Minutes of the JUNE 4, 2019 Meeting
Call to order at 7:00 by President Phil Shea
Members present: 16
Guests present: zero
Review of the Minutes of the MAY 7, 2019 meeting resulted in no changes, additions, or deletions.
Motion to approve by: Danny Osborn
Seconded by: Jim Grant
Vote: Carried
The Financial Report was presented by Dan McLaren. No questions were raised.
Motion to accept by:Jim Grant
Seconded by: Mike Murphy
Vote: Carried
New Members: none this month.
Old Business
Mike Murphy – Safety Message – be a friend, let him use your chicken stick rather than crank by hand. Never point your antenna at the aircraft – that is the weakest signal! Be careful of your antenna – replace if damaged. Range check your transmitter at 30 paces using the “range check mode” on the transmitter. Always check your transmitter batteries – weak batteries can go to bad quickly…
Jim Grant – Swap Shop 2019 – all is moving along.
Report on the Poker event and tailgate swap meet – very light turnout – total of 10 people. 6 flyers, two cooks and 2 observers. Only Lee had anything in the trunk… Mike Murphy, Danny Osborn, and Jim Herron won the $$$.
Jim Herron – Maintenance Comments – mower deck leveling bolt replaced and all is running well.
Phil Shea / Lee Frederickson – runway leveling and replacement plan –
- July 2 after a short club meeting we will be pulling up the old mat. This will have to continue until complete because the following week the bulldozer will arrive.
- The new mat will be laid as soon as possible after the 8th.
- Dan McLaren – reported the mat is ordered. Everyone who can should answer the call when it comes!!!
George Orphan – promotional video follow up
New business
Phil Shea – G E Aviation request
- Dan McLaren – AMA’S response to the GE request was very favorable. Brian Thomas was tasked with being sure the GE folks could meet our requirements and also with checking with the farm to be sure they would be happy with the arraignment.
It appears we are in uncontrolled airspace so we continue doing what we have been doing until FAA or AMA tells us differently.
Dave Kingma asked “what do we want to be” when we grow up as a club. A lot of discussion about social media and the use there of. Dave Kingma, Brian Thomas and George Orphan were tasked to bring back a proposal.
Phil Shea – coming events
July 19-21- IMAC
July 23-25 – WMAA RC Camp (12:00 – 3:00 at the field)
August 10 – KRAM Club picnic
Sept. 7 – Vets Fly-In
October 27 – Swap Shop
COMBAT SCHEDULED FOR 7/1, 7/17, 7/31, 8/14 AT TULIP CITY
COMBAT SCHEDULED FOR 7/24, 8/21 AT KRAM. ALL ARE 6:30 START TIME
Show and Tell –
Mike Grady proudly reported that his B-17 won third place in the Unlimited category for the 2017 Top Gun event. It also won the Best Multi-engine award for the event. His MiG-15 finished 5th in the Team event. WAY TO GO MIKE!!!
Next meeting: JULY 2, 2019 at 7:00pm at THE FIELD. Meeting will be short and then we will start pulling up the old mat. Bring long handled pliers or channel locks for pulling staples.
Meeting adjourned at 8:05
Motion by: Lee Frederickson
Seconded by: Dave Hills
Respectfully submitted,
Dan McLaren
KRAM Secretary / Treasurer
