HENRY COUNTY RC CLUB SEPTEMBER, 2010 BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES

HENRY COUNTY RC CLUB SEPTEMBER, 2010 BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES - Sept. 25

On a beautiful Saturday morning in late September the following members attended the September business meeting: President, Mike Lashley, Sec. J.R. Murphy, Treasurer Joe Ryan, Safety Officer, Dave Sweet, WebMaster

- Andy Ripple, Nolan Ripple, Julian Pugh, Richard Rousseau, Tim Bigley, Theo Aftonomos, Joe Brett, and Jim Brooks.

Mike called the meeting to order and the following items were brought to the attention of the attendees:

1) Mike said he would continue to work on the Christmas party and would try to establish the location soon.

2) Mike said the contract for the current Port-O-Potty had been worked out and that the “potty” would be scheduled for service each Friday. Joe Ryan said the service had been paid for so should work smoothly now.

3) The October 9 Fun Fly was discussed and the day will include: A Balloon Bust contest, a Bomb Drop contest, and A limbo “how low can you go?” contest. The day will also include a “picture taking service” by Mike whereby you can have a quality picture made of you and your plane in a static pose as well as an in-flight picture. (great opportunity to have an action picture made to show the folks at home) A $10.00 landing fee will be charged for the day and will include a hot lunch from the grill with a soft drink. Discussion about a night flying session also took place with attendees explaining the lighting systems they are working on and/or currently have on order. The October 9 fun fly will also include a “show and tell” segment regarding the night flying systems for those interested. Plans call for the night flying session to be scheduled in mid/ late October as soon as those interested are in possession of the required lighting systems. Of course, the night flying

session will be for electric airplanes only.

4) Joe Ryan gave a financial report with the following cash balances indicated:

Checking account $1,239.86

Savings account $4,021.40

Pay Pal #1 $1,599.32

Pay Pal #2 $ 72.43

Total $6,933.01

(Our thanks to Joe Ryan for all the behind the scenes work it takes to make this report possible.)

5) It was agreed to keep the 2011 club membership dues at the present level. However, it was also agreed to establish a financially supportive membership system whereby those members who are in a position to do so and wish to do so may, in addition to their regular membership fee, submit addition funds and have it noted that they are for the current year participating in this program & have done so in one of the following levels:

Platinum Member $150.00 or more

Gold Member $100.00 or more but less than $150.00

Silver Member $ 75.00 or more but less than $100.00

Bronze Member $ 50.00 or more but less than $75.00.

These extra funds would be placed in the general treasury and be available for use as directed by the Officers and membership.

6) It was mentioned from the floor that we need to begin thinking about election of officers for the 2011 calendar year. The present officers have indicated that they are willing to serve another year. However, any present member can nominate another member for any of the elected officer positions and their name/names will be entered on an official ballot for the election. It was also agreed to consider the Vice-President as the field chairman and give the Vice President authority and responsibility for the oversight of the normal field maintenance items and any needed work days. The Vice President would then be able to recruit from the membership such level of effort as required by the various tasks.

7) It was brought up that the club should use the current construction project (and its impact on the field access road) as an opening to request the County to give some attention to smoothing the road when the construction project is completed.

Respectfully submitted, - James R. Murphy, Club Secretar