Saturday, April 16, 2016

April 2016 Meeting Minutes

April’s meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding. We approved the minutes as
posted in the newsletter.

Don gave the treasurer’s report including checking and savings account balances.

Visitors include Brett, a friend of Don Jonas who works at Boeing. He moved here from Washington where he could not fly much due to the climate. John Christian is a new member at his first meeting.
He’s working on an Airdrome Sopwith Camel replica with a Rotec radial.

We flew 37 kids and 4 or 5 kids at last weekend’s Young Eagles event. Chris, our new member from Jeff City, came out to volunteer for ground crew. Next month’s event will be a week later than usual because of the air show and will likely be a big event.

We’ll be at the air show, setting up on the 13th and taking place on the 14th and 15th. Dave passed a sign-up sheet around: if your name’s included you won’t have to pay admission.

Dave talked to a fellow with a Taylor Coot amphibian. It needs restoration. He wants $2500. Contact Dave Doherty if you’re interested.

Next chapter meeting is the 4th Saturday in May, coinciding with the movie, which is TBD.

Dave turned the floor over to Laura and Phil Bissonnette, who spoke about the upcoming Spirit of St. Louis Air Show.

The Kraemers are going to pay for their dad’s memorial on the wall at Oshkosh. We’re still taking donations to cover Bud and Howard’s memorials; we have around $500 to go.

Bring aluminum cans to the ARC, we can turn them in for funds.

Frank McGhee has a proposal for memorials, basically a large block of granite onto which we can sandblast names. It’d be too big to steal and can be hosed off if it’s flooded. He proposes a stainless steel sculpture on top. We can place it behind the building which would discourage vandalism.

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