalist from the UK has chosen the VSA as the backdrop for a photo essay about citizen science, to be shot early next month.
2. Mid-Year Renewal Letter
   Last May, Ms. Wood emailed a mid-year appeal to lapsed members, which generated three responses. The November renewal letter generated a few more renewals of lapsed members. These mailings will continue for 2017.
3. Annual Report
   No report was published either this year or last. Mr. Factor recommends that, instead of a full report, annual status updates be posted to the Website, and published in SearchLites.
4. Web Server
   Mr. Factor reports that the website is functioning well, and now supports File Transfer Protocol. We continue to use a commercial email service for official SETI League communications.

• Interstellar Beacon
  Mr. Kitchen reports in some detail about a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization he has established for the express purpose of optical transmissions into space, as a virtual (digital) backup of Planet Earth. He urges SETI League involvement.
• Next Meeting
  The next Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday 22 April 2018. The date has been verified as not in conflict with Easter, Passover, or US tax season. The meeting will be at Eventide, Inc. at 1300 hours EDT, to be followed immediately by the Board of Trustees meeting. The date and time will be announced to the membership via the website and newsletter.

• The SETI League's Facebook page www.facebook.com/setileague has (as of this morning) generated 1,198 "likes", numerous member posts, and considerable discussion among members.
• Mr. Factor suggests we develop an Optical SETI Eyepiece kit, for use with members' small optical telescope, and has volunteered his company, Eventide Inc., to mass produce it.

The Annual Membership Meeting was adjourned by the Executive Director Emeritus at 14:24 hours EDT on 23 April 2017. A Regular Board of Trustees meeting followed a brief recess.

Business Transacted by Board of Trustees:

1. Quorum Call
   Trustees and Officers present: A. Heather Wood, Richard Factor, H. Paul Shuch
   Trustees and Officers absent: Martin Schreiber
   A quorum is present.
2. Election of Officers
   The following slate of officers was retained for an additional one-year term:
   President - Richard Factor, serving without compensation
   Secretary/Treasurer - A. Heather Wood
   Executive Director Emeritus - H. Paul Shuch, serving on a volunteer basis
   Registered Agent - Anthony Agnello
3. Personnel matters
   
   • No executive session was convened nor Personnel reviews conducted, as all persons involved expressed satisfaction with present performance and arrangements.
   • The Executive Director Emeritus reviewed with the Board of Trustees the previously adopted terms for cost-sharing of his health insurance premiums, as a program expense, which will continue at last year's percentage, pending availability of funds and subject to periodic review.

4. Annual Budget
   The draft 2017 Budget presented during the Membership Meeting was adopted.
5. Advisory Board
   The Executive Director Emeritus will draft an annual letter to our Advisory Board members, thanking them for their continued service to The SETI League. The Secretary/Treasurer will provide a list of email and/or postal addresses for distribution of said letter.
6. Bank Fees
   The Secretary/Treasurer reports that during 2016 we were charged $18/month for credit card processing, plus a small per-transaction fee and modest percentage, plus an additional $3 monthly imaging fee. She will be questioning the latter, since we do not receive images of statements. She was asked to continue to query banks as to the availability of a free non-profit checking account.
7. Tax Return Filing
   The Secretary/Treasurer reports that she was successful (for the first time in seven years) in eFiling our organizational tax return using the electronic Form 990N postcard, and having it timely accepted by the IRS.
8. Press List
   Ms. Wood suggests migrating our email Press List to Mail Chimp. The Board authorizes her to do so.
9. Telecommunications
   
   • Ms. Wood demonstrates retrieval of voicemail messages from our telecomm provider, which appears an awkward process at best. Mr. Kitchen recommends that we migrate our incoming telephone lines to Google Voice, which will provide voice to text conversion. Ms. Wood to investigate and implement.
   • Mr. Factor reports that our Google Groups are dormant, and is authorized to discontinue them. He is tasked with investigating implementation of PHP-BB on our server.
10. New Business
    • Dr Shuch reports on two organizations offering to provide fundraising assistance to The SETI League, on a fee basis. The Board determines that such support is not financially viable.
    • Dr Shuch proposes that, in order to further the development of Optical SETI and Optical METI technologies, The SETI League Inc. and Interstellar Beacon Inc. become mutually affiliated nonprofit organizations, with no financial obligations to be assumed by either organization. The motion is seconded and adopted unanimously.
11. Scheduling of Next Meeting
    The SETI League Board of Trustees will next meet on Sunday, 22 April 2018, immediately following the 24th Annual Membership Meeting, in Little Ferry NJ.
12. Adjournment
    The Board of Trustees meeting was adjourned at 14:56 EDT.