KENT RADIO AEROMODELERS, INC.
Minutes of the April 5, 2016 Meeting
Called to order at 7:01pm by President Lee Frederickson
There were 16 members present.
Ed Buck was the only guest present.
Review of the Minutes of the January 5, 2015 meeting (Feb meeting did not have a quorum and the March meeting was cancelled due to show) produced no additions, deletions, or changes.
Motion to approve by: Mike Murphy
Seconded by: Jim Heist
Vote: carried
The Financial Report was presented by Treasurer Dan McLaren. With 50 dues paying members signed up for the year, we are solvent and should be able to run the club in a normal manner. No questions, additions, deletions, or discussion.
Demographics of the club are as follows:
AGE NUMBER
80 – 90 5 REGULAR MEMBERS 48
70 – 79 17 LIFETIME MEMBERS 4
60 – 69 12 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 1
50 – 59 11 YOUTH MEMBERS 4
40 – 49 7 TOTAL MEMBERS 57
30 – 39 0
20 – 29 0
18 2
13 – 17 3
Motion to accept the financial report made by: Jim Grant
Seconded by: Jim Heist
Vote: carried
Dues for 2016 are $75. If you are one of the 9 delinquent members from last year, please send your check and Membership renewal form (available on the KRAM web site) to Treasurer Dan McLaren at 1058 San Lucia SE, East Grand Rapids, Mi. 49506. Warm weather is just around the corner!
Old Business
Mike Murphy – conducted our annual SAFETY REVIEW. It is important to note that the AMA rules and the Club Rules have remained unchanged since January 1, 2014. The AMA rules are posted on the shelter wall and the club rules are posted on the east door of the pin box. Take a minute to review them. It was agreed that rules are important and common sense application of them provides for a safe, enjoyable flying experience at the field.
New Business
Lee opened the floor to work day projects to get the field in shape for summer.
After much discussion about what, how, how much, etc. Jim Grant made a motion to unstaple the center staples of the southern two runway rolls and turn them back, one to the south and one to the north. Jim Heist agreed to supply his tractor to move dirt from the pile over by the lake to fill the washed out areas. Tim Power will get a tamper for the day to pack the new dirt in place. Lee will check with the farmer to see if we can use his little front loader and driver for a few hours to get the job done.
The date chosen for the work day is May 21 at 8am. Bring water, rake and shovel (and plane also – we should have time to fly in the afternoon!).
Motion was seconded by George Orphan
Motion Carried
Tim Power volunteered to coordinate the flag pole replacement. Dan McLaren motioned Tim be authorized up to $100 to get the job done.
Danny Osborn seconded.
Motion carried.
Dave Kingma volunteered to procure a new American Flag.
Jim Heist volunteered to use his tractor to level the road as the field begins to dry out.
Lee Frederickson volunteered to get black dirt and grass seed to repair the grass around the shed.
Dave Kingma broached the idea of putting chain link fence up in place of the black plastic fence at the flight line. This idea was tabled for the time being due to cost. The plastic will be repaired for now.
It was decided not to have a TAG event this year. The last two years were a bust so we will just advertise our Training Nights on Tuesday evenings June through August.
George Orphan requested “take this home” stickers. Dan McLaren volunteered to follow up with Nik to see if we could get the file to produce them.
Dan McLaren volunteered to make contact with the Vet’s home to see if they are coming this year for lunch in September.
Lee – coming events
KRAM dinner is April 23, 2016. 6:30 Happy Hour with Dinner at 7:00.
RSVP to Roz Osborn at 681-2359 before the 19th.
Dan – Club has been rechartered for 2016 by AMA
Insurance certificate received!
Dan – prior member Karl Spielmaker passed away in February at the age of 89
Show and Tell
Dan Osborn brought the raffle plane – a Hanger 9 P-51 – in for inspection. Looks good!
George Orphan brought in a Space Walker that was given to him by Phil Shea to utilize his Saito 125. George repaired and recovered it with monokote that looked great.
Phil Shea displayed an Ultimate Bype which was covered with monokote with a lot of hand cut stars. Looked great! Who says you cannot get a great looking plane with monokote!!!
Steve Gutschow won $9 in the 50/50.
Next meeting: May 3, 2016 at 7:00pm at West Michigan Aviation Academy.
Meeting adjourned when it did.
Motion by: Allen Simpson
Seconded by: everyone else
Respectfully Submitted,
Dan McLaren
KRAM Secretary / Treasurer
