The
meeting was called to order at 7:09 by President John Neboda.
The
minutes from the December meeting were read.
Roll
call was taken with 12 members present and one guest.
The
Treasurer was not present for meeting.
OLD BUSINESS:
The
floor was opened for discussion of old business.
The topic of “suspending” the points award system were discussed and
we voted to suspend for the 2009 season due to lack of funds.
A
discussion about possibility of having a table at the spring mall show was
initiated. Costs will be around $200
based on previous attended shows. Date
of show is not known at this time. Everyone
was in favor of having some kind of display to try to attract new members and to
promote the hobby. We need to find
out who to contact to find out exact information for date and time and costs.
Steve Metzer stated that he used to receive a letter so he will watch for
one. Anyone who finds out any
information should contact either John or Steve and forward their information.
Steve
Metzer identified the past “Geezer” photo as that of Mike Klintworth.
He currently lives in Florida. Steve
forwarded the picture to him. A new
photograph to identify has been added to the website.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Ed
Mosher asked about the possibility of us creating a training session for just
after Christmas to teach young people that may have received indoor flyers and
helicopters for Christmas how to properly maintain and fly.
MODEL
OF THE MONTH:
Mike
Gashian brought in a fuselage in process and some other samples of a project
that he and Brenner are working on. They
have put together cad drawings for a plane and Mike has machined the parts on
his mill. Mike gave a very nice
presentation of how they developed this process.
(See pictures on website under Projects page)
We hope that Mike will keep us updated on the process of this project and
look forward to see it flying this summer.