EAA Chapter 430 General Meeting Minutes

Date: January 26, 2019

Ken called the meeting to order at 10:10 am at W28 Hangar followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. About 40 people were in attendance.

• Introduction of Guests included our presenters Arleen Prochazka and her husband Shawn, and Frank and Donna Blasi. Steve Wagner and Steve Scherer are new members.

• Changes or Additions to the November minutes as published in the December newsletter. There was a motion to accept, a second and the minutes were unanimously approved.

• Reports: Treasurer report: Financial reports are posted on web after every board meeting. Harry said that he is accepting annual dues of $20 for an individual with cash, check, Paypal, or credit card (which is a new option). He said the $795 from the YE credits the chapter accumulated had been received. Membership: Bob Hicks said we ended the year with 94 members. Bob has submitted our membership roster to HQ to use their program which will give us the ability to include member pictures. Young Eagle: John Meyers presented award certificates and pins to the 19 YE pilots and volunteers of last year. Congratulations to all those who are involving young people in aviation.

• Project Reports: Norm Cootes reported on his Q2 project, Dave Miller said the RV14 is running and ready for inspection. Ernie Hansen said the fabric work is done on his experimental cub, which leaves paint and assembly. Dave Moffitt is installing avionics in his 7 year RV12 project. Mel Rudin has parts from his Velocity project for sale. Donna Sommer has a Smith mini-plane project for sale. Wayne Pinger reported that James Hult offers Basic Med examinations.

• Announcement: Meeting at KCLM February 7, 2019 at 1300 for the Airport Appreciation Day planning.

• No Meeting in February – NW Aviation Tradeshow & Conference. Ken encouraged anyone interested to the EAA Leadership Boot Camp in Puyallup on February 22, 2019.

• Fly Out schedule has been offered by Barry Halstead. Rick Vaux worked as a docent at the Museum of Flight and suggested Boeing Field as a good fly out.

• Old Business: none

• New Business:

• Call of volunteers: Designing a RACK card for the Chamber of Commerce as a way to promote the chapter to newcomers. Facility coordinator for setup the meeting and tear down after the meetings.

• Social Meeting:

• Scholarship Raffle was won by Ray Ballantyne who donated his $52.00 back to the fund for a total donation of $104.00.

• Programs Introduction by Deb Cox of Arleen Prochazka who gave the presentation: WEATHER OR NOT? Arleen provided a very informative and interesting briefing that included World weather patterns, the Puget Sound Convergence Zone, the Blue Hole of Sequim, ASOS vs weather observers, Radar and Doppler enhancements, and Weather Apps and tools.

• The meeting ended at 11:45 am and everyone helped put away chairs and cleaned up. A great winter meeting for EAA430.

1. AvMap EKP IV moving map GPS with antenna and associated wiring 2. Airgizmos docking station and manual. It has new internal AA rechargeable batteries for backup power. It has the current data base installed and the next two updates will be available already paid for.

3 Zaon XRX portable collision avoidance system that hooks into the AvMap and the headset plug-in so traffic alerts are heard and shown on the GPS screen. All associated wiring is included.

$750.00 for both.

Mark Schiely email: n675mv@gmail.com 971-712-3463 Mel Rudin: “I have a list of items I am selling related to parting out my Velocity.”

Contact Mel for a description & price of the items. You can also view them on our website: eaa430.org Donna Sommer has a Smith mini-plane project for sale. planepix@olypen.com (360) 461-3099