Tri-County R/C Flyers

July 3, 2008

Meeting Minutes

New members:  None

Old business:

• A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the June 5, meeting.
• Neal McGrath distributed financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.  The financial statements indicated the Club had receipts of $206 related to dues from new and existing members ($140) and hat sales ($66) and expenditures of $656 primarily related to mowing ($270) and field maintenance ($360) leaving a balance of $2,518.  A motion was made and approved to accept the financial statements as presented.

New Business:

·        Balloon Fest There was a brief discussion of the Club’s participation in this year’s Anderson Balloon Fest.  Because a different group will be organizing the Balloon Fest this year, we need to determine if there will be a Big Boy’s Toy display and, if so, confirm that we will be invited to participate.  It was also pointed out that after last year’s event we had a discussion of things that the Club could do to make our participation even better.  The list is reprinted below:

o       Get all of the planes off of the ground

o       See if we can get AMA involvement

o       Consider having a group of Club members at the flying field so those interested could see a flying demo

o       Start earlier to see if we can get magazines or other giveaways

o       Consider having our fun fly the following Monday and inviting anyone at the show who is interested

o       Have a map to the flying field

o       Consider preparing bios for the planes similar to what Ed Gardner had for his planes

o       Consider having a voting for best in show

o       Consider a table that shows the accessories necessary to get started

·        We need volunteers for a Balloon Fest committee to organize and coordinate our participation.  If you would like to volunteer please contact Eric Walker 864-231-0500 or  ericwalker1@charter.net .

Announcements: None