Tri-County R/C Flyers

January 7, 2010

Meeting Minutes

New members: One new member was approved, John Kellerman.  Please make an effort to introduce yourself to John and welcome him to the Club.

Old Business:

• Minutes- There were no minutes of the December meeting as it was the 2009 Christmas party..
• Financial Statements- Neal McGrath presented financial statements for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. He reported that the primary financial activity for the quarter was the receipt of $115 of dues and payments for mowing and door prizes for the Christmas party leaving a balance in the treasury of $1,887.
• New Officers-   This was the first meeting for the 2010 slate of officers  The officers for 2010 are as follows:

President – Bill Kirkpatrick

Vice President – John Moll

Secretary and Treasurer –Neal McGrath

Safety Officer – Ken Whitfield

            We would like to thank outgoing President Jim Farley for his years of leadership.

New Business:

• I D stickers – If you would like to obtain any AMA ID stickers you should contact Bill Kirkpatrick.
• Password- Rudy indicated that he would send out an email with the current password needed to access the member’s only section of our web site.
• Show and Tell – It was suggested that if you have an interesting or unusual plane or project that you are working on that you bring it to the meeting and share it with the other Club members.
• Fun Fly – It was tentatively decided that we hold a Fun Fly for members only on April10, 2010.  There will be additional discussion regarding the format at future meetings.
• Civil Air Patrol (CAP) – George Estes mentioned that a number of members of the CAP were interested in RC flying and would like to receive lesions from our Club instructors.  After some discussion it was concluded that this would be a good way to get younger people interested in the Club.  It was decided that if we provided instruction that there would be an expectation that the recipient would join the Club after a few lesions.  This raised the question as weather we should offer CAP members a special membership rate or an annual fee that covers all CAP members.  It was concluded that some type of special arrangement would make sense to attract younger members but the details of an arrangement will be decided at the next meeting.    

Announcements:

·        Next Meeting- The next meeting will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday February 4th at the Anderson County Airport.

·        2010 Dues – 2010 dues were due January 1, 2010 and payable now.  Dues for individual and family memberships are still just $30  Please complete the attached renewal form and mail your 2010 dues to the following address:

Tri-County R/C Flyers

C/O Neal McGrath

336 Huntington Rd.

Anderson, SC 29626

·                Also, don’t forget to renew you AMA membership.