Whirlwinds of Southwest Michigan

Minutes for the Meeting of Febuary 3rd. , 2010

The meeting was called to order after 7:00 by President John Nedoba. 

The minutes from the January meeting were read.

Roll call was taken. There were 11 members present. There were no guests.

The Treasurer was not here to read his report. John reported that we have paid last years lease. A few more members paid their $75 dues for 2010

OLD BUSINESS:

A few more members reported that they were not getting current emails, so John said he would validate the email addresses. If any other members are not receiving emails, please send your current email address(s) to John so that he can update his address book.

NEW BUSINESS:

We need to get some volunteers to help mow, dump trash, and other field maintenance items. Dick has made up a sign up sheet and passed it to the members present to sign up for when they would like to mow the grass and other such maintenance items. We will post the list on the building this spring. Anyone else who would like to volunteer, please contact Dick Klass so he can add you to the list. We will bring the list to the March meeting and you can sign up then.

John reported that Steve Metzger now has another form of cancer to fight.

A discussion was held regarding the condition of the shed and the need for some repairs this summer. Overall the shed is in decent condition, but there were some areas where the wood has rotted and needs to be replaced this summer.

With several planes lost around the field, we had a discussion of having a possible search party in very early spring before the trees start leaving out. We will have to wait until the spring to determine a date. Please come out and help in this effort, maybe one day it will be your plane we will be looking for.

John put on a demonstration of soldering. He brought in some pieces of copper tubing and wire and showed how to properly clean and flux the parts and how to apply heat with a torch so that the solder would wick itself in and make a perfect joint. Due to the fact we were using the church kitchen, none of the other members were brave enough to try it themselves (including me). John also showed the same technique joining two pieces of wire. Larry brought in some various pieces of holders and soldering irons to show and gave away some heat shrink tubing to whomever wanted any.

MODEL OF THE MONTH:

There was no model of the month.

 Meeting was adjourned.