December 2018 Denver R/C Club Meeting Minutes

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1 Edited by Jack Steinhauser Denver R/C Club Meeting Minutes November 21, 2018 Regular Mee ng of Denver R/C Eagles was held on Wednesday November 21, 2018 at Colpar s Hobby Town, 1915 South Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado, Refreshments provided prior to start of mee ng. Mee ng called to order at 6:35 PM. Board Members present; Loren Anderson, President, Dan Kellogg, Vice President, Mike Eason, Secretary, Richard Lowrey and Rodney Ge y, Co-Treasurers, Jack Steinhauser, Past President. A quorum is 9 members present. 20 members a ending and 1 guest, we have a quorum. New Members and Guests Club welcomed Guest Mike Brinkman. Mike flies quads, copters and planes and came to mee ng to check out the club for membership. Message from President Loren Anderson Dear Members, As the year ends, we s ll have a major last item to do. We will be holding elec on of officers at our next Approval of Minutes from October Mee ng mee ng on December 19 th. Please a end the mee ng and support our volunteers that are willing Bob Smith made mo on to to serve the membership for approve minutes. Paul December Events next year. Schlein made second and 6:00 p.m. Thursday, 12/13 Christmas Dinner mo on was approved. Our annual dinner was held 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 12/19 Club Mee ng last Thursday, and we had Leadership Reports about 30 people in a endance. It was a fun event and we had a great me. President-Loren Anderson The white elephant gi s were inspira onal and the gi from Joe was great! Annual Dinner will be held at Golden Coral on December 13, 2018 between the hours of 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM. We have a private room which can accommodate 72 people. The Golden Coral located at Arapahoe and Parker. Budget Review Prepared by Dick Lowrey and Rodney Ge y Copies of proposed Budget for 2019 were passed We are looking ahead to next year with a full schedule of events and great weather. Those of you that want to order jackets please send me an with quan es and sizes. We hope to get the order together in January. I hope that you all have a happy holiday season with friends and family. Maybe Santa will bring you what Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 6 1

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3 Denver R/C Eagles Club Leadership Club Elected Officers President Loren Anderson Vice President Dan Kellogg Secretary Mike Eason Treasurer Richard Lowrey Loren Anderson Dan Kellogg Mike Eason Safety Officer Joe Vedovati Field Maintenance Officer Jesse Gatewood Appointed Positions Richard Lowrey Joe Vedovati Jesse Gatewood DRCE Member-At-Large Eric Sunderwirth Director - Flight Training John Dickens JcDickens68@hotmail.com Chief Flight Instructor Richard Doc Hamilton r1ham@msn.com John Dickens Doc Hamilton Andrew Jones Director Rotorcraft Operations Stephen Lantz StephenLantz@comcast.net Web Master Marty Miller MoonlightDesign@qwestoffice.net Master Chef Andrew Jones andrew7847@comcast.net Eric Sunderwirth Marty Miller Jack Steinhauser Newsletter Editor Jack Steinhauser JackSteinhauser@comcast.net 3

4 DRCE Meeting Minutes (continued from page 1) out and were discussed. Proposed budget indicated that there would be some savings at the end of the year. The yearly club dues have not been increased for a very long me and the need to raise dues was discussed as well. Nomina on Commi ee-jack Steinhauser President-Loren Anderson, Vice President, Dan Kellogg, Secretary, Mike Eason, Co- Treasurers, Richard Lowrey and Rodney Ge y, Safety Officer, Joe Vedova and Director of Field Maintenance, Joe Apice were nominated. Jack Steinhauser will con- nue on Board as Immediate Past President. Elec- ons will be at Decembers Regular Mee ng on the 19 th of December. Loren Anderson reported that several members requested that gravel be placed along new taxiways. Gravel near taxiways present some problems and it was suggested that dirt with the plan ng of grass would be be er. Loren will see if he can get the park to provide the grass seed and a load of dirt will be brought out to fill areas as needed. Dick Lowrey suggested if the dues were to be raised that doing it now would be preferred. This would make it simpler since renewals are due the first of the year. Mike Swan made mo on to increase the yearly dues to $75. Mike Eason made second. Mo- on passed 13 yeas and 1 nay. Vice President-Dan Kellogg Nothing to Report Secretary-Mike Eason Nothing to Report Co-Treasurers-Dick Lowrey and Rodney Ge y 133 members currently, the same number as last year. The count now has been revised to 129 as Family Memberships will be counted as one instead of coun ng each member of the family. There are 34 new members. Levels of the clubs accounts was reported and club is solvent. Director of Flight Training-John Dickens Not many new trainees and those that have started have not returned. Mouse count has not changed and it was suggest that a new container of peanut bu er might be required. Safety Officer-Joe Vedova Joe could not a end but no fied Loren that the finger count remains the same. Bylaws Revisions Changes were reviewed at last month s mee ng. Tom Neff made mo on to approve changes. Mike Swan seconded mo on and mo on passed. John Dickens was recognized for all the work he did. John will update the changes at the required loca- ons. Old and New Business John Dickens asked about the Fun Fly. The membership reported on events and par cipants. It was fun and we did fly. What can we do next year to make it be er was discussed. Auc on Auc oneer-tom Neff ¼ scale J3 cub was not sold at Wings Over the Rockies Auc on and the owner donated to the club to be auc oned off. The plane has 110 inch wing span and a Sacto 100 motor. Paul Schlein won with bid of $50. FMS B-25 donated by Jack Steinhauser is an electric twin motor with retracts. Joe Apice won with bid of $90. Old and New Business Tom Neff provided results from the Wings Over the Rockies Auc on. There were 184 items sold with an average bid of $ items were pasted..93% of all items were not sold. There were 75 customers for total gross sales of $9,505. A er commissions and minimum bid fees each club made $ Door Prizes 1. Cathy Eason-Mul -Wrench 4

5 DRCE Meeting Minutes (continued from page 4) 2. Dan Kellogg-EC5 connectors 3. Paul Schlein-Glow Plug 4. Joe Apice-Monocoat Iron 5. Mike Brinkman-Loc te Thread locker 6. John Dickens-Servo Lead 7. Jack Steinhauser-Servo lead connectors 8. Mike Eason-Servo lead connector locks 9. Preston Laureano-Servo Arms 10. Mike Swan-Motor Stand, gi ed to Bob Smith Mo on to Adjourn Paul Schlein 2 nd -Bob Smith Mo on Passed Adjourn Club Mee ng at 7:45 PM 5

6 President s Letter (continued from page 1) you want and not what you deserve. Last but not least, I want to thank everyone who has made a generous contribu on of me and talent in making our club a friendly, kind and helpful community of RC flyers. Thank you for le ng me serve you, Loren Anderson, President 6

7 Flying at Suhaka in December 7

8 Flying at Suhaka in December 8

9 Flying at Suhaka in December 9

10 Flying at Suhaka in December 10