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. 

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