Meeting Minutes – June 11th, 2025

Call meeting to order: 7:00pm by Steve Kastens

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

  • The January 13th 2025 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. A motion was made, seconded and the January 13th 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

  • Reminder: The rope at the entrance can be taken down and put back up as you enter then taken down and put back up as you exit. If you have any questions about this please contact any of the club officers.
  • A new metal bucket is under the charging table for damaged lipo batteries. Noel will dispose of the damaged batteries as they accumulate. If you have a battery that is smoking or on fire there is also a plastic bucket with sand in it that can be used to cover the battery and smother the smoking or on fire battery.
  • There is also a new fire extinguisher mounted to the charging table and a well-stocked first aid kit under the charging table.
  • Lost and found box on the table

Visitors and/or New Members:

  • New members Dan Wamboldt and Easton Tayler introduced themselves.

Old Business

  • We discussed Rust-n-Dust and what we can do to prevent the same situation that happened in 2024.

New Business

  • Mower – The old mower died. We looked into options for fixing it and none of them made any sense. The plan was to purchase a new mower next spring so we decided to move ahead with purchasing a new mower now and not spend money on repairing our existing mower. We used $3,533.98 from the mower fund, $500 donation and $1,166 from the Geotex fund to pay for the new mower. Moving forward we will put additional funds in the Geotex fund to build up that fund. If you have any questions, please contact any of the club officers.
  • Shelter – We discussed a new shelter and its location.
    • Cement pad – 25’ x 28’, 3” thick with a perimeter rat wall. They will remove the top soil, bring in sand, form and pour the cement. Total $4,500
    • Building Frame and Roof – Metal tube frame with metal roof panels that wrap around the two-side wall slightly. Side wall height is 9’ – $3,873
    • Building Back Wall – Back wall enclosure kit which includes tube frame pieces and metal sheeting to enclose the back wall. – $939
    • Total $9,312. We have $5,985.57 in the field improvement fund which leaves a deficit of $3,326.43. We discussed fundraising for what we need yet, AMA site improvement grant. A motion was made and was approved by the membership to move ahead with the cement pad this year and do the building frame, roof and rear wall next year.  If you have any questions about the shelter plan, please contact any of the club officers.

Announcements and Events – John

  • Review the events for 2025. You should have received an email with a complete list of 2025 event dates. If you did not receive this, please email tulipcityairforce@gmail.com to request one.

Next Meeting

  • In August at the field; date and time to be determined.

Adjourn: 7:47pm by Steve Kastens

Attendees: John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Noel Miller, Tom Heetderks, Scott Storteboom, Bob Kovacs, Kenny Ly, Tom Cudney, Allen Hatfield, Jim Tibbitts, Matt Helms, Dan Wamboldt, Braydon Alofs, Dennis Delo, Russ Verbrugge, Brian Carpenter, Easton Taylor, Larry Weller, Bill Rowlle, John Winstanley and Ray Weller.  

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