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April 2002 Edition
March Meeting
Due to a small communications problem, the March meeting of the Monroe County R/C Club got underway at 7:10 p.m. outside the Eye Center on the sidewalk. The weather was nice so it wasn’t a problem meeting outside. There were twenty people in attendance.
Please welcome two new members to the Monroe County R/C Club. Zeth Teeters of Unionville and Rich Bayliff of Martinsville. Seth joined last month and Rich was voted in at the March meeting.
It was reported that the “Model Aviation” magazine subscription that we have been sending to Fairview School, has been renewed. Several of our corporate sponsors / advertisers have also renewed with us for another year.
Special guest, Phyllis Naylor, our field’s land owner, made a special presentation on the state of our relationship. There were some rumors floating around after the Monroe County Parks Dept. meeting where a proposal was made concerning a public flying site in Western Monroe County. Phyllis made it quite clear that our field was not in danger and that we were welcome on the Naylor property for the foreseeable future. We already knew that the Naylors were good people but it was very nice of Phyllis to come out to address the club. We were very lucky that she just happens to be on the Park’s Dept. Board and was at that meeting where the statements were made that started the rumors. Thanks Phyllis!
The bylaws review and the annual financial report were tabled until the April meeting so that we could be indoors & seated (& sleep) while taking care of the required business of being an AMA chartered club.
We need to review the club policy on guest flying at the field and post this policy at the field. Discussion on this topic will continue at the April meeting.
It was voted to waive the officer’s dues again this year. The president, vice president, secretary/treasurer, webmaster, & newsletter editor, will not have to pay any club dues again this year, in exchange for working their butts off for the club.
The annual bulk fuel order is underway. Dave Poland is the man in charge. Call Dave at 765-342-8397 and leave him a message or e-mail him at david.poland@gm.com. He needs to know how many gallons you want and what flavor (10%, 15%, 30%, 2-stroke, or 4-stroke). The fuel will be shipped to Sexton Vault Co. and distributed from there. Please be ready to pay for your order when it arrives.
The deadline to get your fuel order in is April 10!
The AMA frequency chart & rules that were posted at the field had a rough year. They will be re-ordered and Mark & I will come up with a better method of protecting them.
Jimmy Vanvleet did the show & tell this month with his brand new Super Skybolt. Nice job Jimmy. You don’t want to land this one in the beans!
The meeting was closed at 7:42.
You can find the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) National Newsletter on the web (in HTML, PDF, and text format) at:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/templates/ama/newsletters.asp
The web address for the Screaming Eagles R/C Club is:
http://www.screamingeagles.org/
You can always check out our archived newsletters on our Yahoo club site at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monroecountyrcclub
For Sale: Sig Commander, 40 size, framed up, foam wing. Contact Don Becker at 317-545-5822,4646 Dean Street, Indianapolis, IN 46266.
Event Calendar
April 5-7 Annual Toledo R/C Expo
April 10 Monthly Meeting & Fuel Order Deadline!
May 4-5 Brazil IMAC Contest (Clinton, IN Airport)
June 22 Annual Club Fun-Fly
July 23-29 Oshkosh “AirVenture” 2002
August 11 Annual Club Air Show
August 25 Annual Club Picnic (club field)
September 6-8 Gathering of Corsairs at Mount Comfort Airport, Indianapolis (www.corsairgathering.com)
September 21-22 IMAA Fly-in at Harrison Ohio
