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Minutes of the December 14th, 2011 Board of Directors meeting

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The meeting was called to order by Jim McCullough at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Dunn, Tim Sheer, Randy Stannard, Calvin Colony and Tomasz Korwel.

OTHER MEMBERS: Don Nelson, Rita Orr, Em Norden, Izabela Korwel, Terry Koehn, Mehrdad Zarifkar, Mark Eads, Walker Olson, Doug Weihe and Jim Beeghly.

The minutes of the December 7th, 2011 Board of Directors meeting were read by Doug.

BUSINESS:

  1. Scholarship. Initial agreement is that candidates will have to attend some form of ground school as part of initial screening. Scholarship committee will discuss between themselves and propose details of selection process
  2. Discussion has been held about how to finance scholarship. For past years we were relying on income from Charles Wendt concerts, but now we won’t have them anymore and we need to find different ways to raise money for the cause.
  3. Virginia Collins soloed, congratulations!
  4. Oyster Stew dinner is still on January 21st
  5. Due to holidays next meeting will be on January 4th

Bob moved with second by Brett that the meeting be adjourned. Meeting adjourned at 7:05PM.

Minutes of the December 7th, 2011 Board of Directors meeting

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

The meeting was called to order by Randy Stannard at 6:30 PM.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Names of members present have not been recorded. Total head count was 14.

BUSINESS:

  1. We have 2 new members this week.
  2. Discussion continued on new scholarship rules and committee shape. So far Jim Beeghly, Tim Scheer and Mark Eads volunteered themselves to be on the committee.
  3. Oyster Stew dinner will be held on January 21st 2012.

Minutes of the November 30th, 2011 Board of Directors meeting

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

The meeting was called to order by Jim McCullough at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Dunn, Tim Sheer, Brett Lenz and Tomasz Korwel

OTHER MEMBERS: Don Nelson, Rita Orr, Em Norden, Izabela Korwel, Jim Beeghly, Terry Koehn, Mark Eads, Dave White, Patrick McCormick and Doug Weihe

The minutes of the November 9th, 2011 Board of Directors meeting were read by Patrick.

BUSINESS:

  1. It’s old news, but we still need to note in minutes that this year Pumpkin Splat has been cancelled due to bad weather.
  2. Since last meeting Skyler Rath got his licence, Alan got his private, instrument and commercial tickets back, Doug Weihe passed his instrument checkride
  3. Ground school is finished, Izabela passed her written test, Jonathan and Kathy will attempt to do so a little bit later.
  4. New ground school is in plans, we were discussing possibility of combining ground school into selection process to better prepare applicants and to ultimately pick the best one. Also Jim proposed to split the scholarship into two scholarships each covering 50% of the training cost. Decision was made that exact rules will be discussed and proposed by scholarship committee.
  5. Brett requested that if anybody has empty 28oz peanut butter jars to bring them to the airport, we will use them to build new runway lights.
  6. Don requested to receive his $1000 check timely on 15th of every month.

Bob moved with second by Brett that the meeting be adjourned. Meeting adjourned at 6:46 PM.

Minutes of the November 9nd, 2011 Board of Directors meeting

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

The meeting was called to order by Jim McCullough at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Dunn, Brett Lenz, Calvin Colony, Randy Stannard and Tomasz Korwel

OTHER MEMBERS: Don Nelson, Rita Orr, Em Norden, Izabela Korwel, Jim Beeghly, Andy Carpenter, Terry Koehn, Mark Eads, Mark Elbert, Dave White and Shawn Renihart

BUSINESS:

  1. Pumpkin is rescheduled to next Sunday. Weather is supposed to be good.
  2. Ground school is wrapping up tomorrow.
  3. Airplanes are in ok condition
  4. Another (ex)airline pilot coming in for training this week.
  5. Bod decided on new positions:
    - Jim McCullough continues as president
    - Randy Stannard voted for vice president
    - Tomasz Korwel will hold treasurer and secretary position.

Bob moved with second by Brett that the meeting be adjourned. Meeting adjourned at 6:46 PM.

Minutes of the November 2nd, 2011 Board of Directors meeting

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

The meeting was called to order by Don Nelson at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Scheer, Bob Dunn, Brett Lenz, John Navara, Calvin Colony and Tomasz Korwel

OTHER MEMBERS: Rita Orr, Em Norden, Izabela Korwel, Chris Lenz, Jim Beeghly, Randy Stannard, Roger Medsker, Patrick McCormick, Andy Carpenter, Kathy Berry, Terry Koehn and Walker Olson

BUSINESS:

  1. We have pickup load of pumpkins. Panic is over, everything is ready for the event.
  2. Rick’s brother came and spread the sealant on taxiway.
  3. This Sunday before Pumpkin Splat we will have annual members meeting. One of the points is new board elections. Four members ur up for reelection (Bob, Tim, Jim and Brett). So far we did not get any additional nominations.

Bob moved with second by Brett that the meeting be adjourned. Meeting adjourned at 6:46 PM.