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Southern New Hampshire Flying Eagles R/C Club
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SNHFE Meeting Minutes: July 11, 2004 Meeting Called to order at 12:03 by Bruce Gruenbaum. Today’s attendance is about 16 members. New members/ guests: --. Officer Reports: President Bruce Gruenbaum: - Bruce has called container co. 5 times asking for them to inspect and repair container. Bruce will write a letter terminating lease and payments will stop. They will charge $2400 for new container. VP Dave Beach: - Lots of students looking for instruction. Instructors, please help out, especially on Tuesdays. Treasurer Jim Austin: - Absent. Bruce reported financials to members present. Secretary Dave Majchrzak: - Thanks to all those who helped with the 4th of July parade and the flight demonstration. - Battery was replaced in 2nd JR buddy box. Now have 2 working JR boxes in the container. Field Marshall Gary Aubin: - Membership present voted unanimously for Gary as Field Marshall to replace Bill Bootle. Safety Officer Chris Frost: - Todays program is to go over the AMA Safety rules. - Flightline definition: Pilot station fences go out to infinity. Club has received complaints in the past. Please stay in front of the flight line! Newsletter Editor Mark Devins: - Absent. Old business: - Frank Philips reported on his meeting with town. o Access road repair is supposed to be scheduled. Frank requested black top, not dirt. o Improvements to the boat ramp that were voted in have no monies appropriated to them. There are no monies allocated for 2004 or 2005 towards the boat ramp improvements. o Frank put a request in to remove a couple of inches of silt that has gathered under the bridge. This buildup causes grief for our porta-potty company. o Inquired about use of dump as a possible flying site. We would only have access when transfer station is open due to liability. (Tues – Sat: 7:30 – 4:30). Would still need permission from State of NH. Flat spot on top would be ~300’ before slope. Current field is ~ 800’ long. It is due to be capped by Nov 2005. Map of dump plan shown to membership. Planned for 340’ in elevation. Mowing and maintenance would be performed by the town. Club officers will try to get a visit of the dump, rough grading is done. New business: - Al Fischer: Some members have videos out. Please bring them back - Brian Redmond: He has found a red trainer almost completely in tact. He will put it in the container. - Frank Philips: Showed a prop and some photos of a US government UAV used for comms and intel. - David Beach: SNHRCC is holding some events. o Sunday July 18th is a Gremlin Competition o Sunday July 25th is the weight lift competition. - Bruce Gruenbaum: Carrier Touch n’ Go will be August’s Eagles Cup event. Meeting adjourned at 12:39pm
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