Green Castle Aero Club Ltd.

The meeting was called to order by President Tim Scheer at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Randy Stannard, Calvin Colony, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rita Orr, Patrick McCormick, Jim Beeghly, Terry Koehn, Mark & Cherry Elbert, Dave White, Ali Alrahmani, Walker Olson, Rick Treiber, Leroy Wullner, Andy Carpenter, Mehrdad Zarifkar, Ben & Marci Wenberg, John Kassie, and . . . Mark Eads

The Minutes of the March 21, 2012 Board of Directors meeting were read by Karo. “Bob Dunn” (a/k/a Don Nelson) moved with second by “Brett Lenz” (a/k/a Randy Stannard) that the minutes be approved as corrected. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer’s Report: Don reported that we’re “not in too bad a shape because we haven’t paid all the bills.” As a follow-up, Don said our bills are paid, we’re whittling away at our gas bill, and our $2,000 insurance payment that is due the first of every month will be paid on time.
2. Airplanes: Don said as far as he knows, all planes are flying except 478.
3. Scholarship: Jim Beeghly said he and Mark Eads met with the applicants (and parents), and they all seem as though they’re good candidates. Discussion was held re those who are on the scholarship committee may want to attend a couple of sessions of ground school to get a closer look at the applicants [rather than just reading words on an application]. Ground school begins Monday, April 2, 2012. Those who volunteered to be on the committee, so far, are: Karo Stigler, Tim Scheer, Jim Beeghly, Rick Treiber, Mark Elbert, Chris Lenz, and Bob Dunn [even though he wasn’t present tonight, we added his name]. If any other Green Castle member desires to be on the committee, please send Jim Beeghly an email and let him know. There’s no final decision yet for the date applicants will be chosen to go into the second phase [possibly early to mid-May] of the scholarship selection process. It was mentioned that, if we have two people who look extraordinarily good, we may want to think about funding two scholarships.
4. Ramp checks. Terry Koehn sent an email to members explaining the “ramp check at home” idea. Terry’s talked to Roger “N” Clark and a couple of other FAA safety folks, but hasn’t spoken with the actual inspectors yet re the procedure(s) they’d follow when doing the “at home” ramp checks. Discussion was held re this seems like a great idea [to have FAA inspect our aircraft at our airport at our invitation]. It also seems like a great way to bridge-the-gap between the FAA and us.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. No new members.
2. Don thanked Dave for cooking the burgers tonight (while Em and Chef Bob are on vacation). Applause by all to Dave White!
3. Terry said another commercial pilot is coming in to train with him and get recertified.

“Bob Dunn” (a/k/a Don Nelson) moved with second by “Brett Lenz” (a/k/a Randy Stannard) to adjourn the meeting. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM.

The meeting was called to order by President Tim Scheer at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Bob Dunn, Brett Lenz, Randy Stannard, Calvin Colony, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rita Orr, Em Norden, Patrick McCormick, Jim Beeghly, Terry Koehn, Mark & Cherry Elbert, Roger Medsker, Chris Lenz, Dave White, Rich Wilkening, Ali Alrahmani, Walker Olson, and Mark Eads

The Minutes of the March 14, 2012 Board of Directors meeting were read by Karo. Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz that the minutes be approved as read. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer’s Report: Don reported that the treasury “is the same as it was last week.”  478′s not in service yet (but Mike will put the oil tank on as soon as he has a chance); the other two 150s are working fine; we paid Duke the $1800 on the Citabria so that’s all paid for now; we’re getting 1500 gal. of fuel for about $7500 that we’ll need to pay within the next couple of weeks; and we’re still looking for one more $5000 investor.
2. Re 172′s radio, Tim said he found a place in Florida that can repair our radio and return it “yellow tagged” for $630-$640. Thanks and APPLAUSE by all in attendance to Tim for all the work he’s done in getting the radio situation resolved.
3. Jim Beeghly said he’s received six applications for our scholarship as of this date and he’s agreed to accept a couple more (due to extenuating circumstances and a snafu at a school re exhibiting our poster). Jim said the next step is he’ll sit down with the applicants, make sure they know what’s actually involved and that they understand the rules, and make sure they’re willing to follow them. Jim thinks we’ll have between 7 and 10 applicants in ground school.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. No new members.
2. Per Terry, CID will start doing more ramp checks and is going to be offering to do them on site; all we have to do is call and schedule a time/date for them to come out and do an on-site ramp check at Green Castle. Discussion was held re how beneficial this would be because, if there’s something wrong, the plane would already be at its home airport and the issue could be remedied more easily, etc. We’re all going to think about it and will discuss it further at a later date. Tabled. Also, Terry said Rich Wilkening has offered to speak to us re safety, etc.
3. Bob and Em won’t be here next week and that, in order to survive until his return, we have burger patties and dogs in the freezer that can be grilled. HAVE A NICE VACATION, BOB AND EM!
4. NEWS FLASH: At the beginning of tonight’s meeting, FAA examiner Rich Wilkening signed off on Ali Alrahmani’s instrument rating. CONGRATULATIONS, ALI!

Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz to adjourn the meeting. Vote taken; Motion
carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM.

The meeting was called to order by President Tim Scheer at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Bob Dunn, Brett Lenz, John Navara, Randy Stannard, Calvin Colony, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rita Orr, Em Norden, Rick Treiber, Patrick McCormick, Al Schmidt, Jim Beeghly, Terry Koehn, and Mark Eads

GUESTS: Prospective member John Kassie and former member Nick Paxton

The Minutes of the March 7, 2012 Board of Directors meeting (reported by John Navara [thanks, John]) were read by Karo. Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz that the minutes be approved as corrected. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer’s Report: Don reported that we’re in pretty good shape. The Citabria cost $1800, we owe some on our last gas bill, and we still need another $5,000 investor.
2. Airplanes: All planes are up temporarily. We have the oil tank and gaskets for 478; we just need to do the installation. Thanks to our superior president, Tim, we have a new battery for the Skyhawk. The bill for 19Q’s transponder was $1,200, but we paid $900 as they cut it down a bit. Dale Yoder, the only pilot who’s flown the Citabria since it came back from its annual, said it flies better. Re 172′s radio, Tim said TKM isn’t answering their phone, but they want $1600 in advance and two months to build the radio. Tim thinks we can get a yellow tagged radio (which, according to the Pres., “is considered to be a new radio”) for $700-800 (including front panel). Brett will look at the radio and see if he can install it. Don moved with second by Randy that we get a yellow tagged radio like we have in there now. Vote taken; Motion carried.
3. Jim Beeghly said he’s received a second application for our scholarship. Discussion was held re the new process (not interviewing, but, in a nutshell, having applicants start with ground school and monitor their progress). Calvin will talk to the Swenka boy and see if he is interested in applying this year.

NEW BUSINESS: None; and no new members either.

Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz to adjourn the meeting. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:57 PM.

The meeting was called to order by President Tim Scheer at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Bob Dunn, Brett Lenz, John Navara, Randy
Stannard and Calvin Colony.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rita Orr, Jim McCullough, Em Norden, Jim Beeghly, Chris Lenz, Earl Nixon, and
Mark Eads

The Minutes of the February 29, 2012 Board of Directors meeting were read by Mark. Bob Dunn moved with
second by Brett Lenz that the minutes be approved as read. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer’s Report: Don reported that check numbers are screwed up but that can be fixed.
2. Airplanes: Corrected bill for the transponder in 19Q was received and paid. Tim found an oil tank for 478. Tim has a contact (TKM) for replacing the radio in the Skyhawk. The problem is that they are slow at responding and Tim will keep in contact with them. The Citabria is done, we just need to find good weather for us to go and get it.  Leroy has sold his 172. One less thing for us to worry about.
3. Jim B reported that we have 1 application for the scholarship. There are usually some last minute applicants.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Earl Nixon joined. We had a student solo last week.
2. Rita mentioned that our former scholarship winner Skylar Rath has been named to the honor roll at Solon High School for the 2011-2012 school year. Congratulations Skylar.

Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz to adjourn the meeting. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting
adjourned at 6:44 PM.

The meeting was called to order by President Tim Scheer at 6:30 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:  Don Nelson, Bob Dunn, Brett Lenz, John Navara, Randy Stannard, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rita Orr, Jim McCullough, Rick Treiber, Andy Carpenter, Dave White, Chris Lenz, and Mark Eads

GUEST: Earl Nixon

The Minutes of the February 22, 2012 Board of Directors meeting were read by Karo.  Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz that the minutes be approved as read.  Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer’s Report: Don reported that “things are going pretty good” and added [jokingly] “as we have $6,000 in the bank and $50,000 in bills . . . I mean $5,000 in bills.” We have four new investors. Because investors’ contracts are added, or “changed” for previous investors who opted to stay in with the lower percentage rates on March 1, Randy and John will help Don tomorrow with upgrading and setting up the computer to reflect those changes. Don said there hasn’t been much flying the last couple of days (due to high wind).
2. Airplanes: The transponder in 19Q is not working right and is off 200 feet.  Don said it’s guaranteed and the seller said he could take it back and they’d fix it. The oil bladder on 478 has been taken off and we’re in the process of getting another one to replace it. Nothing’s been done [yet] about the Skyhawk’s radio.  The front shock “bottomed out.” Evidently, it needs some air (which someone will take care of). Tim will contact Mitchell Radio and see if they have something that will fit in the tray and work.
3. Speaking of Tim, Tim said Leroy’s still interested in selling his 172 [sans engine and radio] for $10,000. Tim said he’ll buy it . . . for now, with payback arrangements that would be discussed later. Discussion was held re how to come up with the $10,000 to pay Tim back and another $15,000 that would be needed to purchase an engine and radio, selling a 150 before buying the 172, etc. Tabled.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. No new members.
2. APPLAUSE! and CHEERS! went to “Brightlight Brett”!!! Everyone said the runway lights are brighter than they’ve ever been and that Brett’s been doing a fantastic job keeping them in good working order. We’ve never had it so good.  Dave said they’re very clear for at least six miles out. Thanks, Brett.

Bob Dunn moved with second by Brett Lenz to adjourn the meeting. Vote taken;  Motion carried.  Meeting adjourned at 6:48 PM.