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Tuesday,
June 26, 2007 - Meeting Notes The meeting was called to order a few minutes late. Seems they were all waiting for me to land. Sorry. Dave Q. read the notes from the May meeting, there were no corrections or additions to be made. He then read the treasurer's report which was accepted without any changes or modifications. Old Business: Wings of Mercy: We raised $222 for the Wings Of Mercy, roughly $60 more than last year. The raffle for the electric trainer was won by Don Wilson. The solar frequency sniffer project: The parts required are on order, once they arrive it will only take a few short minutes to make it work. The sniffer will be mounted on the frequency board for an additional tool to make sure your frequency is not being used. UPDATE: July 3, 2007: The frequency sniffer and the solar panel have arrived. I have bench tested it, and everything is working just fine. We'll never have to worry about putting batteries in the unit. (There are none) Occasionally we'll want to take a little windex on a rag & wipe off the solar panel, but that's it. Glen reported that the transmission on that donated mower is completely destroyed. The club has approved him to spend up to $100 for a used transmission if he is able to find one. He says the transmission is a very common transmission and it shouldn't be a problem. The PCRC Fun Fly on June 24th: We all had a good time. I think that there was only one incident of someone turning on a radio while someone else was flying on that frequency. That'd be me (Todd) killing Bill's trainer. Lesson learned. Thanks Joe for having a replacement on hand! All in all it was a good time. We had a 50/50 raffle which was won by Kevin Ogren - a non member planning and hoping to get in on the action soon. The Wolverine Skyhawks made a showing. They brought some nice planes and a couple of rockets. We're only guessing that one of them was helium filled the way it floated back to the ground! Wolverine skyhawks website is: http://www.wolverineskyhawks.com/skyhawks/ for anyone wanting to look. NEW Business: Bill D. came up with an idea for irrigating the field. Instead of purchasing a new pump, we simply tap into the waste water's system. Using a large (and long) irrigation line running all the way over to our field. There is of course the issue of permission, and if they allow us to do it we have allocated $600 for the project. Todd brought up the idea of putting a small foot bridge across the ditch. There are a lot of new pilots who are of course losing airplanes and sometimes they do make it out into no-man's land. There are also experienced pilots losing their planes over there occasionally too. With none of us being as young as we think we are - crossing that pipe is not something we really should be doing. Todd will check on the price of lumber and get a plan together for building a simple foot bridge for safer crossings when (not if) we need to cross. UPDATE: 6-27-07: The bridge can be built at 2ft wide x 16ft long for $85.66 +/- a few bucks. If you have lost an airplane to the other side of the ditch and you think this is a good idea - please email: toddogren@sbcglobal.net . If you think this is a dumb idea - please email me & let me know your thoughts there too. - Todd Ogren More new members were voted in this month. I didn't get their last names, but their first names are: Don, Randy & Mike. Welcome to the club guys. The meeting was adjourned with plenty of time to spare for a few flights. |
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