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 September 18th, 2023 meeting minutes were posted on the website for review.
- A motion was made, seconded and the September 18th, 2023 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.
- Membership report. We started and ended 2023 with 74 members. There were 11 members from 2022 that did not renew their membership and there were 9 new adult members and 2 new youth members for 2023.
Treasurer’s Report: - Mike VanAanhold
- 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.
- A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.
Safety Report/Field Maintenance: – Steve Kastens
- An update was given on the runway expansion project. When we get closer to spring, we will be asking for help to cut pieces off the large roll of geotex for each end of the runway and the new taxiways. This will make the geotex more manageable to hand when installing it at the field.
- When we install the runway expansion pieces, we will also install the additional flight line fence like what is currently between the two existing taxiways.
- Once the new geotex pieces are installed we will tape the new seams and replace the tape that has come off the existing runway seams.
Visitors and/or New Members:
- New member Kevin Parsell and John Winstanley introduced themselves.
Old Business:
- None
New Business:
- Field Lease. We are in the last year of our field lease. Dave Jamrog will be contacting the landowners about starting conversations about renewing our lease.
- There was a discussion about an increase in the club dues starting in 2025. There was a consensus from the members present that a dues increase would need to be justified by increased expenses.
- The 2024 budget was reviewed. There was some discussion then a motion was made, seconded and the 2024 budget was approved by member vote.
Announcements and Upcoming Events: – John Russcher
- Events for 2024 were reviewed. Dates will be set in the next month or so. We will have all the same events that we did in 2023 with the addition of a Fun Fly event hosted by Rob Wetterholt Jr. Steamer combat events will be moving from Wednesdays to Mondays.
- The new slightly modified club logo was shown. The old logo had the words Holland, Michigan on the bottom and the words R/C above the airplane. The new logo has the words AMA R/C Club 1403 at the bottom and the word R/C above the airplane was removed.
- A banner to promote our club was purchased. It will be hung up at club events and community events that we attend.
Comments and Questions:
- None
Next Meeting:
- The next meeting will be in May at the club field. The date and time will be emailed out in April.
Meeting Adjourned:
- Meeting adjourned at 8:03pm.
Attendees:
- Members present: John Russcher, Dave Jamrog, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, John Winstanley, Ray Weller, Tom Heetderks, Kevin Parsell, Ryan Quellet, Eislee Quellet, Bob Kovacs and David Ver Hoef.
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