EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

Date: May 26, 2018 Location: W28 hangar #10 10:05 a.m. Vice President Jim Rosenburgh opened the meeting with the Pledge Allegiance Introduction of Guests:

• Rick Smith has an RV6 at Blue Ribbon.
• Skyler Swenson has served 12 years in the Coast Guard as a Dolphin instructor and is a Bee keeper (which is how he met Mike Radford).
• Alden Johnson has just completed an RV12, has a Helicycle, and lives in Pt Ludlow.
• Deb Cox is a retired FAA Inspector and has recently started flying again after 18 years.
• Susan Connelly lived in Viet Nam and her husband was a Cobra instructor.
• Linda Reunion celebrated her birthday with us.
• Steve Brown is excited about learning to fly with Scott Brooksby.
• Don Meehan has an RV6A at the Whidbey Airport in Coupeville.
• Randy Koper
• John Zeman There were 50 members and guests present, and a number flew in for the meeting:

Minutes: Are posted on the web site, and an email with a link is sent to members. There was a motion and second, and the minutes were approved as written. Comments:

• Correspondence to the Chapter – The Bremerton Chapter asked about pooling YE credits.

There was a letter from Lopez Island Airport asking if our Chapter would host a YE event there on August 19, 2018. This will be addressed at the next Board of Directors meeting.

• Membership: Bob Hicks said that we currently have 90 paid members

• Scholarship: Dave Miller said there was an unexpected $50 donation during the YE event.

Young Eagles:

John Meyers said the first May 19 Young Eagle event was a great success with 73 young eagles and 5 Eagles flown. The rally went so well because of the following personnel assisting: Pilots Ground Crew Scott Brooksby Donna Sommer Barry Halsted Tracy Boulton Keith Kretschmer Dan Donovan Jim Rosenburgh Ken Brown Jim Bettcher Don Walls Stan Hall Jay and Francoise Dan Ramberg Lee and Linda Runion Ray Ballantyne Brian Funk – from Auburn. WA There were also ground displays from Dave Woodcock and Doug Platten. The next YE rally is June 9, 2018 at Pt Angeles. Please consider the positive impact you may have on a young person, and RSVP to John Meyers for both ground and air support. Thanks in advance. Programs: Lee Runion said George Samples will present “survival part deux”. Project Reports: (members open forum)

• Ernie Hansen and Harry Cook refused to talk about their projects, but word on the street is that Harry could fly soon!

• Gordon Tubesing announced Diamond Point Appreciation Day on Saturday August 11, 2018. Come between 1000 and 1500 to enjoy planes, cars, copters, flybys, and food!

• Mel Rudin is cleaning out his hangar so contact him to find out what’s left. Old Business:

• EAA430 road sign –Jim Rosenburgh said he would talk to Andy Sallee about a nice wooden sign.

New Business:

• Sixteen new chairs were purchased for the chapter from credits earned by National Young Eagles.

• VMC/IMC Clubs were discussed and there will be a survey put out to determine popular interest.

Break for coffee & cookies &donuts Raffle: The raffle sold $100 in tickets for the 50/50 raffle for the scholarship fund this morning. John Meyers won and donated all his winnings back to the fund. Thanks to everyone who participated. Social Meeting and Presentation:

Lee Runion introduced George Samples who gave an informative presentation on “how to build a fire”. He described a variety of ways to start a fire and sources of fuel. We learned how to light a cigarette with pieces of a flashlight, and how to find tinder from your belly button. Wayne Pinger described his long and winding road to obtaining a 3rd class medical. Wayne talked about spending over a year dealing with FAA Medical, and encouraged anyone having issues with this to contact either AOPA or EAA for their assistance.

The meeting concluded at 11:45 a.m. and quickly transitioned into an outstanding pot luck. Thanks to Donna Sommer for organization, and Dan Donovan for cooking, and everyone else that helped.

• Next Board of Directors meeting will be June 8, 2018 at the Mariner Café.

• Next General meeting will be June 30, 2018 1000 W28 Hangar 10 Respectfully submitted, Ray Ballantyne, secretary EAA430 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.