Call meeting to order:

• 7:00pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• The September 19^th, 2022 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. No edits were made. A motion was made, seconded and the September 19^th, 2022 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.
• Membership, we started 2022 with 55 members, currently we have 74 members, 19-member increase in 2022.  

Treasure’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

• Our 2022 income was $6,214.94(Budgeted $6,110) and our expense were $4,616.37(Budgeted $6,110). Our income less expenses was $1,598.57.
• General checking account balance $5,115.88, Field Fund balance $3,924.98, Runway Replacement Fund balance $625, Mower Replacement Fund balance $500.
• Motion Request – The officers would like to move the unused income of $1,598.57 from the 2022 budget to the following three funds.
  • Mower replacement $500
  • Runway Replacement $250
  • Field Fund $848.57

This would leave $3,515.11 the general checking account balance to start 2023 with. A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.

• Dues change. If paying dues by PayPal Full Membership Dues will be $62 and Youth Membership will be $12. This is to offset the fees that PayPal is now charging us to receive funds through PayPal. A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.

Safety/Field Report – Steve Kastens

• 200’ long x 10’ wide x 4” thick of gravel was install mid-December. This was paid for with funds out of the field fund.
• Additional flight line fence will be installed this spring as well as painting a centerline on the runway. There is also some tape that has come loose from the runway seams.
• Dave VerHoef brough up that we should add a board with the AMA safety rules and club rules.
• A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.

Visitors and /or New Members:

• No visitors or new members

Old Business

• None

New Business

• The pavilion survey was discussed and the officers will continue their discussion about a pavilion.
• Presentation of the 2023 Budget. A motion was made, second and the 2023 budget was approved by member vote.

Adjourn

• 7:43 by Dave Jamrog

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Scott Storteboom, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Tyler Kastens, Ray Weller, Dave VerHoef, Mike Tharp, Larry Weller, Bill Rowlee, Jim Herron, Tom Heetderks.

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:

• 7:00pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• The August 22^nd, 2022 meeting minutes were posted on the website for review. One spelling edit was made and the minutes were updated on the website.  
• A motion was made, seconded and the August 22^nd, 2022 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasurer’s Report: Dave VerHoef

• The club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. This information can be found in the member’s only area of the club webpage or by contacting treasurer Dave VerHoef.
• At the time of this meeting there are 72 members. 
• A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: Steve Kastens

• Thank you to everybody that helped patch the geotex runway after the last meeting.
• Steve will be talking to Eric from the Wolverine Skyhawks club about what paint they used on their geotex runway for a center line and X’s at each end.
• The starting tables with wheels need to have the pool noodles replaced on the upright wing holds. Steve will be replacing these in the near future.
• Steve is working on a materials list for the additional flightline fence on the east and west sides of the two taxiways. The new fence will replace the four current V shaped pilot stations.  
• A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.  

Visitors and/or New Members:

• No visitors

Old Business:

• A motion to approve the officer slate of President – Dave Jamrog, Vice president – Scott Storteboom, Treasurer – Mike VanAanhold, Secretary – John Russcher, Safety – Steve Kastens was accepted, supported and seconded. The officer slate was approved by member vote.
• A work day will be scheduled yet this fall to assemble the new flightline fence, rake out the top soil after being spread with a tractor and planting seed. You will receive an email with a date and time for this.    

New Business:

• The Officers will be discussing shelter ideas at their fall and winter planning meetings. If you have any ideas or thoughts on what you would like to see please send an email to tulipcityairforce@gmail.com or call any of the club officers.

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

• None

Comments and Questions:

• None

Next Meeting:

• The January budget meeting will be scheduled for some time in January. You will receive an email in December with the proposed budget and the date, time and location of the meeting.    

Meeting Adjourned:

• Meeting adjourned at 7:17pm.

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, Dave VerHoef, John Russcher, Steve Kastens, Tyler Kastens, Mike VanAanhold, Bob Kovacs, Ray Weller, Ron Nienhuis, Noel Miller, Tom Heetderks and Rob Wetterholt.

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:

• 7:05pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• Due to the May 9^th, 2022 meeting minutes not being posted to the website we read them in their entirely.
• A motion was made, seconded and the May 9^th, 2022 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasurer’s Report: Dave VerHoef

• The club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. This information can be found in the member’s only area of the club webpage or by contacting treasurer Dave VerHoef.
• At the time of this meeting there are 68 members.  
• A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: Steve Kastens

• After the meeting we would like to walk and patch any holes or cuts in the runway.
• If you use anything in the first aid kit, please contact Steve Kastens with what you used so that it can be replaced. (skastens@gmail.com)
• The 4 V-shaped pilot stations will be replaced this fall with sections of fence like what we have between the two taxiways. There will be three sections to the west and two sections to the east. Each section will have an opening between them.
• We will also be painting a centerline down the runway and looking into the need for X’s at the end of the runway.
• A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.  

Visitors and/or New Members:

• No visitors

Old Business:

• The remaining dirt pile will be spread and leveled later this fall when we are ready to put grass seed down. This will allow us to plant the grass seed in soft dirt instead of having to work with the hard ground.   

New Business:

• Officer nominations. Dave Jamrog (president), Scott Storteboom (VP), John Russcher (secretary), Steve Kastens (Safety) are willing to continue as club officers. Dave VerHoef (treasurer) would like to be done. Dave has served the club for 10 years as treasurer and has been a huge asset in the leadership of the club. We opened up nominations and did not receive any during the meeting.
• Tyler and Steve Kastens attended the Aviation Day 2022 at West Michigan Regional Airport on Saturday August 20^th.  The showed off a variety of model airplanes and talked to allot of kids and adults about our hobby.

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

• Upcoming events.
  • Wednesday August 24^th – 2nd to last Combat. Hot Dogs at 6pm, Combat starts at 6:30.
  • Saturday August 27^th – Team Drone Race. Races start in the afternoon and will continue until dark.
  • Saturday September 10^th – Drone Race. 11am – 3pm
  • Wednesday September 14^th – Last Combat event. Hot Dogs at 6pm, Combat starts at 6:30.  
  • Saturday September 17^th – 2^nd Annual Autumn EDF Jet Event. Registration opens at 9am, Pilots meeting at 9:45, Flying 10am-4pm.
  • Monday September 19^th – Membership meeting. 7pm at the field.
  • Saturday September 24^th – Drone Race. 11am – 3pm

Comments and Questions:

•  none

Next Meeting:

• Monday September 19^th, 7pm at the field.   

Meeting Adjourned:

• Meeting adjourned at 7:40pm.

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, Scott Storteboom, Dave VerHoef, John Russcher, Steve Kastens, Tyler Kastens, Mike VanAanhold, Bob Kovacs, Kenny Ly, Ray Weller, Ron Nienhuis, Dan Thomann, Russ Verbrugge and Rob Wetterholt.

Addendum: After the meeting Mike VanAanhold approached a couple of the current officers with a few questions about the Treasurer’s positions. After a brief conversation Mike agreed to being nominated for the Treasurer’s position. The officer slate is as follows; President – Dave Jamrog, Vice president – Scott Storteboom, Treasurer – Mike VanAanhold, Secretary – John Russcher, Safety – Steve Kastens. A vote on this slate will be taken at the September meeting.

8/23/2022, 7:16pm – edited for spelling. JR

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:

• 7:00pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• The January 24^th, 2022 meeting minutes were posted on the web site for review. One edit was made and they were reposted.  
• A motion was made and seconded. The January 9^th, 2022 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasurer’s Report: Dave VerHoef

• The club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. This information can be found in the member’s only area of the club webpage or by contacting treasure Dave VerHoef.
• At the time of this meeting there are 57 members. This includes 4 grandfathered in life members and one new member that joined at the meeting.
• The field lease and the AMA charter were both paid in March 2022
• The drain tile work was completed and the $1,000 was paid out of the new field fund.
• A motion was made and seconded. The treasures report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: Steve Kastens

• The flight line fence after the meeting.
• The first air kit is under the charging table in a plastic box.
• There is a fire extinguisher mounted to the leg of the charging table.
• There was some discussion about the underground wire that has one power leg not working. We are going to use a meter to do some more investigation to try to find where the break is.

Visitors and/or New Members:

• No visitors

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

• The upcoming event schedule was reviewed.

Old Business:

• The drain pipe was installed and is draining water to from the parking area/driveway to the drainage ditch on the west side of the road.
• We are getting two 10-yard loads of dirt delivered once the parking area is dry enough for the dump truck to drive on it. Once we know when the dirt will be delivered, we will use it to fill in the low spots to help the water to flow to the drain.  

New Business:

• New members Tom Cudney and Matt Helms introduced themselves.   

Comments and Questions:

• Talked about the electric fence and were it is located for the new members.

Next Meeting:

• The next scheduled meeting will be in August. The date, location and time will be announced by email in July.  

Meeting Adjourned:

• Meeting adjourned at 7:31pm.

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, Scott Storteboom, Dave VerHoef, John Russcher, Steve Kastens, Tyler Kastens, Mike VanAanhold,  Noel Miller, Bill Rowlee, Larry Weller, Tom Cudney, Bob Kovacs, Kenny Ly, John VanBaren, Ray Weller and Matt Helms.