Meeting Minutes – May 22, 2023

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. 

Meeting called to order:

  • 7:01pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

  • The January 23rd, 2023 meeting minutes were posted on the website for review.   
  • A motion was made, seconded and the January 23rd 2023 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

  • The club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions feel free to contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold.
  • At the time of this meeting there are 13 unpaid members. 
  • A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: Steve Kastens (submitted in writing)

  • The new west side flightline fence will be installed soon.
  • The board with the AMA and Club rules and other general information will be installed soon.  
  • A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.  

Visitors and/or New Members:

  • No visitors

Old Business:

  • The officers have been discussing a shelter for a year or more. Earlier this year we sent out a member survey earlier this year to gain your input. From all of that this is what we come up with. A 24’ wide by 32’ long shelter with a cement floor, electric outlets, lights, ceiling fan and enclosed storage. This was staked out for member review. It would be centered between the two taxiways and aproximnetly 8’ back from the line of tables; extending south 32’.  The back (south) 24’ x 12’ would be fully enclosed storage with an overhead garage door on the south side and a service door on the north east side. The front (north) 24’ x 20’ would be open on the east, west and north sides. There would be a countertop with electricity on the south wall along with a service door into the back storage area. There was a lot of discussion and questions about this plan with the following items coming to the top. Below is an photo showing how this was staked out.
    1. Don’t do anything until we have worked out a long-term lease with the landowners. These conversations will start winter/spring 2023/2024. 
    2. Review the plan with the landowners for their approval. A 24’ x 32’ shelter has been on all the site plans that we have given the landowners so there shouldn’t be any surprises.
    3. Total cost is unknow yet. Prices have gone up considerably since 2019 when we originally priced this out but they have started coming back down. This fall/winter we will work on repricing everything.
    4. Do a fund-raising project to gain the additional funds to build the shelter. Most people in the survey said that they would consider contributing.
    5. If the total cost of the shelter is more than our fund balance and donations received; then we will prioritize the cement floor, pole and roof structures with some basic electricity for charging. Then enclosing the back storage area, additional electrical, lighting etc. will come later.
  • If you have any questions or additional comment, please send an email to tulipcityairforce@gmail.com.

New Business:

  • We applied for a $1,000 TAG grant in January from the AMA. The grant was for a RealFlight station that could be used at our events. The $1,000 would cover the cost of a copy of RealFlight with InterLink controller, laptop, television and a folding table. We received $200 of the $1,000 that we requested. A copy of RealFlight was donated to the club while waiting to hear back about the grant. Ben Riemersma offed to donate a television but we still need a laptop to run RealFlight on. If anybody has a laptop that they are no longer using and is capable of running RealFlight please reach out to John Russcher.   

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

  • We reviewed the 2023 summer event schedule that was emailed out in April.

Comments and Questions:

  • None

Next Meeting:

  • August will be our next membership meeting. You will receive an email in July with the date, time and location of the meeting.    

Meeting Adjourned:

  • Meeting adjourned at 7:41pm.

Attendees:

  • Members present: Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Tyler Kastens, Ray Weller, Noel Miller, Rob Wetterholt, Russ Verbrugge, Dennis Delo, Randy Houtman, Allen Hatfield, Joel VanOyen, Jim Herron, Dave Ver Hoef, Ben Riemersma and Sherwyn Lamer.

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