With Mark being out of commission from surgery for a little while, our build nights will be relocating to Hobby Worlds' basement. The basement is open every Tuesday night for anyone from the club to work on their projects. We will be sharing the space with whatever West Michigan club members are there, but there should be enough table space for us. I'm going to continue planning this every other week, until I get enough requests to do it every week. If you're one of those people, let me know.
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Well, we had our first build night & it was a great success!
Had about 8 folks show up & a good time was had by all.
Jim Korringa brought his glider wing with internal rib damage. He & Lee Lubbers did a great job repairing it all the way to covering it. Dave Pierce brought his Bucker Jungmeister in-progress fusalage with a small issue that can be resolved with a little bit of work. George Orphan brought his Uproar 40 & we set all the throws & such. Nik brought his F-15 to make some modifications from the plans. Allen Simpson & Ed Buck provided comic relief through the evening.
It was great to have everybody here, hope to do it again.
Pics & video of Nikolei flying my Blade MSr.
Mark
First KRAM Build Night
Come one come all to our first build night! Here's the who what when where why...
WHO: Well, you...of course!
WHAT: KRAM Build Night
WHEN: Wednesday, January 12th @ 6pm
WHERE: Mark Schmaltzs' garage
1205 JANE ELLEN DR
Lowell, MI 49311
WHY: Why, to build of course! And learn, and teach, and socialize, and...?
1st KRAM Build Night Planned
| Checking | $5,267.51 | ||
| Money Market | $2,011.56 | ||
| CD | $2,825.46 | ||
| Total Cash on Hand | $10,104.53 | ||
| Less | |||
| Encumbered Funds | $1,907.50 | ||
| CD | $2,825.37 | ||
| Net Cash Available | $5,371.57 | ||
| Membership @ Nov.30 | 122 | Renewals 12/6 | 69 |
| Regular | 104 | 61 | |
| Associate | 5 | 0 | |
| Lifetime | 5 | 5 | |
| Junior | 8 | 3 |
*Note: This page is only viewable by KRAM members and therefore should not be discussed publicly on the forum or elsewhere.
Club Financials – January 2011
Call to order at 7:00 pm by President Mark Schmaltz
Mark noted that Floyd Atkins was laminating AMA cards in the back of the room.
Note number of members present: 19
No guests were present at this meeting.
No corrections, changes, or discussion of December Minutes took place.
Motion to approve by: Lee Frederickson
Seconded by: Danny Osborn
Vote: carried
Meeting Minutes – January 4th 2011
Over half a dozen people braved the unseasonable no-skis-required, but windy enough to fly backwards New Years Day tradition. Temps were around 30°, with 20+mph winds, gusting to 35. Danny was first up in his bipe, which took about 3 feet to get airborne. His slow passes sometimes went farther backwards than forwards! Nik was next up with his new Stryker. It penetrated the wind with ease and downwind passes were a blur! Ed Bradley attempted to fly his drainpipe & corrugated plastic plane, only to tumble wingtip over wingtip on takeoff 5x farther than it flew! By then, Dan McLaren got a fire started in the barrel under the protection of our shed. Coffee and sloppy joes by Roz by the fire warmed everyone up. John & Jase Dussia showed up shortly after and flew their 50cc Yak. They traded off the transmitter to each other as their fingers began to freeze, but still put on a good show!
New Years Day Flying 2011
Well here we are at the end of another great year for KRAM.
We had our elections at the last meeting and I would like to welcome George Orphan, Dave Pierce & Ben Lopez to the executive board. For the returning members, Jim Peterson, Eddie Francisco, Nikolei Zinsli & Dan Mclaren, great have you back. A special thanks to past board members Dan Osborn, Jim Hiest & Bernie DesPress for a job well done.
Presidents Corner – December 2010
| Checking | $7,166.51 | ||
| Money Market | $2,001.48 | ||
| CD | $2,825.37 | ||
| Total Cash on Hand | $11,993.36 | ||
| Less | |||
| Encumbered Funds | $3,130.50 | ||
| CD | $2,825.37 | ||
| Net Cash Available | $6,037.49 | ||
| Membership @ Nov.30 | 122 | Renewals 12/6 | 40 |
| Regular | 104 | 35 | |
| Associate | 5 | 0 | |
| Lifetime | 5 | 5 | |
| Junior | 8 | 0 |
*Note: This page is only viewable by KRAM members and therefore should not be discussed publicly on the forum or elsewhere.
Club Financials – December 2010
Call to order at 7:00 pm by Club President Mark Schmaltz.
Note number of members present: 19
No guests at this meeting.
Minutes – no corrections, changes.
Motion to approve by: Nik Zinsli
Seconded by: Lee Frederickson
Vote: carries
