June's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding. (Using a presidential new gavel to bring the membership to order.)
Former president Karsten Kessler was back today from his tour in the ex-chapter-officer's protection program. He's spent some time in Afghanistan applying his engineering skills.
Sherman Chancellor was also visiting to escape from in-laws. He's also a pilot who's interested in building, maybe an RV.
Motion made and seconded to approve the minutes for last-month's meeting.
Don Doherty was out, so Dave gave the treasurer's report, including checking and savings account balances.
The big project going on these days is building maintenance. We have a new mailbox, a new dvd player. Our projector has a loose connector in back, Art Zemon offered to take a look. The EAA sign is showing its age, Dave will work on replacing it and making a new one for the front of the building.
Last weeks Young Eagles event was cancelled and postponed until next weekend. This is our second, recent cancellation. There'll be another YE event July 13. There should be a big turnout, as it'll hit the weekend after the fair where we'll be promoting the event.
New business deals mostly with the B-17 tour. We're working together with Chapter 64 on this visit, and we're also getting help from the Fair and Air Show staff. Aluminum Overcast arrives July 1 for some press exposure. Tuesday, 7/2 p.m. Chapter 64 is hosting a dinner, including military pilots from WWII up to the present, our membership is invited. 7/3 we'll be setting up a tent at Lenore Kay Sullivan Blvd. with some aircraft. Note that there will be a practice air show around the time we're setting up. (For which we need volunteers.) Attendance at the Fair is projected at around 100,000 on the 4th, 5th, and 6th. We've invited several other local aviation groups to provide presence as well. The B-17 will open the air show on the 4th. We'll need volunteers for the tour stop to work the merchandise trailer, crowd control, and a person at the entrance and exit of the plane. We tear down our tent at the fair on the 6th, probably as the fireworks start.
Movie of the month is 633 Squadron, evening of 6/29.
The July meeting will be informal, primarily planning for Oshkosh. We also need to start thinking about new officers as we've got elections coming up.
A follow-up issue to our recent flood concerns planes we moved into the ARC. The executive committee is working on some rules for who gets priority, for example, members would get priority.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
May 2013 Meeting Minutes
May 18, 2013
We held our May Meeting at Creve Coeur, Dave Doherty presiding. Most of us drove in, though Dave McGougan flew the Ridge Dodger over. Meeting began after visiting Aeroworks to see progress on the new interior of Dave's Taylorcraft.
Bud attended Sun 'N Fun, around 5000 planes.
Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings account balances.
Next Young Eagles event is on June 15, our last event was cancelled due to flooding.
We voted on a new DVD player, possibly Blu-Ray, and some speakers. Dave McGougan made the motion which was seconded. After brief discussion we voted and passed.
Don has a list of volunteers to work on the Sonerai, but will finish up the compressor first.
Don and Dave will put up the new mailbox today.
Paul Vorhees of chapter 64 is a Fly Baby enthusiast, Dave would like to get him over to the ARC to take a look at ours.
EAA32 signage needs work: the letters and numbers facing the taxiway are getting old and we need a similar sign for the west wall.
The B-17 is coming. Since it will start out at CPS we plan to coordinate with the EAA chapter over there and split the profits.
We'll have an information booth at the downtown airshow July 4, 5, and 6.
Our next movie, next weekend, is Apollo 13.
Our next meeting was going to be a fly-in but we've put that off until August.
The river has receded and threat appears to have passed.
July's meeting will be short, mainly Oshkosh planning.
We held our May Meeting at Creve Coeur, Dave Doherty presiding. Most of us drove in, though Dave McGougan flew the Ridge Dodger over. Meeting began after visiting Aeroworks to see progress on the new interior of Dave's Taylorcraft.
Bud attended Sun 'N Fun, around 5000 planes.
Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings account balances.
Next Young Eagles event is on June 15, our last event was cancelled due to flooding.
We voted on a new DVD player, possibly Blu-Ray, and some speakers. Dave McGougan made the motion which was seconded. After brief discussion we voted and passed.
Don has a list of volunteers to work on the Sonerai, but will finish up the compressor first.
Don and Dave will put up the new mailbox today.
Paul Vorhees of chapter 64 is a Fly Baby enthusiast, Dave would like to get him over to the ARC to take a look at ours.
EAA32 signage needs work: the letters and numbers facing the taxiway are getting old and we need a similar sign for the west wall.
The B-17 is coming. Since it will start out at CPS we plan to coordinate with the EAA chapter over there and split the profits.
We'll have an information booth at the downtown airshow July 4, 5, and 6.
Our next movie, next weekend, is Apollo 13.
Our next meeting was going to be a fly-in but we've put that off until August.
The river has receded and threat appears to have passed.
July's meeting will be short, mainly Oshkosh planning.
Monday, May 6, 2013
April 2013 Meeting Minutes
April's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.
We approved the minutes from March.
Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances.
By-Laws have all signatures and are ready to go out to IRS, HQ, and the state.
Rick reported on last weekend's YE event. We flew 68 kids, about a third each of Sea Cadets, Scouts, and others. Anybody involved with YE, Rick has mailing lists for ground crew and for pilots. If you have not seen these emails and are volunteering contact Rick. Our next event is May 11, and Chapter 1402 is having an event on April 27, if you would like to volunteer.
We've re-purposed one of our YE storage cabinets as an IT cabinet for our electronics.
Don Doherty has begun disassembling the Sonerai engine, converting it into a presentation piece.
Jon Thayer is working OT at his regular job and will get to work on the Fly Baby soon.
We've replaced our faulty refrigerator that was freezing and blowing up our canned soda. Thanks to Jim Bower and Don Doherty.
Dave is starting a project to add an EAA32 sign to the front of the ARC and repair the one on the back.
B-17 is coming during the week of July 4. The CAF B-29 and B-24 will be in town as well. Dave will attend a meeting of the St. Louis Fair and Air Show on April 29. We're planning to have, at least, an information booth at the Arch fairgrounds. Dave would like us to consider extra activities: selling raffle tickets for B-17 rides, seminars on learning to fly, building an aircraft, etc. When we attended the fair in Chesterfield we gave seminars and had planes on display. Volunteers needed to man the booth.
Richard Conners from Honor Flights visited and described the program. Their primary goal is to get all WWII veterans out to Washington D.C. to see the memorial. They are always in need of volunteers and escorts to help in this mission. It's a one-day trip from St. Louis to Baltimore, and returns out of Reagan airport. After arrival they go directly to the memorial and spend 2 to 3 hours, followed by lunch. After that they his several attractions in the National Mall, drive by the Pentagon, the air museum, Arlington, the Marine Corps Memorial. Then there's a quick tour of D.C. before returning to the airport. It starts at around 4:00 a.m. and returns after 8:00 p.m., so it's a long but full day. Richard left some forms for volunteers and escorts and sign-ups for veterans.
Art Zemon needs a few inches of 8x2.5x2.5 T-6061 aluminum angle.
Flooding is predicted on the Mississippi, cresting on Tuesday. The hangars on the north end of SET will get wet. If the crest gets above 31 feet we'll need to move stuff in the ARC, so keep your eyes on the Yahoo board.
Next weekend at the ARC we'll show the movie, 6 Days and 7 Nights.
Meeting adjourned while Joe Gurney prepared his presentation on the Blue Angels.
We approved the minutes from March.
Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances.
By-Laws have all signatures and are ready to go out to IRS, HQ, and the state.
Rick reported on last weekend's YE event. We flew 68 kids, about a third each of Sea Cadets, Scouts, and others. Anybody involved with YE, Rick has mailing lists for ground crew and for pilots. If you have not seen these emails and are volunteering contact Rick. Our next event is May 11, and Chapter 1402 is having an event on April 27, if you would like to volunteer.
We've re-purposed one of our YE storage cabinets as an IT cabinet for our electronics.
Don Doherty has begun disassembling the Sonerai engine, converting it into a presentation piece.
Jon Thayer is working OT at his regular job and will get to work on the Fly Baby soon.
We've replaced our faulty refrigerator that was freezing and blowing up our canned soda. Thanks to Jim Bower and Don Doherty.
Dave is starting a project to add an EAA32 sign to the front of the ARC and repair the one on the back.
B-17 is coming during the week of July 4. The CAF B-29 and B-24 will be in town as well. Dave will attend a meeting of the St. Louis Fair and Air Show on April 29. We're planning to have, at least, an information booth at the Arch fairgrounds. Dave would like us to consider extra activities: selling raffle tickets for B-17 rides, seminars on learning to fly, building an aircraft, etc. When we attended the fair in Chesterfield we gave seminars and had planes on display. Volunteers needed to man the booth.
Richard Conners from Honor Flights visited and described the program. Their primary goal is to get all WWII veterans out to Washington D.C. to see the memorial. They are always in need of volunteers and escorts to help in this mission. It's a one-day trip from St. Louis to Baltimore, and returns out of Reagan airport. After arrival they go directly to the memorial and spend 2 to 3 hours, followed by lunch. After that they his several attractions in the National Mall, drive by the Pentagon, the air museum, Arlington, the Marine Corps Memorial. Then there's a quick tour of D.C. before returning to the airport. It starts at around 4:00 a.m. and returns after 8:00 p.m., so it's a long but full day. Richard left some forms for volunteers and escorts and sign-ups for veterans.
Art Zemon needs a few inches of 8x2.5x2.5 T-6061 aluminum angle.
Flooding is predicted on the Mississippi, cresting on Tuesday. The hangars on the north end of SET will get wet. If the crest gets above 31 feet we'll need to move stuff in the ARC, so keep your eyes on the Yahoo board.
Next weekend at the ARC we'll show the movie, 6 Days and 7 Nights.
Meeting adjourned while Joe Gurney prepared his presentation on the Blue Angels.
Monday, March 18, 2013
March 2013 Meeting Minutes
March 2013 Meeting Minutes
(Editor's note: Our esteemed secretary had another obligation this month so these minutes are a conglomeration of President Dave's agenda and your friendly editor's failing memory.)
Meeting minutes from February were accepted.
New Business:
address, e-mail, etc.
and finalize the lease.
Young Eagles
Downtown airport) was discussed. They say about 300 Young Eagles are signed up. Chapter 64 needs help. Sign-up sheet – see Rick May.
Let's get started on our projects:
- IT cabinet
- Sound System, Microphone, etc.
- Sonerei – rework areas to provide accessibility?
- Fly-Baby project – Jon Thayer
- New refrigerator – Status? (Jim Bower volunteered to shop for a new refrigerator.)
- EAA32 sign on ARC – repairs and new sign on ARC Front – Templates – We need volunteer to make letters/numbers
Pot Luck dinner, social time – 6:00 – sunset.
Episodes of SKY KING followed by feature movie:
Monday, March 4, 2013
February 2013 Meeting Minutes
February's meeting began with the pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.
Don Doherty gave the treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances. Our recharter check to HQ has been received, but is yet to be cashed.
Joe Gurney is visiting, he'll be giving a presentation in April concerning the Blue Angels.
Bill Roland is visiting from Chapter 64. He notes his chapter has about 5 Fly Baby projects flying.
We're thinking about a flying club around our Fly Baby.
New member Charles Beysslance is here for his second meeting. He's about ten hours into his flight instruction.
As previously mentioned our chapter recharter has been sent to HQ and received.
This is the last month to pay dues and be included in the chapter roster. This year is our first for the new, lifetime membership of $450, with the option of 3 $150 payments. This will include a fleece jacket with the EAA32 logo sewn on the back.
Bob Kraemer had an article in the newsletter about runway markings and operations. Dave would like to see a presentation regarding operations at towered airports. Bob spoke regarding a letter he wrote to the FAA. As a result of the pilots' bill of rights you will receive a letter stating that you are subject to an investigation if you are getting a new license, rating or medical. Bob feels this is a large effort in manpower and expense in paper and postage, especially in this paperless age. He hopes that the wording will be along the lines of "can be investigated" rather than "will be investigated". Bob read his letter and the reply he received. One important point is that a medical is an investigation, so nothing is new there, but this extra letter might be alarming if you're not aware.
We've got a number of I.D. tags floating around. Dave's going to start taking pictures to post on a board to help us match names with faces.
Dave McGougan spoke about the veteran's project. He passed out questionnaires to all veterans present, and told the group they could return the forms personally or put them in the folder in the office.
Ron has Dierbergs and Shop n Save coupons, plus Schnuck's cards.
Oshkosh called Dave and want to bring the B-17 to St. Louis over the July 4 holiday and asked if we'd be interested. Like last year they'll start downtown and end up at Spirit. We'll be working together with Chapter 64. He mentioned that the Blue Angels will be in town in 2014 and reminded them that it would be yet another good opportunity to have the B-17 in town.
Don Doherty has the compressor working, Mr. Bill fired it up so we could all hear the proof. It still needs to be piped up and needs a belt guard. Our auxiliary tank is ready.
The refinished propeller is back on the Sonerai.
March 9 the St. Louis Science Center is going to show an IMAX movie, "Air Racers". Mike Saettele will be bringing flight simulators and we'll bring the Sonerai. Dave will post on the Yahoo group for volunteers.
This is our meeting to discuss our revised chapter by-laws. Jim Bower wondered if we needed to mention publishing a newsletter in the by-laws. He also noted that he, as newsletter editor, maintains the member database because it facilitates the mailing list, while the by-laws include this as part of the secretary's duties.
Some differences include staggering chapter officer elections, and legal provisions for removal of chapter members, the latter suggested by National. Don noted that our treasurer will be bonded, for the security of both the chapter and the treasurer. Motion was made to approve the by-laws as written and seconded. We voted, and a majority approved the new by-laws.
Note that Laura has the new by-laws available on the main page of the chapter website, www.eaa32.org.
Lee Arnold: the AOPA has been working to get private landing strips made available for public use while waiving liability. Currently insurance is required if you give permission to others to land on your strip. Other states have such rules in place and AOPA is trying to get this set up for Missouri.
Rick May is compiling a list of YE pilots and sent out some letters. He has one correction: Troy's YE events will be on the first Saturday of the month. Dave suggested that Rick write a newspaper article regarding our program.
Don Doherty gave the treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances. Our recharter check to HQ has been received, but is yet to be cashed.
Joe Gurney is visiting, he'll be giving a presentation in April concerning the Blue Angels.
Bill Roland is visiting from Chapter 64. He notes his chapter has about 5 Fly Baby projects flying.
We're thinking about a flying club around our Fly Baby.
New member Charles Beysslance is here for his second meeting. He's about ten hours into his flight instruction.
As previously mentioned our chapter recharter has been sent to HQ and received.
This is the last month to pay dues and be included in the chapter roster. This year is our first for the new, lifetime membership of $450, with the option of 3 $150 payments. This will include a fleece jacket with the EAA32 logo sewn on the back.
Bob Kraemer had an article in the newsletter about runway markings and operations. Dave would like to see a presentation regarding operations at towered airports. Bob spoke regarding a letter he wrote to the FAA. As a result of the pilots' bill of rights you will receive a letter stating that you are subject to an investigation if you are getting a new license, rating or medical. Bob feels this is a large effort in manpower and expense in paper and postage, especially in this paperless age. He hopes that the wording will be along the lines of "can be investigated" rather than "will be investigated". Bob read his letter and the reply he received. One important point is that a medical is an investigation, so nothing is new there, but this extra letter might be alarming if you're not aware.
We've got a number of I.D. tags floating around. Dave's going to start taking pictures to post on a board to help us match names with faces.
Dave McGougan spoke about the veteran's project. He passed out questionnaires to all veterans present, and told the group they could return the forms personally or put them in the folder in the office.
Ron has Dierbergs and Shop n Save coupons, plus Schnuck's cards.
Oshkosh called Dave and want to bring the B-17 to St. Louis over the July 4 holiday and asked if we'd be interested. Like last year they'll start downtown and end up at Spirit. We'll be working together with Chapter 64. He mentioned that the Blue Angels will be in town in 2014 and reminded them that it would be yet another good opportunity to have the B-17 in town.
Don Doherty has the compressor working, Mr. Bill fired it up so we could all hear the proof. It still needs to be piped up and needs a belt guard. Our auxiliary tank is ready.
The refinished propeller is back on the Sonerai.
March 9 the St. Louis Science Center is going to show an IMAX movie, "Air Racers". Mike Saettele will be bringing flight simulators and we'll bring the Sonerai. Dave will post on the Yahoo group for volunteers.
This is our meeting to discuss our revised chapter by-laws. Jim Bower wondered if we needed to mention publishing a newsletter in the by-laws. He also noted that he, as newsletter editor, maintains the member database because it facilitates the mailing list, while the by-laws include this as part of the secretary's duties.
Some differences include staggering chapter officer elections, and legal provisions for removal of chapter members, the latter suggested by National. Don noted that our treasurer will be bonded, for the security of both the chapter and the treasurer. Motion was made to approve the by-laws as written and seconded. We voted, and a majority approved the new by-laws.
Note that Laura has the new by-laws available on the main page of the chapter website, www.eaa32.org.
Lee Arnold: the AOPA has been working to get private landing strips made available for public use while waiving liability. Currently insurance is required if you give permission to others to land on your strip. Other states have such rules in place and AOPA is trying to get this set up for Missouri.
Rick May is compiling a list of YE pilots and sent out some letters. He has one correction: Troy's YE events will be on the first Saturday of the month. Dave suggested that Rick write a newspaper article regarding our program.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
January 2013 Meeting Minutes
The first chapter meeting of 2013 began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.
We approved minutes from our last meeting (November 2012).
Visitors included Charles Beysselance, who took part in ROTC through high school and ended up in law enforcement. He's recently decided to get a pilot's licence. Rick Steiner is renewing his license. He was a member long ago and is nearing retirement, ready to get back into aviation. Mike Arnold has a GP4 stored nearby in a hangar and would welcome any assistance in completing it.
We've updated the by-laws with input from HQ and sent it out to the membership for review. We will begin discussion this month and continue next month, possibly voting to approve.
Dave McGougan continues to compile our database of chapter veterans.
December 15 was our chapter Christmas party. Rod Hightower was our guest speaker and described his experience at the Reno flight school. Note that, in 2013, Bill Doherty will not be handling arrangements for our holiday event, and we'll need a new organizer.
Work continues on converting our Sonerai to a teaching tool. Jon Thayer and Don Doherty have refurbished the prop for presentation and new tires are in place for towing. Contact Don if you'd like to join this effort.
Jon Thayer has volunteered to head up a committee to refurbish the Fly Baby. Contact Jon if you'd like to assist, there will be opportunities to do woodworking and covering.
We discussed buying or leasing the Mike Saettele flight simulator currently in our office.
New Business:
Don Doherty's collecting dues for 2013.
We discussed a $450 lifetime membership, payable in three $150 payments.
Dave discussed enhancing our ID's with a photograph. He'd also like to add the photos to a board that will help us associate names with faces.
Last year was great for fundraising. This year there's a chance of hosting another B-17 tour stop, good news since we made $5,500 for last year's event. Our food coupon program continues unchanged with Ron Burnett in charge. This has netted out chapter hundreds of dollars each year.
Dave announced our chapter officers and committee members.
Our new YE Coordinator, Rick May, spoke briefly. Bill Jagust, due to unpredictability in his work schedule, has stepped aside. Rick's looking forward to this year's activities, went over the schedule, and passed around a sign-up sheet. We need volunteers across the board, from pilots to ground crew to cooks (we plan on cooking at every event).
This year we'll be doing some projects. The ARC needs attention, including paint, trim, and adding EAA32 on the front of the building. Don's continues to work on the air compressor. Tracy Smith is open to the possibility of a compass rose for the airport. We're looking at this as a possible project that would provide good publicity for our chapter.
Rob Burnett brought up the possibility an aviation camp for kids, a more thorough version of Young Eagles, or a local version of KidVenture.
The weekend of the 26th and 27th is the MACTS show in Maryland Heights. We've got a table reserved and volunteers are welcome.
We had some discussion on our revised by-laws, including a motion to state that we will publish a monthly newsletter.
Jim Bower noted that part of the Secretary's duties include maintaining the member database. He asked if we needed to specify that the secretary can delegate certain duties to other members. We considered the idea that the newsletter editor (and some other posts) are not technically chapter officers. Officer roles are spelled out by the state as required for our organization.
Joe mentioned that Herman is selling flights in the C-47 for $150 for two people, including 5 minutes of time in the left seat for one person.
Next meeting, February 16, we'll have final discussions on, and possibly vote for, the revised chapter by-laws.
March 16 we'll have an airplane show and tell, featuring Bill Peyton and his RV-10 project.
April 20 Joe Gurney will give a presentation on the Blue Angels.
May 18 will be a fly-out/drive-out meeting for a guided tour of the museum at Creve Coeur.
June 15 we'll conduct Eagle Flights: flying anyone interested in aviation and chapter members.
July 20 is our informal, pre-Oshkosh meeting.
August 17 will be our next KSET fly-in.
Our holiday banquet and awards ceremony is scheduled for December 14.
Due to a refrigerator malfunction we voted to get rid of the two old refrigerators and purchase a new unit.
Following a quick break Don Doherty gave a PowerPoint presentation regarding the state of the treasury.
We approved minutes from our last meeting (November 2012).
Visitors included Charles Beysselance, who took part in ROTC through high school and ended up in law enforcement. He's recently decided to get a pilot's licence. Rick Steiner is renewing his license. He was a member long ago and is nearing retirement, ready to get back into aviation. Mike Arnold has a GP4 stored nearby in a hangar and would welcome any assistance in completing it.
We've updated the by-laws with input from HQ and sent it out to the membership for review. We will begin discussion this month and continue next month, possibly voting to approve.
Dave McGougan continues to compile our database of chapter veterans.
December 15 was our chapter Christmas party. Rod Hightower was our guest speaker and described his experience at the Reno flight school. Note that, in 2013, Bill Doherty will not be handling arrangements for our holiday event, and we'll need a new organizer.
Work continues on converting our Sonerai to a teaching tool. Jon Thayer and Don Doherty have refurbished the prop for presentation and new tires are in place for towing. Contact Don if you'd like to join this effort.
Jon Thayer has volunteered to head up a committee to refurbish the Fly Baby. Contact Jon if you'd like to assist, there will be opportunities to do woodworking and covering.
We discussed buying or leasing the Mike Saettele flight simulator currently in our office.
New Business:
Don Doherty's collecting dues for 2013.
We discussed a $450 lifetime membership, payable in three $150 payments.
Dave discussed enhancing our ID's with a photograph. He'd also like to add the photos to a board that will help us associate names with faces.
Last year was great for fundraising. This year there's a chance of hosting another B-17 tour stop, good news since we made $5,500 for last year's event. Our food coupon program continues unchanged with Ron Burnett in charge. This has netted out chapter hundreds of dollars each year.
Dave announced our chapter officers and committee members.
Our new YE Coordinator, Rick May, spoke briefly. Bill Jagust, due to unpredictability in his work schedule, has stepped aside. Rick's looking forward to this year's activities, went over the schedule, and passed around a sign-up sheet. We need volunteers across the board, from pilots to ground crew to cooks (we plan on cooking at every event).
This year we'll be doing some projects. The ARC needs attention, including paint, trim, and adding EAA32 on the front of the building. Don's continues to work on the air compressor. Tracy Smith is open to the possibility of a compass rose for the airport. We're looking at this as a possible project that would provide good publicity for our chapter.
Rob Burnett brought up the possibility an aviation camp for kids, a more thorough version of Young Eagles, or a local version of KidVenture.
The weekend of the 26th and 27th is the MACTS show in Maryland Heights. We've got a table reserved and volunteers are welcome.
We had some discussion on our revised by-laws, including a motion to state that we will publish a monthly newsletter.
Jim Bower noted that part of the Secretary's duties include maintaining the member database. He asked if we needed to specify that the secretary can delegate certain duties to other members. We considered the idea that the newsletter editor (and some other posts) are not technically chapter officers. Officer roles are spelled out by the state as required for our organization.
Joe mentioned that Herman is selling flights in the C-47 for $150 for two people, including 5 minutes of time in the left seat for one person.
Next meeting, February 16, we'll have final discussions on, and possibly vote for, the revised chapter by-laws.
March 16 we'll have an airplane show and tell, featuring Bill Peyton and his RV-10 project.
April 20 Joe Gurney will give a presentation on the Blue Angels.
May 18 will be a fly-out/drive-out meeting for a guided tour of the museum at Creve Coeur.
June 15 we'll conduct Eagle Flights: flying anyone interested in aviation and chapter members.
July 20 is our informal, pre-Oshkosh meeting.
August 17 will be our next KSET fly-in.
Our holiday banquet and awards ceremony is scheduled for December 14.
Due to a refrigerator malfunction we voted to get rid of the two old refrigerators and purchase a new unit.
Following a quick break Don Doherty gave a PowerPoint presentation regarding the state of the treasury.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
November 2012 Meeting Minutes
November's meeting began with the Pledge, Dave Doherty presiding.
We approved last month's minutes.
Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances.
Former chapter president Tim Dempsey, visited today. He's in a new chapter, 1402, in St. Clair. K39blogspot.com is their website.
Lee Cobb is thinking about building an RV and is looking for a C90 engine.
Jack Sargeant is new to the area and has just started on an RV. First he needs to get it here from Wichita.
Paul Hipps is working on an RV7 and has been gone for a while. He brought his friend Amanda along as well.
Joe Hecker just joined, he's a Luscombe enthusiast.
Old Business. Chapter by-laws are finalized as of last Wednesday and are ready to submit to HQ. Once they give their approval they'll be ready for the chapter to ratify. Some focus areas included getting rid of a problem member, added a clause for lifetime members, clarification of 501c3 status. Much came from recommendations from HQ.
Dave McGougan continues to work on the Veteran's project. A notebook is in the office area. There's a form in the newsletter to fill out if you are a veteran, and we're especially interested in getting some photographs.
The Open House took place last month. We made some money and learned some lessons. EAA publishes fly-in guidelines that we can review in light of our experiences. Please contact Dave if you have suggestions as we plan to have more of these events.
Our next event is the Christmas party. Let Don Doherty know by the first week of December if you plan to attend so we can accurately estimate expenses ahead of time. You can pay ahead or at the event. This year Rod Hightower will be our speaker. We usually arrange a gift for the speaker, Joe has worked on this. We made a motion to reimburse him with tickets to the event.
We're looking for suggestions on what to do with the Fly Baby we have in the ARC. We could either rebuild it, use it for workshops such as fabric covering, or put it up for sale. We also discussed looking for a chapter member to take the lead on rebuilding the plane.
We lost some shrubs to last summer's drought. They need to be replaced. Our compressor motor also needs replacement; Don is working on this. We dicussed making a compass rose for the airport, and painting "EAA32" on our roof.
Members continue converting the chapter's Sonerai into a teaching tool, including a cutaway VW engine.
Bill Jagust has been our Young Eagles coordinator for years. Due to changes at American Airlines he's giving up his leadership role, leaving an opening for a new coordinator. We'd like to get this squared away by the end of the year. Dave also suggested this could be handled by a committee. Bill plans to remain a chapter member.
Dave opened the floor for suggestions on what we'd like to see next year. Rick May favors continuing participation in community events and would like to see more members helping out. We'll likely to the B-17 again, since it was not only good community outreach, but earned around $4,000. There's interest in workshops: steel tube welding, fabric covering, sheet metal, etc. We could host another FAA Wings program. Bob suggested a discussion on insurance. We've tried to do a few fly-outs and will try another fly-in.
January's meeting will cover committees and members.
February's meeting will include a financial review.
We approved last month's minutes.
Don gave the Treasurer's report, including checking and savings balances.
Former chapter president Tim Dempsey, visited today. He's in a new chapter, 1402, in St. Clair. K39blogspot.com is their website.
Lee Cobb is thinking about building an RV and is looking for a C90 engine.
Jack Sargeant is new to the area and has just started on an RV. First he needs to get it here from Wichita.
Paul Hipps is working on an RV7 and has been gone for a while. He brought his friend Amanda along as well.
Joe Hecker just joined, he's a Luscombe enthusiast.
Old Business. Chapter by-laws are finalized as of last Wednesday and are ready to submit to HQ. Once they give their approval they'll be ready for the chapter to ratify. Some focus areas included getting rid of a problem member, added a clause for lifetime members, clarification of 501c3 status. Much came from recommendations from HQ.
Dave McGougan continues to work on the Veteran's project. A notebook is in the office area. There's a form in the newsletter to fill out if you are a veteran, and we're especially interested in getting some photographs.
The Open House took place last month. We made some money and learned some lessons. EAA publishes fly-in guidelines that we can review in light of our experiences. Please contact Dave if you have suggestions as we plan to have more of these events.
Our next event is the Christmas party. Let Don Doherty know by the first week of December if you plan to attend so we can accurately estimate expenses ahead of time. You can pay ahead or at the event. This year Rod Hightower will be our speaker. We usually arrange a gift for the speaker, Joe has worked on this. We made a motion to reimburse him with tickets to the event.
We're looking for suggestions on what to do with the Fly Baby we have in the ARC. We could either rebuild it, use it for workshops such as fabric covering, or put it up for sale. We also discussed looking for a chapter member to take the lead on rebuilding the plane.
We lost some shrubs to last summer's drought. They need to be replaced. Our compressor motor also needs replacement; Don is working on this. We dicussed making a compass rose for the airport, and painting "EAA32" on our roof.
Members continue converting the chapter's Sonerai into a teaching tool, including a cutaway VW engine.
Bill Jagust has been our Young Eagles coordinator for years. Due to changes at American Airlines he's giving up his leadership role, leaving an opening for a new coordinator. We'd like to get this squared away by the end of the year. Dave also suggested this could be handled by a committee. Bill plans to remain a chapter member.
Dave opened the floor for suggestions on what we'd like to see next year. Rick May favors continuing participation in community events and would like to see more members helping out. We'll likely to the B-17 again, since it was not only good community outreach, but earned around $4,000. There's interest in workshops: steel tube welding, fabric covering, sheet metal, etc. We could host another FAA Wings program. Bob suggested a discussion on insurance. We've tried to do a few fly-outs and will try another fly-in.
January's meeting will cover committees and members.
February's meeting will include a financial review.
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