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Minutes
SRQ Board Meeting
June 14, 2010
Members Present: Phil Bender, Paul Jantzen, Neil Hanson, David Speed, Al Jensen, Vince Veltri, and Charlie Allen.
Members Absent: None
Guests: Dick Bobb, and Ron Nash
The meeting was called to order by President Bender @ 6:55 P.M.
President’s report: The new guest rules are in effect. The current Membership Manual has been updated to reflect the new rule. New guest registration forms are in the operations building on the desk. The county has yet to settle on the damages from the fire that was caused by a guest crashing his jet. The club has given all information to the county and they will pursue the guest’s insurance company.
Secretary’s report: None
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Hanson reviewed the May financial report with the board. The cost of the new badges was incorrectly classified. A correction was made. The report was modified and then accepted into the records as presented.
The Club’s Certificate of Deposit (CD) comes due on 7/14/10. Current returns on 1 year CDs are very low. Neil will look into a longer term CD and make suggestions at the July Board meeting.
Old Business: The Summer Mom’s Group demonstration set for June 10, 2010 has been cancelled.
New business: The last club trainer has been sold. Safety was discussed. Several members have injured themselves by getting their hands or arms in the way of a propeller. A Board member witnessed a closer than necessary call between a fixed wing and a helicopter. The Safety Officer Jim Holloman will meet to discuss the issue.
Dave Hasler has agreed to CD the Light Plane and Golden Age Fly-In (formerly known as the Cub-In). The Board agreed to perform some of the duties that Dave cannot perform. They include prize procurement, Civil Air Patrol arrangements, and concessions. Ron Nash volunteered to handle the concessions. The grill will need to be repaired. Al Jensen will call Ken Roth about that repair. Ron will need volunteers to help with the concessions.
An infraction of the Sarasota R/C Squadron By-Laws, Article V, Section C., paragraph 2 by a club member was reported by the safety officer to the Board. As required by the SRQ Field Rules, the infraction was witnessed by 3 SRQ members. The infraction was documented and reviewed by the Board. After discussion, the Board determined the Club member would be notified by the Safety Officer in writing of the violation. The Board agreed to review the letter by E-Mail for approval of the final wording.
Al Jensen reported that there are currently 278 members. The meeting was adjourned at 8:27 PM.
David M. Speed
SRQ Secretary
Secretary’s note: The Board members found the E-Mail process of approving the wording of the letter to be non-productive and called for a special Board meeting to resolve the issue on June 23rd.
Minutes
Special Board Meeting
June 23rd, 2010
Members Present: Phil Bender, Paul Jantzen, Neil Hanson, David Speed, Al Jensen, and Charlie Allen.
Members Absent: Vince Veltri
The meeting was called to order by President Bender @ 9:00 P.M.
After many attempts to draft a letter concerning the infraction, the Board decided it would be more prudent to have a Board member meet with the member who committed the infraction. The Board felt it was a more practical approach to accomplishing the goal of compliance with the rules and regulations of the club. The Board member, meeting with the member in question, will file a written report to the Board. If the Board determines the goal stated above has been accomplished, the issue will be considered closed.
The meeting was adjourned 9:20 P.M.
David M. Speed
SRQ Secretary
Membership Meeting May 26, 2010
Twin Lakes Park, Sarasota, FL
The meeting was call to order @ 7:18 PM by President Bender. He then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
There were 74 members present.
New members or guests: Jonah Durst, Cal and Matthew McFall and their father Andrew.
Announcements:
President Bender thanked the membership for the large turnout. He showed the original T-shirt and badge that were issued 10 years ago when the club moved to our current field.
A solo certificate was issued to Cal McFall. His instructor, Al Jensen, made the presentation. Al pointed out that Cal was 10 years old and can out fly many of the current members. His younger brother Matthew is 7 years old and soon will be out flying most of you as well.
A special award and plaque were presented to a member for all the contributions made to the club over the years. The special member is Cherie Ziroli. President Bender recounted many of her contributions and presented Cherie with the plaque. The membership thanks Cherie for her years of unselfish service.
The county has not finished the work near our field, but has given no indication when or if they will close the field again. Current status of any new information regarding a field closure will be posted on the web site.
A motion was made to accept the April minutes as published. The motion was seconded and passed.
Treasurer Hansen informed the membership that the newly installed fans in the club shelters had been charged to a maintenance expense account, but should have been charged to the facility reserves account to keep us in compliance with proper accounting practices and procedures. The change requires approval from the membership. Hansen made a motion to move the expenditure for the fans from the maintenance expense account and to the facility reserve account. The motion was seconded and passed.
Treasure Hansen presented the financial report for April. A motion was made and seconded to accept the report as presented. The motion passed.
Chairman reports: None
Old business: None
New business:
Al Jensen reminded the membership of the guest that violated some of our rules, causing the Board to review our guest policy. Al explained how our rules were not well written on this subject. The Board recommended that the wording of General Items #6 under SRQ FIELD RULES be changed to the following:
6. Sponsoring members shall be responsible for the conduct of their guests at all times while using the SRQ facility. Additionally, the sponsoring member must advise the guest that his use of the facility is subject to the same rules and regulations that the member must adhere to, including AMA, SRQ, and any other rules and regulations that may be in effect from time to time.
The SRQ sponsoring member shall be responsible to make the guest aware of all SRQ FIELD RULES, pages 15 through 19 of the membership manual, to include the inside back cover of the manual which depicts the fly zone.
In addition to the rule change, the board is recommending that the following form be adopted for all guests.
SARASOTA R/C SQUADRON
GUEST REGISTRATION FORM
When properly filled out and executed by both the Guest and the Sponsoring Member, this form entitles the Guest to flying privileges at the SRQ flying field for the date(s) stated below, not to exceed three (3) days.
GUEST (print)____________________________________________AMA#__________
Address _______________________________________________
City-State________________________________
Contact Phone#______________________
Fly Turbine Aircraft? Yes _____ No _____ AMA Turbine Waiver Number __________
By affixing my signature hereto, I certify the following to be true.
I have been given a copy of the SRQ Field Rules and I have read, understand, and agree to abide by them. Additionally, I acknowledge receipt of a Guest Badge that must be displayed, on my person, at all times while at the SRQ Field and returned to the sponsoring member at the end of each day.
GUEST SIGNATURE_______________________________ DATE(s)______________
SRQ MEMBER (SPONSOR) (print)______________________________________
SRQ MEMBER
SIGNATURE _____________________________________ DATE(s)_____________
Al Jensen asked for a motion to approve the change. A motion was made by Frank Kagele and seconded by Jim Holloman to accept the change. Discussion was had by the members. After discussion a vote was made and the motion passed.
Jaffray Stephenson made a presentation on foam jet airplanes. Jaffray brought a completed pusher prop driven Bandit that is a copy of BVM’s turbine Bandit, but is about $7,000 cheaper. He also showed us a working swing wing mechanism for an F-14 Tomcat. These are not your typical foam airplanes. The planes are made from Depron foam that is usually 6 mm thick and can be cut with a razor blade. Free plans are available from www.parkjets.com and the foam can be purchased from www.rcfoam.com
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
David M. Speed
SRQ Secretary
Secretary’s note: The raffle of 29 prizes, the handing out of the new name tags to the members, and the celebration of our 10th anniversary at the current field with cake, wings, and soda was done after the meeting was adjourned.
President Phil Bender awarded Cherie Ziroli a Plaque of Appreciation for for her years of unselfish service.
Instructor Al Jensen awards a Solo Certificate to Cal McFall
Jaffray Stephenson made a presentation on foam jet airplanes.
After the formal meeting was over, the members celebrated ten years at the 'new' flying field.