The
meeting was called to order at 7:00 by President John Neboda.
The
minutes from the January meeting were read.
Roll
call was taken with 16 members present and one guest.
The
Treasurer’s report was read. We
have $574.23 in our account.
OLD BUSINESS:
The
floor was opened for discussion of old business.
A
discussion about having a table at
the spring Community Awareness Show
at the Orchards Mall on March 7th
was initiated. Costs will be around
$20 per table based on previous attended shows.
Everyone was in favor of having some kind of display to try to attract
new members and to promote the hobby. John
Neboda is going to contact the organizers and reserve a spot with 3 tables.
A handful of members have volunteered to man the booth and bring in some
planes to display. Ken volunteered
to bring his laptop and set up the trainer.
Dick Klass will print up some “coupons” to hand out to potential new
members at the show that will offer a special $10 one year membership to the
club. One of the tables should also
have a sign in sheet for people to give us their email addresses so that we can
include them for mailings. Ken
suggested that we bring some old airplane magazines in to give away at the show.
Possibilities
of other events such as Venetian Festival, car shows, art shows, etc. were
discussed. We also discussed the
possibilities of having an Open House the last Sunday of every month to try to
interest potential newcomers to the sport. We
should also try to find a way to get former members re-interested in flying and
becoming active members of the club.
No
one was able to positively identify the “Geezer” photo.
A new photograph to identify has been added to the website.
NEW
BUSINESS:
We
discussed the current costs for running the club so that we could try to
establish a budget . In addition to
the $1000 for field rental, we have Best Disposal portable toilet at $85 per
month, and last year it cost about $500 for field mowing.
In all, we are looking at approximately 2000 dollars budget for the
upcoming year.
Anyone
wanting to fly indoors this winter should look at the “Indoor Flying” link
on our website for information on flying at
It
was reported that Hobbyland of South Bend has gone out of business, although
their mail order business will remain.
John
announced that he intends for the club to obtain the AMA Gold Leadership award
for the club this year.
MODEL
OF THE MONTH:
No
one brought in a model of the month.
Meeting
was adjourned at 8:16