MINUTES
OF THE
SLAC BOARD MEETING
Date of Meeting:
A meeting of the Sun Lakes
Aero Club was held in the Ocotillo Room in the Arts and Crafts Building at
Oakwood Country Club,
Present at the meeting:
Vern Nelson, President and
Web Manager
Jim Boone, Vice President
Ray Schrecengost, Treasurer
Bob Earl, Secretary
Dick Vaughn, Activities
Officer
Al Galvi, Member at Large
Bill Johnson was a guest
visitor at the meeting.
Absent from this meeting:
Elton Dyal, Programs Officer
Ziggi Wirganowicz, Provost
Al Doria, Member at Large
The meeting was called to
order at
The minutes of the
Vern introduced Bill Johnson
and welcomed him to participate in the discussions that would follow.
Ray Schrecengost made the
Treasurer’s report. He said he did not
have a current balance to report, but Ray said the Club is operating in the
“black”. Ray said he will be sending
notices to members who have not paid their 2004 dues. He also said he is planning a trip to the bank to negotiate the
removal of a fee that had been assessed on the Club’s account erroneously by
the bank.
Vern brought up the subject
cost sharing with the pilot who provides air transportation in conjunction with
a Fly-In activity. He reviewed four
ways that the Board could react to this issue:
a.
Do nothing, i.e. continue to measure the
$.20 cost per mile that is collected by the Activities Officer and contributed
to each pilot.
b.
Recommend that the Club continues the
current policy but increase the cost per mile to $.25.
c.
Recommend the Club continues the current
policy but tailor the cost per mile of each aircraft’s actual operating cost.
d.
Recommend that passengers contribute
their share to the pilot directly without Club involvement.
As the discussion continued,
there was a concern expressed that the Club should not broker between
passengers and pilots by channeling funds through the Club treasury and writing
checks to pilots. The discussion seemed
to favor tailoring cost per mile of each aircraft that participates in a
Fly-In. It was decided by a motion that
was carried that Bob Earl would arrange and facilitate a meeting with FAA
Flight Standards personnel, Ray Schrecengost, and Dick Vaughn to gain guidance
from FAA officials regarding shared expenses.
The subject was tabled pending the outcome of the meeting.
Dick Vaughn, Activities
Officer, reported that a Field Trip is planned for Thursday, March 18 to tour
Intel. Participants should plan to
carpool from the Cottonwood CC flag pole at
Vern noted that the Club
needs to attract more pilots who are willing to use their planes in Fly-In
activities. Board members discussed
various ways to attract more pilots who will participate in that manner.
Programs for April and May
General Meetings were reviewed by the Board.
A document, Policies and
Procedures, was reviewed and approved by the Board. It contains recurrent actions that the Board
had determined to be standardized. This
document supplements the By Laws.
The Board reviewed and
approved of Vern’s practice of recognizing visitors, guests of members, and new
members. The Board encourages all
members to be open and friendly with visitors, guests, and new members.
Ray suggested that a “Hit
Meter” be added to the SLAC Web Site Home Page. Vern said he would look into incorporating the Hit Meter.
Vern adjourned the meeting at
10:49 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert D. Earl,