EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

Date: March 30, 2018 Location: W28 # 10 10:00 a.m.

• Mike Radford opened the meeting with the Pledge Allegiance
• Introduction of Guests: Tom Klein, Doug Shappler, Bill Borsman, Randy Kepar, and several spouses. Over 50 people attended the meeting causing a shortage of chairs!
• Minutes: There was no February meeting due to the NW Aviation Trade Show.
• Comments:
• Correspondence to the chapter? None
• Remarks: Financial balances/reports and the board minutes, are available in the members section on the web site.
• Board meetings are open to all members and held on the 2nd Friday of the month 4/13 at 0900 at Mariners Café
• Comments by membership: Bob Hicks asked all to sign in.
• Scholarship: Dave Miller said that Seth, our young man at Rocky Mountain College near Billings, MT, had recently received his Certified Flight Instructor License. Paul Kuntz suggested that we should fund more scholarships by giving as little as $25 when we renew our annual dues. A question was asked if that would support training for A&P mechanics, and the answer was yes.
• Young Eagle Announcements: John Meyer said the first Young Eagle event will be May 19 at Sequim Valley. The next event will be June 16 in Pt Angeles. John said youth protection training is good for 3 years.
• Programs: Lee Runion said he was looking into a CPR presentation for the future.
• Tech Advisor Dan Masys said he had sold his RV12 to a young couple and sad to see it go, but glad for a good home. He also discussed video inspection scopes, of which many members have.
• NEED for Raffle Manager: for merchandise & 50/50
• Project Reports: (members open forum) Scott Brooksby said he finished his long project on the C310, and had a great trip to Utah and Idaho. Dave Stallknecht said he bought Dennis Toepke’s (who recently passed away) Aeronca Sedan and is looking for engine parts. Rick Vaux has about finished his shop in Happy Valley, and is looking for some help finding and flying an ultralight out of his 400 ft strip.
• Ernie Hanson said his experimental cub is about ready for covering. Ernie gave thanks to other 430 members that helped set the wings, and he said he was “hoping to outlive this project”
• Paul Kuntz provided information concerning his efforts to install and certify his ADS-B installation and asked for help completing his annual – which was quickly volunteered.
• Mike Radford reminded the group that he is planning to move to Alaska as soon as his house sells, and a new 430 president will need to be selected.
• There was a request for Irrigation Festival parade fly over.
• Several chapter members are planning to fly to Alaska in late May or June this year. Others are welcome to join them. Mike Radford will also be flying his C180 to Alaska for the summer, and invites others to join him.
• Old Business: Fly outs for 2018 were not discussed, EAA430 road sign - Jim Rosenburgh to talk to Andy Sallee about the installation.
• New Business: The idea of EAA430 purchasing a hangar or building as the chapter home. The board agreed to investigate and make recommendations to the members and get opinions during the general meeting. This will be discussed next meeting
• Next General meeting will be April 28th 1000 here in Hangar #10 Break for coffee & cookies &donuts

Social Meeting and Presentation:

Introduction of Air Force survival instructor, George Samples who provided a very informative presentation on essential items to carry on your person, survival kit tips, and nice to have items. There was great information concerning cauterizing bandages, new style tourniquets, pliable splints, and non-stick bandages for burns.

Mike Radford presented his most important survival item as a deck of cards. Mike is convinced that once he starts playing solitary after going down, someone will tap him on the shoulder to point out where he has not made a play of the black jack on the red queen – and then he’ll be rescued! Note: General Membership meeting minutes are now included in the monthly Newsletter. Minutes of the monthly Board meeting are also available to chapter members via login at the Members only page of the chapter website: http://www.eaa430.org If you are a chapter member and do not yet have a login to the Members page, you can register with your email address to create a login at the website.