MINUTES
OF THE
SLAC BOARD MEETING
Date of Meeting: October 19, 2004
A meeting of the Sun Lakes
Aero Club Board was held in the Arts and Crafts Building at Oakwood Country
Club, Sun Lakes, Arizona.
Present at the meeting:
Jim Boone, President
Vern Nelson, Vice President
and Web Manager
Bob Earl, Secretary
Ray Schrecengost, Treasurer
Elton Dyal, Programs Officer
Ziggi Wirganowicz, Provost
Al Galvi, Member at Large
Sam Doria, Member at Large
Absent from this meeting:
Bill Johnson, Activities Officer
Dick Vaughn, Member at Large
The meeting was called to
order at 10:10 a.m. by Vice President Vern Nelson. Jim Boone turned the meeting over to Vern who had prepared the
agenda for the meeting.
Vern provided a report of
Bill Johnson’s health related incapacitation.
Board meeting notes from
meetings held on April 21, 2004 and May 19, 2004 were reviewed and approved.
Ray Schrecengost reported
that there is $670.36 in the club’s account.
Vern opened a discussion regarding
the payment of dues from new members who join late in the calendar year. It was noted that the following statement is
included on the membership application form, “If joining after September, dues will be credited through the following
year”. The Board felt payment of
the dues is necessary to substantiate an applicant’s interest and the Board
noted the policy of crediting the payment to the next year’s dues. No changes were made.
The
Board considered issues regarding pilots and aircraft participating in
Fly-Ins. It was recalled by Ray that
the FAA, in a meeting held at the FAA FSDO office in Scottsdale, stressed the
importance for the club to have a representative of the Sun Lakes Aero Club or
a third party perform oversight of the qualifications, currency, knowledge, and
proficiency of pilots who operate club-sponsored aircraft during Fly-Ins. The Board determined that passengers who fly
with a pilot who rents an aircraft will reimburse the pilot the operating cost
of the aircraft, i.e. fuel, oil, landing fees, etc., but not to include the
cost of aircraft rental. Language in
the SLAC Policies and Procedures Manual will reflect this decision, page 2,
Rental Aircraft. Vern referred members
to the Summary Report of the Albuquerque Fly-In prepared by Bill. Vern explained how the reimbursement formula
was applied to this activity and made a matter of record. Vern’s suggestion that these reports will be
posted on the SLAC web site met with the approval of the Board.
Summary Reimbursement to Pilots
The
Board reviewed activity related to identifying a candidate for the Secretary
position expected in January 2005. Bob
clarified that he would record the December Board meeting and produce the
minutes of the December meeting.
Vern
gave a report on Bill’s activity to develop a survey to determine destinations
that pilots would like to have considered for Fly-Ins and to determine which
days of the week Fly-Ins serve the interests of pilots and members.
Elton
shared commitments he has for programs:
Jim
discussed Bill’s intent to poll the membership for ideas for Fly-Ins, if for no
more than to have a good hamburger.
Vern
reported that the Web service contracted by the club provides interesting
information about the number of contacts and their source. This information is being made available on
the SLAC web site. As a matter of
trivia, URL was identified by Vern to be an abbreviation for Universal Resource Locator.
Ziggy
was alerted to produce additional cards used by the club to communicate various
messages of concern and encouragement to members, the need for additional name
tags, and the need for more applications for membership.
The
Board decided that cookies and such fare should be provided at the General
Meetings.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m.
Respectfully
submitted
Robert
D. Earl, October 20, 2004