Good evening pilots!
And just like that, this years' club events are in the books. We had a FULL house and I just got the financial report from the swap shop; we had a great year! Thanks to everyone for coming early, setting up 100 tables w/ chairs and helping all of the vendors unload. Special thanks go out to Dave Pierce and George Orphan for all of their hard work putting the swap together and keeping it organized, it really paid off. Without their efforts, we couldn't pay for our field! Next time you see them, be sure to shake their hand and congratulate them on a super show.
A reminder that the November meeting will close nominations for club officer positions. The slot of social director is still seeking a home. Whomever takes this role will have a lot of opportunity to help shape the clubs' events into bigger and better things. If you have ideas to help improve the club, this may be the position for you! Or, if you have another member in mind, nominate them!
The November meeting also brings a first for the club - indoor flying! The WMAA gym is complete and will be host to us before and after the meetings through the winter. Flying will open at 6pm, pause at 7 for the meeting, and resume afterwards until around 9 (or until George kicks us out!). Meeting night flying will be free and reserved for KRAM members only. Dates are planned for Saturdays starting in December that will be open to anyone for only a $5 fee that will be donated to the WMAA R/C club. Details on those dates will be announced at the meeting.
November is also time to start the renewal process! Don't forget to bring your dues to Dan, and the AMA renewal in the mail before the end of the year so you can come brave the cold, but fun, New Years Day Fly.
Winter is a time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions to improve and change. Its time to take this club into your hands and mold it into something even better. If you have any comments or suggestions about the club, its up to YOU to bring them forward to us! No matter how big or small, or how brief or long you've been in the club, all of your ideas will be considered and could very well be carried out. The result? KRAM becomes more than just a place to fly!
Keep your wings level & altitude positive,
Nik
Meeting Minutes
| Checking | $2,028.04 |
| Money Market | $2,166.47 |
| CD | $2,830.89 |
| Total Cash on Hand | $7,025.40 |
| Less | |
| Encumbered Funds | |
| CD | $2,830.89 |
| Net Cash Available | $4,194.51 |
| 2012 Membership @ 8/30/12 | 79 |
| Regular | 66 |
| Associate | 4 |
| Lifetime | 5 |
| Junior | 4 |
*Note: This page is only viewable by KRAM members and therefore should not be discussed publicly on the forum or elsewhere.
Club Financials – October 2012
KENT RADIO AEROMODELERS, INC.
Minutes of the October 2, 2012 Meeting
Called to order at 7:04 pm by President Nikolei Zinsli
Members present: 27
Guests present were: Fred Heileman, Mr.& Mrs. Van Heulen
Review of the Minutes of the September meeting had two corrections noted by Dan McLaren: 1) Mike Murphy’s granddaughter was 8 months (not weeks) old when taking her first airplane ride and 2) the milking barn open house times were wrong.
Motion to approve by: Allen Simpson
Seconded by: Dave Pierce
Vote: carried
Financial Report given by Dan McLaren generated no questions or comments. Current total membership is 79 of which 66 are regular, 4 lifetime, 4 associate, and 5 junior.
Motion to accept by: Danny Osborn
Seconded by: Allen Simpson
Vote: carried
Meeting Minutes – October 2nd 2012
Greetings pilots!
With the Veterans Fly-In completed, another year of successful flying events is completed at KRAM. Great weather, a bus full of vets, 20+ pilots, over 60 aircraft and over 100 people fed made for a great day at the KRAM field. A big thank-you to everyone that came and helped with setup and other volunteer positions needed throughout the day; you are all appreciated! During lunch, we had everyone roll their planes to the middle of the runway and opened it to visitors. This went very well and I think it was impressive to see planes stretched from one end of the runway to the other! We may have to make this a new fly-in tradition at KRAM. Did you attend this or any of the other KRAM fly-ins? If so, we'd like to hear your comments and suggestions! How did we do? What can we improve? How do we attract more pilots and visitors?
Have you been saving your change in a jar? I hope it's full, because our annual swap shop is drawing close! Oct 28th will be coming up fast, so call Dave Pierce quick to reserve your table! And, if you're in contact with anyone from other local clubs, please spread the word. Our flyer can be found on the events page of the website. You'll also notice our ad in Model Aviation for September and October. Your raffle tickets for the P-47 will be in the mail shortly.
Speaking of our website, I'd like to remind our new members (and those that haven't done it yet), to register an account. An account on the KRAM site will enable you to see the monthly financial reports, post pictures in our galleries, and post in our forums. Once you register, be sure to send me an email with your name & email address so I can change your access rights on the site! In addition to the website, we have a public group on facebook. I encourage anyone with a FB account to join our group and help me make it a bit more active! Post to us when you're going out flying, or your build progress, or some videos! Check us out here - http://www.facebook.com/
I'm very happy to report that KRAM and West Michigan Aviation Academy are joining forces! Several of you have already lent them spare planes to hang in their classrooms (they still want more if you have one to spare!), and have met George Pavey, a new instructor at WMAA. He has been working with the club officers in order to help get a r/c club established at their school. In return, WMAA will be the future host of our winter meetings and even some indoor flying once their gymnasium is finished! We're also planning on doing a club demo for the students in their new gym this fall, so get those foamies and micros ready. The demo should help attract a lot of attention for both their WMAA club and ours! I'll email more details when it's closer, but plan on driving to the airport instead of the High School. Thanks George and WMAA for connecting with us!
Until then...
Keep your wings level and altitude positive,
Nik
Prez Sez – September 2012
| Checking | $2,670.65 |
| Money Market | $2,166.45 |
| CD | $2,830.86 |
| Total Cash on Hand | $7,667.96 |
| Less | |
| Encumbered Funds | |
| CD | $2,830.86 |
| Net Cash Available | $4,837.10 |
| 2012 Membership @ 8/30/12 | 79 |
| Regular | 65 |
| Associate | 4 |
| Lifetime | 5 |
| Junior | 4 |
*Note: This page is only viewable by KRAM members and therefore should not be discussed publicly on the forum or elsewhere.
Club Financials – September 2012
KENT RADIO AEROMODELERS, INC.
Minutes of the September 4, 2012 Meeting
Called to order at 7:00 pm by President Nikolei Zinsli
Members present: 19
Guests present: Fred and Roger Heileman
Review of the Minutes of the August meeting produced no additions, deletions, or changes.
Motion to approve by: Danny Osborn
Seconded by: Allen Simpson
Vote: carried
Financial Report presented by Dan McLaren. Current membership is 65 regular members and 79 total membership. No questions or concerns expressed.
Motion to accept by: Mark Shaughnessy
Seconded by: Mark Schmaltz
Vote: carried
New Members voted into the club: George Pavey and Evan Roelofs – both of whom are instructors at the West Michigan Aviation Academy
Meeting Minutes -September 4th 2012
Greetings KRAM,
Is it really almost September?! How the flying season...ummm, flies! Does everyone have their winter build list ready? Danny organized a nice casual fun-fly for us a few weekends ago. About 8 of us competed for bragging rights and a small prize on a beautiful Saturday morning. Timed flight, spot landings, limbo, cut the ribbon and of course the deadly doughnut drop were all attempted. For once, the doughnut drop didn't claim any planes! Unlike the week prior when 6 planes met the corn, all planes from the fun-fly went home in-tact! Yours truly won the day with my foamy bipe, and Danny and Johnathan Covington flying his Sensei trainer tied for 2nd. Johnathan chose a prop-balancer from the box as his prize. Thanks to Danny for organizing it!
As most of you know, our field location has been of some discussion at the last few meetings. Lee Frederickson and I got a chance to talk with Fred Oesch at the Wingeier Breakfast Fly-In this last Saturday. He was happy to see us and generally said, if we're happy, he's happy! We also informed him of the unanimous vote at the last meeting to not even consider moving the field. He was busy cooking for the visitors, so we didn't take up much of his time but we will go over what was discussed with him at the next meeting.
And finally as a quick reminder, our Veterans Fly-In is coming up on Sept 8th! The bus-load of vets has been confirmed, so lets get a bunch of us out there and show them a good time! Warbirds aren't required, so just bring something that flies! Our club meeting on the 4th will go over final details for the fly-in. Until then...
Keep your wings level and altitude positive,
Nik
Prez Sez – August 2012
KENT RADIO AEROMODELERS, INC.
Minutes of the August 7, 2012 Meeting
Called to order at 7:05 pm by President Nikolei Zinsli
Members present: 22
Guests present: George Pavey and wife (new administrator at the WMAA charter school at the airport), Brian Thomas, Roger Heileman
Review of the Minutes of the July meeting produced no revisions or corrections.
Motion to approve by: Allen Simpson
Seconded by: Lee Frederickson
Vote: carried
Financial Report was given by Dan McLaren. Current membership consists of 64 regular members, 5 lifetime, 4 associate, 5 junior for a total membership of 78. No questions or discussion.
Motion to accept by: Mark Schmaltz
Seconded by: Dave Kingma
Vote: carried
New Member Brian Thomas was introduced and voted into the club. Brian is new to the hobby so help him whenever possible.
Meeting Minutes – August 2012
KRAMs Jase Dussia got a very nice mention with 2 pictures in the October 2012 Model Airplane News, in an article on this years Extreme Flight Championships on page 29. If you recall, Jase placed 5th out of 15 of the top pilots around!
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