Minutes of the Sept 20th 2005 Meeting

September 20, 2005 Meeting of the RC Propbusters was called to order at 8:05 PM with 17 members present.

The June 2005 Meeting’s minutes were accepted as read.

The Treasurer’s report: The starting balance was $10,002.89. Income was $1,366..00 
                                           Expenses were $1374.19. The ending balance was $9,994.70.

Old Business: 
The new sign is in place and looks great.  It was set back from the road to comply with DOT regulation and the property owners request.

Fly In Reports:

July 23 & 24 - Henry Struck Electric Fly-In
               Jorge Cintron was the CD and headed up this event.  Good weather, lots of fliers and many airplanes                of all types. This event just gets better and better and is expected to become a premier event in future                years.  See report on following other page in this newsletter.

August 14 – Mark Rice Memorial Neighborhood Fun Fly
Dennis Duplice & Ray Knieriem organized and ran this event.  It was one of the best  ever with about 35 members participating and many want to be fliers tried their hand at  flying a trainer.  A special thanks goes out to Linda Rice and Jeanne Czikowsky who cooked and managed the entire food operation.  Jeanne did manage to get Ron to cook.  Linda Rice made a great CHILI that was enjoyed by all, especially ME.

August 27 - Club Fun Fly
John Banks IV pulled it off again.  Lots of fun and it was a sight to behold to see John , Sidney Ollie (special guest) , Bernie Liskov and Fred Meyer try their hand at LIMBO.  Not one plane escaped in one piece, especially after John and Sidney had a fly off by flying inverted under a ribbon 12” off the ground.  That’s right, scratch two.

September 10 &11 - Helicopter Fly In   
Eric Ehrenfels was the CD for this event with Eric Anderson .  The guys did a terrific job, finally had great weather, but a disappointing turn out.  Only 20 fliers, but with food and T-Shirt sales they came out in the black by $78.00.  Watch for this event to become very big next year as more people hear about how well it was run and how enthusiastic the two Eric ’s are.

  New Business:

Special Meeting: Lou Carpio called for a special meeting on Oct 18th for election nominations for 2006 officers and to discuss changing our by-laws to return to monthly meetings.  A Proposed by-law modification has been included in the Newsletter and posted on our web site.  If you are opposed to this change please advise the newsletter editor via e-mail, letter or telephone.  No contact will assume you agree with this change.

South East Connecticut Rocket Club:  Chuck Longton , secretary of the club, a member of CATO , attended out meeting and requested a date they could hold a fly-in at out field for the Cub Scouts of Norwich.  A vote was taken and it was agreed to give them the use of the Salem field from 8:00AM to 12:00 noon on Oct 22nd with a rain date of Oct 23rd.  20-30 Club members will be coming and safety concerns will be reviewed with Tom Vernon our Safety Officer.  The field will be policed and available for flying after 12:00 .

New Members: 
2 new members were voted in. They are Carl Thane and John Harris .

Next Meeting: 

A Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 pm

Respectfully Submitted

Fred Meyer

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