Monday, May 21, 2012

May 19, 2012 Meeting Minutes

May's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.

Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances.

No new members or visitors attended this month (outside of our guest speaker).

Old business: The building needs some cleanup, especially considering our upcoming open house.

Paper copies of the new chapter roster are available, they're also available online, or you can email president@eaa32.org.

Our next YE event, including Ron Hightower, will be held on June 9. We need to spread the word.

Today we're selling food in conjunction with CAF's car show.

Last month's movie was the Blue Max, due to overlap with Memorial Day we won't have a movie this month. June 30 will be our next movie, the title not yet determined.

Women With Wings are holding an airplane wash at the Mount Vernon airport on June 2.

June 16 is our fly-in/open house. We'll start with a pancake breakfast and serve lunch later on. We'd also like to hold a flour drop. Chapter's also having an open house the same day.

We'll need volunteers for our July 4 fundraiser in O'Fallon.

For our August meeting we're trying to arrange a fly-out to Silver Creek.

Bob Dooley has been working on the gravel driveway. Bill Wehmeyer sprayed herbicide on the pathway, proven by the yellow patch to the north of the ARC. He has discovered an existing surface, though it's covered by a layer of dirt and vegetation. Because of this we won't need as much material previously thought. The plan now includes using a "soil sterilizer" that prevents grass from growing through for about three years.

With no new business, we moved and ajourned the meeting. Following was a presentation by Mr. Gene Adam regarding cockpit evolution, specifically in the military arena. After this we headed outside to serve lunch to car show participants.