Our April meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding. Official meeting attendance was small, due to the fact that this meeting coincided with a Young Eagles event. In reality there were plenty of members and visitors in the ARC, though at the time of the meeting most were outside, working on the flight line or attending Mr. Bill's pre-flight presentation.
We approved last month's minutes.
Don is away this month on family business, so Dave went over financial news. It's tax time, Don went over our taxes with an accountant, and good news: we do not owe. We did find a prior check from the Silver Swallows event that needs to be rewritten.
It's also mowing season again. Don replaced the mower battery and sharpened the blade. Don also took part in the audit of our welding supplies, identifying what we need to get up and running.
Bill and Dave attended the meeting of the Missouri Aviation Historical Society, approximately ten people. The meeting was recorded and we're working on getting a copy for our library. Dave offered to share our website, and help them with the 501c3 process, as they get started up.
We’ve discussed a 50/50 at our meetings; we'll start this next month.
Upcoming events include our next movie, The Great Waldo Pepper. Our last movie included a potluck dinner that went well, so we plan to do this in the future. An interesting note: a JN-1 from the movie is being restored at Creve Coeur airport.
While going over our calendar we passed around sign-up sheets. There's lots going on this summer, so whether you enjoy showing off your project, giving/arranging airplane rides, or even cooking, you can find something to do that will be fun and help out your chapter.
There’s a Young Eagles event at Washington, Missouri, on May 1. On May 15 we'll be preparing the ARC for our open house on the 22nd. The open house will be an all-day event, starting at 10am. We're doing a mass mailing to the names HQ provided us: all members within a 25-mile radius of the Creve Coeur airport. The object of this event is to increase our membership; we’ll have plenty for new members to do over the upcoming months, though we’ll need volunteers for the open house itself. In particular, if you have a plane in progress, even just a set of plans, consider coming out and sharing this. We’d like to drum up as much interest as possible.
Our May movie, on the 29th, will be Spirit of St. Louis.
In June (4 through 6) we'll be at the Boy Scout Jamboree in Forest Park. We need volunteers for this as well.
In honor of the upcoming B-17 visit our June movie will be B-17 related. We are trying to choose between Memphis Belle and 12 O'clock High. If you can’t get enough of WWII bombers, the Missouri Aviation Historical Society will be showing actual B-17 footage at their June meeting.
July 3rd through the 5th we'll be in O’Fallon at the July 4th event. We'll be selling food, our new friends at the restaurant have given advice on the how's and where's of procuring supplies. This is a big event, with around 100,000 typically in attendance. Please help out if you can, this has the potential for making lots of money for our chapter. We’re considering entering a float as well, though we have not yet submitted the official form, which is due by May 26. Please feel free to contribute if you have ideas for our float.
July 12th through the 15th we'll be hosting the B-17 at Spirit of St. Louis airport. The ramp space has been arranged. Here is yet another volunteering opportunity. I've helped out at one of these in the past, and it's worth braving the heat to take part.
Bill Doherty is working on our upcoming Aeromedical program. Dr. Mariani will likely speak in late June, though his schedule is dynamic so we'll play this by ear. The other two parts of this program will take place in the fall, after the busy summer/Oshkosh season is behind us. One piece will feature a speaker from EAA HQ in Oshkosh; the other will be a representative of the AOPA. We'll invite the public, and will prepare to arrange a larger venue, as these may be large events.
Business: We have a new name tag supplier, if you have (or had) a name tag and would like a new one the cost is 5 dollars. Last month we voted on the EAA Logo, old versus new. The majority voted in favor of the older, winged logo.
We mentioned water, and Ron Wright recalls a prior trenching issue. Evidently a prior attempt at running a trench was abandoned due to underground obstacles. Dave’s going to speak with Tracy and find out if a previous building existed on the land between the ARC and the restaurant. If so there may be remnants of a foundation hiding there.
Estimate for asphalt between the ARC and the ramp is from four to six thousand dollars. We'll need to finance this, though our 4th of July event has the potential to take care of it.
We need to set up our flagpole, and need a crew to help out. Ron Wright explained the procedure: we'd dig a pit, and put a pipe in that. The assembled flagpole goes in there, surrounded by sand, and locked in place with wedges. This way it's removable. The actual location will depend on where our current power lines run.
We moved to close the meeting, after which our Young Eagles event continued.
Dave Deweese
Secretary
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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