Hi all,
Well here we are at the beginning of another great flying season. Now if the weather would just cooperate, we might just be able to get in some stick time!
We had another great winter banquet, thanks again to Roz & Dan Osborn. Our first event this season will be our annual TAG event, May 21. Please contact Ben Lopez if you can help out, he will also have a sign up sheet at the May meeting. Also, we will be doing another static display at the K-Zoo Air Zoo, once again spearheaded by Nikolei Zinsli. May 28, setup around 7 am. Contact Nik for further info.
This promises to be an interesting year for us as the landowners are going to be expanding their operation by constructing several barns & buildings around the field. At this time we do not foresee any interference with our field. They are also planning on paving the road, most likely in a year or two. After our meeting with the owners, I am very excited about the future of our flying field.
At the club banquet I made a request to the membership to contact their legislators about the FAA regulations currently being rewritten. The R/C aspect has been removed from any restrictions. The AMA has said we don’t need to be sending off letters to Washington as they were inundated by more than 80,000 letters!
As of the writing of this, the field has been rolled & marked off for the new dimensions. 2 more things left to do, field will be closed all day on Monday the 25th & sprayed. I also need to get started on my fence repair project. Will have that done as soon as the weather backs off a little.
That’s about all I have for now, hope to see as many of you as I can out at the field.
Keep your wings level,
Mark
All Notifications
| Checking | $5,145.85 | ||
| Money Market | $2,011.81 | ||
| CD | $2,829.77 | ||
| Total Cash on Hand | $9,987.43 | ||
| Less | |||
| Encumbered Funds | $125.00 | ||
| CD | $2,829.77 | ||
| Net Cash Available | $7,032.66 | ||
| Membership @ Nov.30 | 122 | Renewals 3/31 | 94 |
| Regular | 104 | 83 | |
| Associate | 5 | 1 | |
| Lifetime | 5 | 5 | |
| Junior | 8 | 5 |
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Club Financials – April 2011
Called to order at 7:00 pm by President Mark Schmaltz
Members present 25
Review of the Minutes of the April meeting – no corrections or changes requested.
Motion to approve by: Dave Kingma
Seconded by: Dick Cowan
Vote: Carried
Financial Report: Presented by Dan McLaren. No questions or comments made.
Membership was reported at a total of 94 which is 28 less than last year.
Motion to accept by: Lee Frederickson
Seconded by: Dick Cowan
Vote: Carried
Meeting Minutes – April 12th 2011
| Checking | $5,423.51 | ||
| Money Market | $2,011.73 | ||
| CD | $2,825.56 | ||
| Total Cash on Hand | $10,260.80 | ||
| Less | |||
| Encumbered Funds | $869.00 | ||
| CD | $2,825.56 | ||
| Net Cash Available | $6,566.24 | ||
| Membership @ Nov.30 | 122 | Renewals 2/26 | 93 |
| Regular | 104 | 81 | |
| Associate | 5 | 2 | |
| Lifetime | 5 | 5 | |
| Junior | 8 | 5 |
Donations of deposits to date: $789.00
Fourteen members from 2010 are known to be leaving the club in 2011.
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Club Financials – March 2011
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Mark Schmaltz
There were 15 members present.
Mark’s wife was a guest as Mark is not yet able to drive after knee surgery.
The Minutes of the February meeting were accepted as written.
Motion to approve by: Lee Frederickson
Seconded by: George Orphan
Vote: carried
Financial Report: Presented by Dan McLaren.
Motion to accept by: Nik Zinsli
Seconded by: Dave Pierce
Vote: carried
Meeting Minutes – March 1st 2011
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| Checking | $5,260.51 | ||
| Money Market | $2,011.56 | ||
| CD | $2,825.46 | ||
| Total Cash on Hand | $10,097.53 | ||
| Less | |||
| Encumbered Funds | $1,043.00 | ||
| CD | $2,825.46 | ||
| Net Cash Available | $6,229.07 | ||
| Membership @ Nov.30 | 122 | Renewals 1/28 | 88 |
| Regular | 104 | 79 | |
| Associate | 5 | 2 | |
| Lifetime | 5 | 5 | |
| Junior | 8 | 2 |
Donations of deposits to date: $789.00
Fourteen members from 2010 are known to be leaving the club in 2011.
*Note: This page is only viewable by KRAM members and therefore should not be discussed publicly on the forum or elsewhere.
Club Financials – February 2011
The club build night moved its' way to the basment of Hobby World this round and was welcomed by West Michigan RC. Several WM members were there through the evening working on miscellaneous projects, but only a few KRAM showed up this time. Nik did an engine swap on his GP 40 Ultimate, putting on a Saito 82. That should rip the wings off nicely! Jared and his grandfather brought in a nice pattern plane with a YS engine and pipe they got from an auction for $75. It looked in pretty good shape and just needed a little TLC! Butch wants everyone to know that anyone is welcome down there any Tuesday night to work on their projects or ask questions.
Our next build night would be on March 1st, but that is meeting night...so stay tuned for details when plans get nailed down! As always, if you have any comments or suggestions about future Build Nights, please let us know!
Build Night News
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Vice President George Orphan.
There were 15 members present.
No guests were present.
The Minutes of the January meeting were approved without change.
Motion to approve by: Danny Osborn
Seconded by: Lee Lubbers
Vote: carries
Financial Report: Presented by Dan McLaren. Ed Buck asked if we ever add to the CD. The answer is no, not in recent years. Lee Lubbers pointed out that with interest rates so low there is no "penalty" to take the money out. Dan pointed out that by having money in a separate account, it is easier not to spend it on normal operational activity. It is there for emergency purposes.
Motion to accept by: Ed Buck
Seconded by: Danny Osborn
Vote: Carries
