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AMA Club #2417

SNH Flying Eagles: October 05, 2005 Club Meeting

Meeting called to order at 7:30pm by Jay Francis

Approximately 15 members present.

New Members:  Brandon Waite

Officers Reports

President : Jay Francis :

-         Please announce intentions when flying: taxi, takeoff, land, approach.  Please make yourself heard.

-         Flying glow planes outside of the pilots stations is prohibited.  4 pilots at most flying at any time.

-         Stooges are highly recommended.   A run-away plane was observed.   Stooges also recommended for electrics anytime a battery is connected.

VP : David Beach :

-         Instruction continues on Tuesday evenings until daylight savings ends.

Treasurer : Jim Austin :

-         Treasury was reported.  Contact Jim for details.

-         103 members. 70 gallons of fuel sold to date.

-         Tonights raffle : Dubro skiis

-         $15 for SNHFE hats

-         When purchasing fuel or other items, put money in fuel envelope please.  Also write down what was purchased on fuel log.  This is required for book keeping.

Secretary : Dave Majchrzak

-         Donations for Toys for Tots continue to roll in: 50% off YS Engine, Firebird Commander 2’s etc..

Field Marshall: Gary Aubin

-         Fall cleanup on October 16^th at 8AM – one week before Toys for Tots.

-         Bob LaCroix will get the audio truck

-         We’ll get the canopy from the town.

-         Spoke with Sgt. Jose from the Marines.   Form was filled out.  2 Marines will show up to event.

Safety Officer: Chris Frost  : Absent

-         No report 

Newsletter Editor : Michael Gruenbaum  : Absent

-         No report

Old Business

-         Aviation Heritage Festival. Norm Ellis

o       Wonderful event. Enjoyed manning the table.  Coverage was good.  Lots of traffic.  Over 200 business cards were handed out.  

o       With 2 months notice, Tower Hobbies will give gifts to hand out.

o       Thanks to everybody involved!

-         Toys for Tots. David Beach

o       Look for the TFT ad in Model Aviation magazine.

o       Ad for Frozen Fingers Fun Fly showing up in MA in Dec and Jan.

New Business

-         Jay Francis:

o       Jay Francis: Frozen Fingers CD = David Beach

-         Banquet

o       Jay Francis: Banquet in February.  Feedback is welcome.  We did the Ground Round last year.  Jay will start organizing.

-         Officer Vacancies

o       Jay Francis: Jim Austin is at term limit for Treasurer.  Dave Majchrzak is not running for Secretary next year.  Elections in March.

-         Atlantic Flier RC column

o       Norm Ellis: Steve Cunningham (Editor for Atlantic Flier [Nashua]) would like to add an RC column to his full scale aircraft publication.  Norm gave Steve Bruce’s contact information.

-         Plowing:

o       Brian Henderson: It would be nice to have the lot plowed before Sunday morning.  Frozen Fingers was not plowed last year.

o       Officers: Usually a $500 budget for snow plowing.

-         Access Road

o       ?:  Club should contact with the town about the poor condition of our field’s access road.

-         Event DVD

o       Geno: Made 5 DVD’s of events at the field.  They are free for the taking.

Meeting adjourned at 8:21PM.