MINUTES

OF THE

SLAC BOARD MEETING

Date of Meeting: December 16, 2003

A Board Meeting of the Sun Lakes Aero Club was held at Phase I, Grand Slam (Card) Room in
Sun Lakes, AZ.

Present at the meeting:

Sam Doria, President

Vern Nelson, Vice President and Web Manager

Bob Earl, Secretary

Dick Vaughn, Activities Officer

Al Galvi, Member at Large

Jim Boone, SLAC member, attended the meeting.

Absent from this meeting:

Ray Schrecengost, Treasurer

Ziggi Wirganowicicz, Provost

Elton Dyal, Programs Officer

Jim Parish, Member at Large

The meeting was called to order at 9:18 a.m. by President Sam Doria.

Business Agenda Discussed

• The minutes of the SLAC Board meting held November 18, 2003 were approved.

• Sam ascertained that the contribution was not sent by the Treasurer to the Hospice of the Valley in the name of Betty Schip and is taking action to insure that a contribution is made.

• A question was raised whether SLAC should make a contribution to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) for the use of their facilities, a tour of their museum, and for the program conducted by the CAF. It was suggested that SLAC’s policy of contributing to air museums should be clarified. The subject was tabled until the January 2004 meeting.

• Sam recognized Vern Nelson, Vice President, who suggested the Club should consider purchasing a public address system to amplify a speaker’s voice at the General meetings. Vern had a model for demonstration that he purchased from Radio Shack. The Board decided to have the system tested at the December 17 General meeting and solicit comments from members.

• Sam noted the absence of the Treasurer and skipped the Treasurer’s Report.

• Bob Earl, Acting Secretary, made a report on the results of the survey regarding the SLAC Banquet and discussed a plan of action with the Board that will be presented at the December 17 meeting and posted on the web site.

• Dick Vaughn, Activities Officer discussed future activities planned or considered by SLAC:

a. The Field Trip to Honeywell will The Field Trip to Honeywell will require the collection of personal information required by Honeywell for security purposes. Personal information was provided
by Board members who plan to participate in the Field Trip.

b. A Fly-In to Flagstaff is tentatively planned for January 8^th or 9^th that will include a luncheon and a visit to the Lowell Observatory. The tours of the observatory begin at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The ETA back at Chandler will be prior to sunset.

c. The March activity might be a Fly-In to Albuquerque to visit the Nuclear Museum at Kirkland AFB and the Eclipse-500 small jet facility which is on the same airport.

d. The April activity is tentatively a Fly-In to Edwards AFB. The destination airport, Willy J. Fox (WJF), will be used to stage the arrival. The local area activity may include visiting the Edwards Space Museum and Joshua Approach Control (Edwards RAPCON) and/or theSR-71 Museum in Palmdale and the Los Angeles
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). These sites will likely be separated
into two separate visits to the Antelope Valley.

e. Another consideration is a Fly-In to Nogales, AZ to visit the U. S. Immigration and Customs operations. There is a considerable amount of flight activity associated with the southern border of Arizona. More homework is needed to firm up this outing.

Members are encouraged to submit ideas for a Fly-In or Ground Visitation activity to Dick Vaughn.

Sam recognized Vern who asked Jim Boone (who offered to secure a speaker) to attempt to schedule the speaker for the January meeting. Vern continued by reporting that the SLAC web site is receiving a high level of use. The number of requests to the SLAC site averages 1,795 per month. The web site has been in operation since November, 2002.

Sam concluded the meeting by announcing that the next Board meeting will include a work shop to identify and clarify which club officer is responsible to be the care taker for the various items of inventory and various club records.

Sam closed the meeting at 10:35 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Robert D. Earl, Secretary December 17, 2003