Minutes of the November 1, 2016 Meeting
Called to order at 7:00 by President Lee Frederickson
There were 13 members present.
Guest present was Ed Buck
Review of the Minutes of the October 4, 2016 meeting resulted in no additions or changes.
Motion to approve was made by Jim Grant
Motion was Seconded by Phil Shea
Vote: Carried
The Financial Report was presented by Dan McLaren. No questions resulted.
Motion to accept was made by Mark Schmaltz
Seconded by: Danny Osborn
Vote: Carried
No New Members this month.
Old Business
Mike Murphy
Safety review consisted of review of two battery fires. The first was at a pattern event out in Omaha. A 10C 6000 Hobby King battery that was purchased in 2014 caught fire an hour after it was recharged. Wife moved burning tool box to the driveway and cooled the pack with water. In the future he plans on some kind of “safe storage”.
The second incident was eight batteries in a carrying case. Batteries were 5s packs. Pack lit off and completely destroyed the batteries but the case contained the fire and only allowed smoke to escape from the carrying case. Case was a “First Alert” container that sells for $38.50 at Lowes.
Swap Meet
Danny Osborn reported the swap meet was a success. All tables were sold and attendance was pretty good. Total profit from the event was $1995. Many thanks to all that helped with the event.
New Business
Nominations for Club Officers – nominations taken at October and November meetings with election of officers taking place at the December meeting. New officers take over at the January meeting.
Nominations are currently:
President Mark Schmaltz
Vice President Phil Shea
2nd Vice President George Orphan
Secretary/Treasurer Dan McLaren
Safety Director Mike Murphy
Maintenance Director Phil Shea
Social Director Jim Herron
Web Master Brian Thomas
All positions are unopposed so we will vote at the December meeting, assuming a quorum is present.
Lee Frederickson made a motion, which was seconded by Mark Schmaltz, that we spend up to $350 for pre-emergent weed killer for the field next spring. The motion carried.
Mark Schmaltz tabled discussion about lawn mowing until the February / March time frame.
Dave Kingma volunteered to buy and deliver Christmas fruit baskets to our landlord and neighbors again this year.
Dan – Club Dues are due by the end of the year. Dan will send an email to all members with a renewal form attached to be filled out and returned to him with your check for $75 ($50 for associate members).
Coming events – Lee
KRAM Fly-In January 1, 2017
Indoor Flying opportunities are many – check the West Michigan Park Flyers web site for details.
Show and Tell – Jim Grant showed a Great Planes Kit Giles 202. He liked the kit but the wing was a hard build. It has an OS 94 4 stroke for power. Not yet flown but sure was pretty.
Next meeting: December 6, 2016 at 7:00pm AT West Michigan Aviation Academy
Meeting adjourned at 8:05
Motion by: Mark Schmaltz
Seconded by: Phil Shea
Respectfully Submitted,
Dan McLaren
Secretary / Treasurer
Kent Radio Aeromodelers, Inc.
