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PRESIDENT'S
CORNER, February 2010
Well guys, the winter is in full swing and flying days are pretty
limited. Hope you guys have cool winter projects to share at the
club's Show and Tell each month. I was out of town on vacation
last month and could not make it to the meeting. Brad filled in
and got the club's agenda taken care of nicely.
Here's my recap: the club approved the 2010 Budget
Proposal as presented. The pit area canopy project got approved
again with the change in roof design and material. The only issue
is that Mike Burgess expects the canopy cover to be taken down during
the geese season, dec to feb. I hope Mike might change his mind
in the future and let us leave it on for rain cover if fowl season goes
south. Brad will engage Frank to stake out and prep the ground
for canopy installation next month. Please volunteer to help them
with the installation.
We also had a brief discussion about the power project for
the field. It appears that we can get a generator on loan so we
can set up power strips for both DC and AC power needs. I will
donate $200 of gift certificates from Home Depot to help with start up
costs. We will monitor power use over next few months. At
mid year, we will discuss usage and review the budget and see if we can
expense for a more permanent power generator vs solar panels
installation. I'm confident that members will find it valuable to
have electricity at the field.
Regarding the Futaba radio raffle, my understanding is
that we will try to sell off the remaining tickets at the pizza meeting
so we can proceed with the raffle event. If we have a good turn
out, each member will only have to buy a couple tickets to meet the
quota. Please attend and show your support. You just might
win this nice Futaba 10C 2.4gHz radio.
See you there,
Khoi Tran
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PRESIDENT'S
CORNER, January 2010
Welcome back, fellas. Last year was actually a good year for the
club, despite the economic downturn. This was in large part due
to many members rolling up their sleeves to help out. We lost 20
members not renewing as I predicted, but gained 18 new members.
We ended the year with 105 members and had a balanced budget.
This is quite remarkable. In recap, we successfully engaged Oak
Ridge Airport to hold our annual Big Bird Fly-In. We made
numerous field improvements including: painting the old shed, building
a new shed for field equipment, compacted gravel/sand in pit area,
building an elevated pilot station, and in process of putting up a
rain/sun canopy for pit area. These are expensive ticket items
made possible by new members' dues, fundraisers, and pure labor of
love. I'd like to extend special thanks to Doug, Wayne, Jeff,
Brad, Frank, Jim, Marty for helping with field improvement and
maintenance. They went well beyond being just club members who
paid their dues. We can now argue to have the best flying field
in the state.
Special recognition should go to our Treasurer
Al who kept awesome bookkeeping and maintained a complete spreadsheet
to keep track of our income and expenses. Al, Brad and I met up
last week to comb over the 2010 Budget Proposal to present for approval
at the Jan club meeting. Please attend and present your ideas for
club activities. I look forward to another exciting year as your
President and hopefully can keep the momentum going in 2010.
I'd like to announce that we recently received a
generous donation of RC stuff from Mike Duncan. He was an avid
builder/flyer many years ago, now lost interest in the hobby. But
he wanted to give away some of his RC supplies for newbies and
builders. The donated stuff now resides at Frank's shop.
I've asked Frank to put the stuff into our shed at the field and let
members look through them for anything they might use. Mike also
is selling his RTF planes for good prices as posted on our web
site. Please contact him for further details.
Regards, Khoi Tran
ERCA President 2010
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