Sunday, January 25, 2009

January 25, 2009 Meeting Minutes

Prior to the general meeting an impromptu board meeting was held, including myself, Karsten Kessler, Dave McGougan, and Jim Bower. We discussed upcoming Young Eagles events, educational programs, and membership trends.

The general meeting began with the pledge, Karsten Kessler presiding.

Karsten began 2009’s first meeting by proposing several new Honorary Lifetime Members: Vince Morris, Bob Jude, Jerry Erikson, Bud Cole - all passed with unanimous votes.

Karsten then reminded the group that Ernie passed away. His belongings are in the ARC, Joe Sargent and some others are interested in continuing the Cavalier project Ernie had begun. The estate is still ‘up in the air,’ so we can’t do anything yet. Bill Jagust is making an inventory and a will provide a value estimate for Ernie’s family.

Treasurer Gary Kasten reminded us that it is time for dues. He will on post on the Yahoo board the names of all from whom he has received, if your name’s not on the list let Gary know in case you’re paynment was misdirected. Gary also warned that he is disabling the generic code for the lock, contact him if you need a code.

Gale spoke regarding our former accountant who paid an IRS penalty out of pocket. Because we solicit sales for food cards and make a return on the sale we are in a different category than if we’re just getting donations. IRS looks at receipts versus net profit, very different numbers, and the rule is not particularly clear cut. In the future we’ll be filing a form 990 every year and may
have a tax professional review our filings. Thanks go to Gary, who went through seven years of papers to help straighten out original mess. Motion was made to reimburse our original accountant, the motion passed.

Steve Morse presented our new chapter camera, picked up the day before the meeting. It will record from 7 to 37 hours of video that can be burned to to DVD. Steve will take care of this, and also has projector. Note he also has the TIG welder at his house but will need help to get it back to the ARC.

We collected the ballots for the new meeting date, Gary tallied them. Third Saturday at 10am wins, the next meeting will be February 21.

Meeting then adjourned, followed by a very informative presentation regarding aircraft coatings by Tom Chubb of DuPont.