Call to order at 7:00 pm by President Mark Schmaltz
Number of members present: 24
Guests present: Tom Coleman
Carl DeBruine
Minutes: The minutes for the September meeting were motioned for approval without change by Dick Cowan and seconded by Nik Zinsli. Motion approved.
The Financial Status was presented by Dan McLaren. The report was motioned for acceptance by Nik Zinsli and seconded by Al Natali. Motion carried without discussion.
OLD BUSINESS:
President Mark Schmaltz covered the following:
Veterans Fly In – rained out but thanks to Bernie and all who helped set up Saturday before the rain and Sunday morning take down after the rain.
Thanks to all who participated in the silent auction. Thanks to Bob Gezon’s donation, many club members went home with treasures and the club is $563 better off. There is still some of Bob’s stuff that will be presented at the swap shop.
Thanks to Dan Osborn for attempting to have a club fun fly on Saturday 9/25. Unfortunately the weather proved uncooperative and a small number of members huddled out of the wind and watched a few “practice” flights. Jim Heist learned the meaning of “watch the plane, not the donut”!!!
Swap shop is October 24. Set up is 6:00 AM. Vendors come in at 7:00 AM. Doors open to the public at 8:00 AM. There is still a need for a few more workers to man the door in mid morning and early afternoon. See Dan Osborn to sign up for helping. According to Dan, table sales are going very well – only 28 left as of Oct. 5. Also, get the raffle tickets sold and money and stubs back to Dan as soon as possible.
NEW BUSINESS:
New members were accepted into the club by voice vote:
Al Smith (dues paid 9/25)
Carl DeBruine
Nick Antonalcis
Mark Schmaltz led a discussion concerning the financial status of the club. He noted that if it were not for the donation made by Bob Gezon and the success of the silent auction the club would be “in the red” with three months left to go in the year. Mark pointed out that dues have not been raised since the early 1990’s and we have made a number of nice improvements to the field in the last few years – the runway and the shelter. These improvements have wiped out the working capital the club had accumulated. As part of the discussion, Bernie Despres suggested we all donate the AMA membership funds that the club holds on deposit for club members. This motion died for lack of a second. However, it was noted that one of the proposed Bylaw changes would accept a donation by club members simply renewing their own AMA memberships and not asking for their funds on deposit be returned. Additional discussion surrounded cost cutting and future needs of the club – items that had merit and will need to be addressed in the future.
Mark then called for a motion to increase dues for the 2011 calendar year to $75.
Roger Ausema motioned and Floyd Atkins seconded the motion. Vote carried.
Mark Schmaltz requested a motion to eliminate the practice within the club that required a new member to join AMA and then join the club and also put next year’s AMA dues on deposit with the club. It was noted that this process requires a new member to spend $180 to get into the club – which is more than some new members have in their “park flyer” equipment. This cost was generally agreed to be cost prohibitive for young people and a disincentive for all to join the club.
Dan Osborn made the motion and Dick Cowan seconded. Motion carried. (Current members with AMA funds on deposit with the club have the option of having the club treasurer use the funds on deposit to renew their AMA membership for 2011 or request the funds be returned to them and they can renew their own AMA or leave the funds on deposit with the club until March 31, 2011 at which time they will be considered a gift to the club with no refunds made thereafter.
As a result of the above change, the following Bylaw changes were reviewed by Dan McLaren:
Item III. A. 4.
Item III. B.
Item III. C.
Item III. D.
Item III. F.
Item III. I.
All of the above were supported by voice vote for their first reading. Final vote will take place at the November meeting. The actual changes can be viewed on the attached – all wording highlighted in red is being removed from the existing Bylaws. All words highlighted in yellow are being added to the Bylaws.
Dan McLaren proposed the change to Bylaw item VIII A which was supported by voice vote.
Mark Schmaltz proposed the following Field Rule Change which was approved by voice vote: Item T
Nominations for club officers for 2011 were opened:
President: Mark put his name in nomination
Vice President
Assistant Vice-President
(Secretary-Treasurer is not up for reelection this year)
Director 1 – Lead Field Safety Officer
Director 2 – Field Maintenance Officer
Director 3 – Social Director
Director 4 – Webmaster: Nik said he would run again.
Mark said he would talk with other existing board members and reminded all that
nominations remain open through next month’s meeting. Anyone wishing to serve as an officer of the club, please contact Mark.
Ed Bradley made a motion that the club establish a sinking fund that would set aside cash for major projects – such as a new runway mat which we will need in 5 years and cost about $7K. Motion died for lack of a second.
Motion to adjourn:
Motion by: Dick Cowan
Seconded by: Al Natali
Time: 8:22
Respectfully submitted:
Dan McLaren
Secretary / Treasurer
