Minutes of the December 5, 2017 Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by President Mark Schmaltz
Mark took a moment to thank the 2017 officers, committees, volunteers and the membership for all the help throughout the year.
Members present: 14
Guests present: none
A review of the Minutes of the October 3, 2017 meeting (no quorum in November) produced no additions, deletions, or corrections,
Motion to approve by: Phil Shea
Seconded by: Jim Grant
Vote: Carried
The Financial Report was presented by Dan McLaren. No questions were raised.
Motion to accept by: Phil Shea
Seconded by: Jim Heist
Vote: Carried
No new Members were added this month.
Old Business
Mike Murphy reminded everyone that now that the weather has changed and additional flying is unlikely, all Li Po batteries should be cycled to a “storage charge” level for the winter to avoid possible fires or damage to the batteries.
Mark Schmaltz – nominations for next year’s officers
Current nominees are:
President Phil Shea
Vice President Jim Grant
2nd Vice President George Orphan
Secretary/Treasurer Dan McLaren (second year of 2 year term)
Safety Officer Mike Murphy
Social Director Mark Schmaltz
Maintenance Officer Jim Herron
Web Master Brian Thomas
Mark called for any additional nominations. There were none.
Dan McLaren made a motion to close nominations
Seconded by: Danny Osborn
Vote: carried
Motion to approve the slate of Officers as shown above was made by Allen Simpson
Seconded by: Matt Slobe
Vote: carried.
Phil Shea and Dan McLaren gave a Swap Shop update. Although attendance was down and table sales were down from prior years, we were still able to generate $1596.04 profit. Tables and admission generated $1423.00 while the raffle of the plane and glider ride lost $152.36. The Dutch auction generated $154.00 and the Club Table sales produced $171.00. Phil thanked all who helped make the event a success.
Lee Frederickson – reported the runway rolling was a success. Most of the rut is gone. We will wait and see what spring brings.
Report out on the farm reaction to leveling activities was positive. No issues – do what we need to do at our expense.
Report on barn antenna – according to Fred, the system is not on 2 .4MHz. and therefore should not be an issue. After much discussion, Dave Pierce, George Orphan, and Dan McLaren will try to get more info from the farm and AMA before spring to be sure we are not at risk from overpowering bursts… More to follow.
New Business
Mark / Lee – report on Tulip City Clubs foamy combat activity as described at our non-meeting of November 7. Tulip City had a very active combat activity last summer with the planes being cheap and all in with motor, speed control, battery at something around $150. They did it in bulk as a club to save cost and had hot dog nights to generate interest. They had a score sheet etc. and ten flyers most of the summer. Mark will bring the idea up in the spring to see if we have enough interest to try the activity at KRAM.
Dan McLaren made a motion to buy 3 fruit baskets at a $75 cost each, one for the farm, one each for our two neighbors as a goodwill gesture. The motion was seconded by Jim Grant and carried. Dave Kingma volunteered to deliver in late December before Christmas.
Mark – coming events – establish dates for IMAC, club events
New Year’s Day fly in – 11 AM until you get cold!!!
IMAC scheduled for July 13, 14, 15
Vets Fly In scheduled for September 15
More to follow
Show and Tell – no show but Matt Slobe told us he has regained his medical certificate and is now back flying (full scale that is!). Great news for Matt!!!
Next meeting: January 2, 2018 at 7:00pm AT WEST MICHIGAN AVIATION ACADAMY
Meeting adjourned at 7:55pm
Motion by: Phil Shea
Seconded by: Dave Kingma
Respectfully submitted,
Dan McLaren
KRAM Secretary / Treasurer
