Meeting Minutes – September 22nd, 2026

NOTE: These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Call meeting to order: 7:02pm

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

  • The September 1st, 2026 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. A motion was made, seconded and the September 1st, meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasure’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

  • Club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower fund and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions about any of the finances, contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold. 
  • A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety/Field Report – Noel Miller

  • No report given.  

Visitors and/or New Members:

  • None

Old Business

  • Board members Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Noel Miller and Mike VanAanhold are all willing to continue in each of the positions. Steve Kastens would like to step down from his VP position. At the September 1st membership meeting Russ Verbrugge volunteered for the open VP position. No other nominations were received. A motion was made, seconded and the board members of Dave Jamrog – President, Russ Verbrugge – VP, Mike VanAanhold – Treasure, John Russcher – Secretary and Noel Miller -Safety/Field was approved by member vote.

New Business

  • None

Announcements and Events – John Russcher

  • Upcoming events were reviewed.
  • 6th Annual Autumn EDF Jet Rally – This event was postponed one week to September 26th, 10am – 4pm
  • Black Friday Indoor Fly at Zeeland Christian School, November 27th, 10am-1:30pm
  • Winter Fly will be on January 2nd, 2027 at the Hat Field Airport in Nunica.

Next Meeting

  • January Budget Meeting – Date, Time and Location TBD

Adjourn: 7:08pm

Attendees: John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Noel Miller, Dave Jamrog, Steve Kastens, Rod Tanis, Jeff Woods, John Winstanley, Russ Verbrugge, Tom Cudney, Allen Hatfield, Tom Heetderks, Kenny Ly, Brian Carpenter and Andrew Holland. 

Meeting Minutes – September 1st, 2026

NOTE:  These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Call meeting to order: 7:05pm

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

  • The June 9th, 2026 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. A motion was made, seconded and the June 9th meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasure’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

  • Club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower fund and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions about any of the finances, contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold. 
  • A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety/Field Report – Noel Miller

  • The new shelter is completed. Thank you to everybody that donated towards it and helped with the construction.
  • Bob Kovac’s reminded us to make sure that we have a throttle cut set up on out transmitters. He had an incident recently where he bumped the throttle and his airplane jumped forward. Nobody was hurt but it was a good reminder to check to make sure that your throttle cut is working correctly on all of your airplanes.

Visitors and/or New Members:

  • None

Old Business

  • With the shelter completed we will work on the electrical issues next. One of the two legs from the power pole to the south of the shelter is not working and the leg from the shelter to the shed is not working.

New Business

  • Board members Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Noel Miller and Mike VanAanhold are all willing to continue in each of the positions. Steve Kastens would like to step down from his VP position.
  • Nominations were opened up and Russ Verbrugge volunteered for the open VP position. No other nominations were received. We will take a vote at the September 22nd membership meeting.

Announcements and Events – John Russcher

  • Upcoming events were reviews.
    • 2026 Final Streamer Combat has been rescheduled for Monday, September 14th.  
    • Float Fly on the Grand River, Saturday, September 5th, 10am to 2pm, Brat lunch with Chips and Pop or Water – $5. Please RSVP to Russ Verbrugge if you would like him to plan on you for the lunch.
    • Wolverine Skyhawks Labor Day Fun Fly and Potluck Picnic is on Labor Day, Monday September 7th, 9am to 4pm or so. Potluck at 1pm. Bring a dish to pass and your beverage of choice. Their club will provide grilled hamburgers. Cedar Springs field,13540 West St, Cedar Springs, MI 49319.  Please use this “Sign Up Genius” link that was in the email that I sent out last night.
    • 6th Annual Autumn EDF Jet Rally – September 19th, 10am – 4pm
    • Black Friday Indoor Fly at Zeeland Christian School, November 27th, 10am-1:30pm
    • Winter Fly will be on January 2nd, 2027 at the Hat Field Airport in Nunica.

Next Meeting

  • September 22nd, 2026, 7pm at our club field.

Adjourned: 7:23pm

Attendees: John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Noel Miller, Dave Jamrog, Bob Kovacs, Jim Tibbitts, John Winstanley, Russ Verbrugge, Dylan Mardoian, Rob Wetterholt, Ben Riemersma and Kurt Tedford. 

Meeting Minutes – June 9th, 2026

NOTE:  These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Call meeting to order: 7:03pm

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

  • The February 16th, 2026 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. A motion was made, seconded and the February 16th meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasure’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

  • Club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower fund and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions about any of the finances, contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold. 
  • A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety/Field Report – Noel Miller

  • Taping the runway will be scheduled in a couple weeks. The west taxiway will also need to be repaired and the east taxiway will be replaced with the extra geotex material that we have.
  • When flying remember to fly from behind the safety fence and not from the taxiway. The safety fence is there for your protection.

Visitors and/or New Members:

  • None

Old Business

  • We applied for a field improvement grant from the AMA earlier this year. We expect to hear back from the AMA in April, but by the middle of May we had not heard anything yet. After some searching the AMA website, we found the list of clubs that were awarded field improvement grant and we were not on the list.
  • Shelter Update: A new wood post framed shelter option was presented. This will sit on the cement slab and be attached to the cement with metal anchors. The cost of this option would be about $6,000 plus $1,500 for a project manager to supervise and lead the building project for a total of $7,500. We currently have just over $5,200 in our field improvement fund. This leaves us needing $2,300 in donations to able to move forward. After some discussion there was a motion and second to move forward with this design and for donations for the $2,300 and move forward with this shelter option. This motion unanimously passed by member vote. A donation email will be sent out in a few days.

New Business

  • It was brought up that the wind sock attached to the sign at the road and on the west side of the field are showing some wear and should be looked at and replace if possible.
  • We have TCAF logo iron on transfers available for $10 for a 11” (back of shirt) and a 4” (front of shirt) that can be purchased from Noel Miller. You will need to provide the shirt of your choice to iron the transfers onto. A wide selection of tee shirts are available locally at Hobby Lobby.  

Announcements and Events – John Russcher

  • Upcoming events were reviews.  All our events are listed on the calendar on our webpage.

Next Meeting

  • August at our club field, date and time to be determined.

Adjourn: 7:35pm

Attendees: John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Noel Miller, Dave Jamrog, Dave Ver Hoef, Mike Tharp, Brian Carpenter, Brandon Marble, Rod Tanis, Dennis Delo, Kenny Ly, Bob Kovacs, Kevin Cornell and Sherwyn Lamer. 

Meeting Minutes – February 16th, 2026

NOTE:  These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Call meeting to order: 7:06pm

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

  • The October 8th 2025 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. A motion was made, seconded and the October 8th meeting minutes were approved by member vote.    

Treasure’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

  • Club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower fund and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions about any of the finances, contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold. 
  • State and Federal filings have been filed.
  • A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety/Field Report – Noel Miller

  • None

Visitors and/or New Members:

  • None. 

Old Business

  • Shelter Update: The board is looking into an all-wood shelter that would have post that are bolted to the cement slab as an option to the metal tube steel structure that we discussed last fall. We will have more information on this at out spring meeting.  
  • We applied for a field improvement grant from the AMA. We expect to hear back from the AMA if we receive a grant and for how much at the end of March or early April.

New Business

  • We reviewed the 2025 finances and then reviewed the proposed budget for 2026. After a few questions a motion was made, seconded and the proposed budget for 2026 was approved by member vote.

Announcements and Events – John Russcher

  • We are working on finalizing the event list for 2026. It will be available soon.
  • The next indoor fly will be Friday, March 27th, 6:30pm to 10pm

Next Meeting

  • May at our club field, date and time to be determined.

Adjourn: 7:39pm

Attendees: John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Noel Miller, Dave Jamrog, Tom Heetderks, Brian Carpenter, Bob Kovacs Tyler Kastens, David Ver Hoef and Dennis Delo.