August's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.
I was out last month, so no minutes to approve.
Don Doherty gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings account balances.
Visitors include Steve Long from the FAA. He'll give a presentation following the meeting. Whitney Pearce is visiting, has an airplane, and wants to know how to maintain it. Chuck Gorman is here again and has joined the chapter since last month. He'd been thinking about a Kitfox but after visiting Oshkosh he's evaluating his options.
Rick reported on last week's YE event. YTD, for our 4 events (at which we were able to fly,) we've flown 177 kids over 139 flights with 17 different pilots. Last year we only 158 over 5 events. (108 flights and 10 pilots.) In April we had 21 ground crew, May 18, June 20, July 21, last Saturday we had 20 ground crew. Rod Hightower and two others brought Stearmans (John Ladley and Doug Watanabe). We involved some kids in pulling rivets on the RV-12, so they got to build as well as fly. We still have two more events: second Saturdays in September and October. When talking with other coordinators, Rick gets the question, "How many has your chapter flown?" According to Oshkosh we've flown 7,759. (George Stephenson flew over 1,000 of those himself.) Charles Miano was in attendance as well, and is one of those 7,700 kids, and just passed his CFI check ride.
We need to replace our water heater. Sounds like smaller units are not as common as they once were, so we're considering an on-demand water heater. It would require an additional 220 outlet. The cost for the water heater would be around $200. This is within the limits of an Executive Committee decision.
Dave had the food coupons this month.
We've received a donation of paint for the inside girders.
Pumpkin Drop is coming up in October, and the CAF Hangar Dance will be in September.
Chapter elections take place in November. Treasurer and Vice President are up for re-election. We've got a volunteer to manage the nominations, looks like Don and Bill Doherty are running again.
12/5 will be the Holiday Banquet. Charlie Becker will attend from HQ and talk about the EAA.
Movie of the month is Fighter Squadron.
Bud Cole, an original, founding chapter member, passed away on the Saturday before Oshkosh. He attended most meetings, except for the last few. Dave would like to see his name on the wall at Oshkosh. Dave McGougan notes that he has a videotaped bio of Bud that he made as part of his chapter veterans project.
There are still openings for one or two members in our flying club. They're building the donated RV-12.
Motion was made and seconded to close the meeting.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
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