SUN LAKES AERO CLUB
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
May 12, 2009

Present at the Meeting:

Al Galvi, Vice President
Earl Cuyler, Treasurer & Activity Director
Gary Vacin, Publicity Director
Tom Malthaner, Secretary

Absent at the Meeting:

Bob Walch, President
Elton Dyal, Program Director
Bill Johnson, Director & Assistant
                      Webmaster

Call to Order:

Vice President Al called the meeting to order at 9:35 AM.

There was no quorum at the April 14 Board Meeting; however, the three officers present decided to proceed to discuss several topics. While there were references made to motions, seconds and passed; they were made to make decisions only.

Treasurer Report:

Earl handed out the financial sheet showing $1,317.55 in the bank. To date, 71 members have paid their dues. 5 Members have resigned. After further discussions, Tom made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report, Gary seconded and the motion passed.

Activity Report:

Earl stated that 6 members have signed up for the model airplane meet near Coolidge on Sunday, May 17.

Earl said he will work on planning activities for the fall of 2009, during the hiatus.

Earl made a motion and Gary seconded, to defer discussion on fly-ins until the fall of 2009. The motion passed.

Earl will also send out  an email to the members, seeking assistance for him regarding arranging activities.

Tom made a motion and Gary seconded, to accept the Activity Report. The motion passed.

Program Report:

Al spoke for Elton, mentioning the speaker for October 2009 General Meeting will be Gary Farrell, a WWII historian with expertise in the airborne operations of
D-Day.

Gary Vacin will be in contact with Jessica Cox to be speaker for a meeting in the fall.

Earl made a motion and Gray seconded to accept the Program Report. The motion passed.

Publicity Report:

Gary will work on an article regarding Phil Scharber, who spoke at the April 20 meeting about the Hondajet. Al made a motion for Gray to obtain a photo of the Hondajet and include it in the article for the Splash. Tom seconded and the motion passed.

Al will speak to Ben Thompson regarding a replacement for Vern Nelson as Web Master.

Old Business:

No old business was discussed.

New Business:

The Board discussed a need for action to  promote a plan to inspire members to participate in activities, especially fly-ins. Earl suggested the Board consider advertising activities on Robson's channel 14.

Al made a motion to defer, until the Board meeting in  September, 2009, to act on any promotional plan. Gary seconded and the motion passed.

Gary made a motion to adjourn at 10:12 and Earl seconded. The motion passed.

The next Board Meeting will be a Special meeting on September 8, 2009.

A happy "cool" summer to all.

Respectively submitted,

Tom Malthaner, Secretary
SLAC