Buzzard Droppings August 2006

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field box, you could win something! Hint... safety items count toward the winning score.  Come on out and join in the fun…  We hear that Randy Turner is helping his daughter recover from a flood and won’t be able to attend.  Ron will need some additional help for the event, so if you can show up a little early on Saturday, I know he’ll appreciate the help!  Sandy and granddaughter, Tara, will be doing

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town on vacation. We hope he had an enjoyable and relaxing time. Ron will be back by the 29^th to host the Fun Fly.

 

Officers Reports

President – A request for a motion was made to accept the minutes as published in the monthly newsletter. A motion was received and seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

Fred asked for visitors and/or guests to identify themselves. Mr. Jay Bell, sponsored by Brian Illston was present and joined the club. Welcome Jay !

Fred asked for ideas and suggestions related to the club. Call him or email him with any ideas at ……. 2005fhanquet@earthlink.net

 

Vice President - Brian Richardson announced that every meeting will be a swap meet and the First Saturday of Every Month throughout the summer will be an OPEN HOUSE at the field. He also reminded everyone of the following dates,

July 29 – Fun Fly ( It’s reported that Sandy will be cooking J )

August 5 – Open House

Aug 19 – Combat

Sept 2 – Open House

Every Event is also a swap meet.

Dave Kelly of RC Hobbies in Woodinville asked his business banner be hung at open houses and events. In turn he will offer gifts or certificates for prizes for our various competitive events.

 

Secretary - Chet Blake reported 61 members including; 1 Honorary, 3 family and 2 junior.

A mowing list is available, the following date is still open, Oct. 27^th. Thank you to all who have participated. You can find the mowing list has been posted on the BBMAC web site and posted on the shed door. Please do your part, take a date to cut the field. As always, please try to have the field cut by Friday evening.

 

Treasurer – Rick Hanners reported a balance of $4506.63 plus $100 from the new member. The club is in good shape !

Rick has a check for the Children’s Hospital Guild for $1300 from the auction and donations. It was mentioned that it should be an “event” with photos and a write up. That should happen the week of July 24^th.

 

Safety Officer – Vince Bell reported that everyone behaved and watched themselves at the new field location. Since there wasn’t a frequency board available, we had a brief safety meeting and Chet asked for a call out from everyone for their channel. No conflicts in frequency were present, everyone flew and had fun. Vince reminded everyone to watch the fence, we often get very close or actually hit it. At the new location, since it was a test, everyone minded the safety area that was imposed. Fred reminded everyone the importance of eye protection after he received a blade of grass in the eye while in the tall grass there. Vince also said to watch for planes on approach before calling out “Taxiing or Taking off”. Stop and look around, be aware of the people and planes around you.

 

Officers Reports

Alternate Field Location Committee – Gerald Gunners reported that he might know of

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the cooking and serving. As always, there will be a swap meet during the event, so bring something to sell or swap.  We’ll have some items that were donated to the club for sale, also, from Art’s estate.

See you at our meeting on Tuesday and remember to keep hydrated (see Vince’s report on page 4).

Fred