The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:30 p.m.
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Randy Stannard. Andy Orszula, Jim Beeghly, Tim Scheer and Chris Lenz
MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Bob Dunn, Joe DeMaria, Brett Lenz , Dean Beranek, Merlin Weissheier, Larry Clore, Ryan Story, Paige and Flynn Lenz, and Mark Eads

The minutes of the March 20, 2019 Board of Directors meeting were read by Chris. Randy moved with second by Jim that the minutes be accepted as read. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:
1 Treasurer's Report: Randy reported on our financial status. We are in pretty good shape. All bills are current and we have a fair balance for this time of year. That includes the insurance proceeds.

2. All airplanes are up and flying except the Arrow, which is in for its annual and the Ercoupe which is due for its annual.

NEW BUSINESS:
1. We are buying the SkyBeacon for the Arrow which will satisfy the ADS-B requirement. If that goes well, we will equip the 172s as well with the same device.

2. Randy moved with second by Chris that we have a drawing for one free hour of flight time for all who come out to help Saturday with airport cleanup.

3. We need to find a scholarship candidate because the Foundation needs to donate some money to fulfill its mission. If anyone has a high school junior who is interested in flying, please have them contact the club.
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Randy moved with second by Chris that we adjourn. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:35 p.m.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Lenz, Randy Stannard, Jim Beeghly, and Andy Orszula

MEMBERS PRESENT: Richard Couch, Jerry Smithey, Ryan Story, Brett, Paige, and Flynn Lenz, Mike Mango, Dean Beranek, Joe DeMaria, Larry Clore, and Mark Eads

GUESTS: John Bruesch and Rob and Sara Ghabel. Rob is a helicopter pilot in the Waterloo National Guard medevac unit flying Blackhawk helicopters and is looking for possible fixed wing time. John is also a pilot looking for tailwheel time. Both joined the club tonight. Welcome John and Rob!
The Minutes of the March 13, 2019 Board of Directors meeting were read by Chris. Randy moved with second by Andy that the minutes be approved as read. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:
1. Treasurer's Report: Randy reported on our financial status. We are in pretty good shape. All bills are current and we have a fair balance for this time of year.
2. Airplanes: All are here and ready to check out and FLY!
3. The insurance adjuster offered nearly $5,800 for the building repair and we accepted. Rick is asking for a few people to begin tearing out the damage and get ready to rebuild.
4. We are still planning to participate in the Kites for Kids event in North Liberty on April 13.
5. Please don’t forget to attend the April 7 memorial event for Terry Koehn and Bill Kimble. A clean-up day is planned for March 30. Anyone available is encouraged to show up and help.
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NEW BUSINESS:
1. Dean discussed the possibility of accessing EAA scholarship funds for promoting new pilots.
Randy moved with second by Chris that we adjourn. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:30 p.m.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Lenz, Tim Scheer, Jim Beeghly, Andy Orszula, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Brett, Paige, and Flynn Lenz, Mike Mango, Dean Beranek, Shawn Rhinehart, Joe DeMaria, Larry Clore, Merlin Weissheier and Gracie, and Mark Eads

GUEST: Meindert Niemeijer (from the Netherlands) and son Nolan. Meindert is a prospective member who hasn’t started flying yet.
The Minutes of the March 6, 2019 Board of Directors meeting were read by Karo. Chris moved with second by Jim that the minutes be approved as read. Vote taken; Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer's Report: Rick said we’ve got a little cash in the bank, our bills are current, and Don’s paid in full. THANK YOU, DON, FOR BEING SO PATIENT.

2. Airplanes: All are here and ready to check out and FLY! We had two planes go up this week and are expecting the weather to get better real soon.

3. The adjuster came out last week, looked at the damaged building, and will get information to us sometime.

4. Shawn Rhinehart is the temp president of provisional EAA chapter 1630 here at Green Castle. He’s soliciting current Green Castle members to become members of the new EAA chapter.
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NEW BUSINESS:
1. We’re still working on dates for this year’s events.
2. Thanks, Dean, for diagnosing the problem with the bad circuits in the kitchen/big hangar/meeting room.
Chris moved with second by Andy that we adjourn. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:33 PM.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:  Randy Stannard, Andy Orszula, Tim Scheer, Jim Beeghly and Chris Lenz with Paige and Flynn as well.

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Don Nelson, Joe DeMaria, Gary Beckman, Brett Lenz, Mike Mango, Larry Clore, Bob Dunn, Gary and Sharon Lust, Dick Minette, Mark Eads, Ryan Story, Mark Pettinger and Jackson Pettinger.
GUEST:  Matt Golden who is an ATP and has multiple experiences in aviation is interested in getting tailwheel time in order to fly crop dusters.

The Minutes of the previous Board of Directors meeting were read by Chris.  Randy Moved and Tim seconded that they be accepted as read.  Vote taken, Motion carried. 

OLD  BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer's Report:  Randy reported on our financial status. Not much change since last week.  No flying happening due to weather.
2.  Rick reports that all airplanes are available when the weather breaks.
   
3.  Tim checked with Marion regarding the job shadow request for students and they are OK with It.
   
4. We discussed the Kites for Kids event in North Liberty and decided we should put up a table to promote the club for that two hour event on 4/13.  We could use a couple of volunteers to man it.
   
5. As a reminder, the ground school begins March 25.  Get the word out to anyone who might be interested.
   

NEW BUSINESS

1.         Andy Carpenter provided an estimate on the repairs to the Hangar Building that was hit by a garbage truck.  It comes to just over $11,000.  We should be able to repair the damage with that amount.

2.         Ryan Story gave an update on his RANS airplane build.  Wings are on, panel installed, motor mounted and just some painting to finish before firing it up.  Target date for finish is end of May.

3.         Larry Clore brought up the issue of the proposed AD regarding the wing mounts on Piper PA-28 airplanes which might affect our Arrow.  It is unknown at this time what that might entail and what the cost could be.

Chris moved we adjourn and Randy seconded, Vote taken, Motion carried.  Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM.
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MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 20, 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:30 p.m.

​OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Lenz, Randy Stannard, Tim Scheer, Andy Orszula, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Brett and Flynn Lenz, Alec Feller, Mike Mango, Dean Beranek, Shawn Rhinehart, Joe DeMaria, CFIIs Brian Rohr and Ryan Story, Jerry Smithey, and Mark Eads GUEST: Angela McConville of North Liberty. The Minutes of the February 13, 2019 Board of Directors meeting were read by Karo. Randy moved with second by Chris that the minutes be approved as read. Vote taken; Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Treasurer's Report: Randy reported we’re solvent, made the second installment on our insurance; all other bills are current; one charge card has been paid off, and the other one has a small balance remaining. We’ll get Don paid in full ... soon. 2. Airplanes: All are here and ready to check out and FLY! 3. Plowing: THANK YOU Dean Beranek, Shawn Rhinehart, Mitch Sortland, Don Nelson, and Rick Treiber for getting Green Castle’s surfaces cleared of snow and ice. The runway is ready to use! 4. Mark is gearing up for first ground school class of the year that starts March 25. 5. Member Andy Carpenter is putting together a bid on repairing the shop hangar that the
garbage truck crashed into.

NEW BUSINESS:
1. Guest Angela McConville, representing the City of North Liberty, informed us of a Kites for Kids parent/child bonding event on April 13 at the Liberty High School from noon until 2:00. Angela invited us to set up a booth or table with information on Green Castle that we can hand out. All in attendance thought it would be a great way to promote our club. Angela’s organization will hand out paper kites and will have fruit for children and coffee and hot chocolate for adults.

2. Don asked for a volunteer (firefighter Brian Rohr) to climb the tower and remove the
tattered American flag. We’ll replace it in the spring; we’ll redirect the light at that time.

3. We will dedicate the beautiful rooms up at the office that Rick built in honor of CFII and airport manager Terry Koehn in April (date and time TBD). We’re thinking on have a little lunch at the dedication service.

4. Rick announced that Shawn Rhinehart is the “temporary president” of the EAA chapter
here at Green Castle that is being formed.

5. Mike Mango mentioned he got a letter from EAA that mentioned that since this is the 50th year at Oshkosh, they will resurrect a P-26 (Peashooter) and have invited other like aircraft back. They’re saving room on the flightline for the Stits Playboy.
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Randy moved with second by Chris that we adjourn. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.

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​MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 16, 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:30 p.m.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Randy Stannard, Andy Orszula, Jim Beeghly, Chris
Lenz, and Karo Stigler

MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Bob Dunn, Brett, Paige and Flynn Lenz, Dean Beranek, Joe
DeMaria, Ryan Story, Larry Clore, Patrick McCormick with young guest, Tristan Miller
The Minutes of the January 9, 2019 Board of Directors meeting were read by Karo. Randy
moved with second by Chris, Andy, and Jim that the minutes be approved as read. Vote taken;
Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer's Report: Randy reported on our financial status. Dues are coming in; we have
money in the bank.

2. 84455 is back from Bloomfield and ready to be checked out.

3. Scholarship Committee Report: Andy posted the information and application on our
website; Rick will send it to school contacts.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Mike Burns and Don Nelson plowed for three hours Sunday and blew a tire on the truck.
They’ll steal a tire off of “Old Blue” and put it on the truck. Luckily, they’re the same size.
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Chris moved with second by Randy that we adjourn. Vote taken; Motion carried. Meeting
adjourned at 6:44 p.m.

MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 28, 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

The meeting was called to order by President Rick Treiber at 6:32 p.m.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Randy Stannard, Andy Orszula, and Chris Lenz.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Nelson, Joe DeMaria, Jim Beeghly, Gary Beckman, and Brett Lenz
(along with little Flynn)

The Minutes of the November 14, 2018 Board of Directors meeting were not available and there
was no meeting November 21 because of Thanksgivings, so we will read the November 14
minutes at the next meeting.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasurer's Report: Randy reported on our financial status. All bills are paid and the first
installment on insurance is paid.

2. We now have insurance in place through AVEMCO for the new year. Thanks, Rick, for all
the work you did to sign us up with our new insurance carrier.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Congratulations to Andy Orszula who passed his Private Pilot Checkride last Monday.
Cheers for Andy!!!
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2. Our annual Christmas/Year Ender and Birthday celebration for Don will be Saturday
evening December 15 at the Garage Mahal as usual starting around 6:00 PM. Please all
come and bring a dish or an hors d'oeuvre to share and your favorite beverage.
Randy moved with second by we Chris that we adjourn. Vote taken; Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.