1. Revenues: Dues and Contributions $30,097; Interest Income $11; Total $30,108.
2. Expenses: Grant Disbursement $8,112; Educational/Scientific Programs $14,162; Management/General $1,687; Fundraising $440; Total $24,401.
3. Revenues minus Expenses: $5,707.
4. End of 2018, SETI League account balances equalled $21,663. 2018 beginning net assets $15,976.
5. 2019 Budget: Projected Revenues $12,000; Grant Disbursements $4,000. Program Expenses $12,000; Management/General Expenses $2,000; Fundraising Expenses $1,000; Total Expenses $19,000; Projected surplus (deficit) ($4,000); Projected Ending Balance $17,663.
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 Boston MA (2), Baltimore MD, Horsham PA, 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 two press releases and conducted one press interview
6. was elected to a sponsored membership in the International Astronautical Union (IAU), inducted into the physics honor society Sigma Pi Sigma as an Emeritus Physics Professor, and allowed his membership in the International Academy of Astronautics to lapse due to the high cost of annual dues.
7. responded to several dozen email and telephone inquiries from members and prospective members.
8. advised two astrophysics students from Lycoming College in the design and construction of a radio telescope for a class project.

Membership
Ms. Wood reports that four new members joined The SETI League during 2018, and we have six new members so far this year.

EME Committee
No activity, during 2018, and no prospects for EME activity in the future.

OSETI Committee
Mr. Factor met with representatives of Hamaamatsu to learn more about their high-speed optical data detectors. The SETI Instutute has yet to provide Mr. Factor with details regarding their OSETI equipment, though he still has plans to install an Optical SETI observatory at his Sedona AZ location.

Awards Committee
For personal reasons, Awards Committee chairman David Ocame has tended his resignation. Thus there were no Giordano Bruno Awards or Orville N. Greene Awards presented for contributions during 2018. Only eight websites have been given the SETI SuperStar award during the year. Nominations from members for all awards were solicited in a recent 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, two groups of astrophysics students from Lycoming College in Williamsport PA toured the facility during 2018.
2. Mid-Year Renewal Letter
   Last November, Ms. Wood emailed annual renewal letter to current and lapsed members, resulting in a roughly 70% renewal rate. These mailings will continue for future years.
3. Annual Report
   Although the formal Annual Report has been discontinued, annual financial updates continue to be posted to the Website, and published in SearchLites.
4. Web Server
   Mr. Factor reports that the website continues to function well. We continue to use a commercial email service for official SETI League communications.
5. Interstellar Beacon
   Last year, The SETI League issued a small research grant to the Electrical Engineering department at Florida Institute of Technology, to help develop and test the required hardware and software. Prof. Shuch reports that he and Mr. Kitchen have received Phase 1 and Phase 2 reports of the university's research findings, and the results are disappointing. They cast doubt on the viability of achieving meaningful interstellar range at sufficiently high data rates, using available telescopes and laser transmitters. Link analysis suggests that interstellar dispersion and other cosmic losses will limit either the range, or the information content (or perhaps both) for the proposed project. They are re-evaluating, and may perhaps need to redefine the mission goals.

• Next Meeting
  The next Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday 26 April 2020. The date has been verified as not in conflict with Easter or Passover. 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) attracted 1,354 "likes", 1364 "follows," numerous member posts, and considerable discussion among members.

The Annual Membership Meeting was adjourned by the Executive Director Emeritus at 13:41 hours EDT on 14 April 2019. A Regular Board of Trustees meeting followed a brief recess, convening at 13:54 EDT.

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
   
   • 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 2019 Budget is adopted by the Board.
5. Advisory Board
   The Executive Director Emeritus thanks members of our Advisory Board for their two and one-half decades of service.
6. Tax Return Filing
   The Secretary/Treasurer reports that she was successful in eFiling our organizational tax return using the electronic Form 990N postcard, and having it timely accepted by the IRS.
7. Press List
   Ms. Wood has been unsuccessful in migrating our email Press List to Mail Chimp. She reports continued difficulties in uploading the appropriate spreadsheet. Dr. Shuch suggested trying to upload the press list in .XLS format, instead of .XLSX. Ms. Wood will try this.
8. Telecommunications
   
   • Ms. Wood continues to retrieve voicemail messages monthly via cellphone. Prof. Shuch requests she try to do so once per week. She reports that the vast majority are spam calls.
9. New Business
   • Dr. Shuch reports that the volunteer Project Argus Coordinator has recently tendered his resignation.
   • The Board voted to disband the EME committee, due to no anticipated future activity in this area.
10. Scheduling of Next Meeting
    The SETI League Board of Trustees will next meet on Sunday, 26 April 2020, immediately following the 26th Annual Membership Meeting, in Little Ferry NJ.
11. Adjournment
    The Board of Trustees meeting was adjourned at 14:02 EDT.