EAA Chapter 430 Monthly Gathering Minutes

The monthly gathering was called to order @ 1010 by President Ken Brown with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag Introduction of Guests. The following guests were introduced: Al Gross and Leland Cox, members of Olympic R/C Modelers in Port Angeles, guests of Ken Brown; Vince, friend of Alden Johnson; Grant Mills, guest of John Meyers, grew up Sequim/PA, soloed in 2017 & got his PPL soon after. He decided to switch careers and become a pro pilot and is now at CWU finishing the flight program; Alliree Meyers, wife and guest of John Meyers.

New member: Jeff Smith joined Chapter 430 this morning. Jeff is a retired airline captain, who is presently working as a pilot for Rite Bros. Announcement: Madeline Patterson has been accepted into the University of North Dakota Aviation Studies and will be starting school in August. Presentation: Jim Reeves shared his interesting personal flying background and his involvement with drones and Precision Drone Solutions, his current Sequim business. There are presently over a million drone owners and 60,000 commercial drone operators in the U.S. There has been a 300% growth in drone utilization and drones have replaced $127.3 billion in labor and services. Jim described a few of the current uses of drones: real estate, event and product photography, construction monitoring, inspections, mapping, surveying, ecology, environmental, public safety, fire, search & rescue, law enforcement, mapping crime scenes. He described the various types of drones and the FAA requirements for drone operators. In 2020 ADSB will be required on all drones.

At the end of the presentation, the pizza arrived so a short break was taken, along with the 50/50 scholarship raffle which was won by Harry Cook. Board of Directors November Meeting:

We have the following in our bank account: Checking $1650, Savings $2688 & Scholarship $1723. We currently have 101 members. Nomination Committee Report:

The chapter still needs the following positions filled: Treasurer, program director, fund raising paver chairman, facility manager to heat the hangar and set up for meetings, web editor VMC Club will meet on Wednesday, December 11th at Mariners Café. Topic will be Owner Maintenance and will be addressed by Chapter 430 tech counselors.

The Annual Business Meeting was called to order with a quorum present:

The slate of officers was voted on by voice vote of 27 members present plus 10 proxies: President – Ken Brown; Vice-President – Ernie Hansen; Ray Ballantyne – Secretary. At this time, we do not have a candidate for Treasurer for 2020. The following Bylaw changes were presented with discussion, a motion made, seconded and passed by voice vote:

Date: Nov 30, 2019

Call to Order 1010

Location: W28 #15

Article VIII: Chapter Board of Directors

1. The business and property of the Chapter shall be conducted and controlled by the Chapter Board of Directors.

2. The Chapter Board of Directors shall consist of the following:

a. Class I Directors shall be the Chapter President, Chapter Vice President, Chapter Secretary and Chapter Treasurer.

b. Class II Directors shall be three (3) to nine (9) additional members elected to the position of Class II Director: The previous year’s Chapter officers shall automatically be Class II Director. Additional Directors may be elected at the option of the Class I Directors.

c. The term of office for the Chapter Board of Directors shall be for two (2) years.

There was a question regarding the Procedure Manual and it was explained the manual will be an expansion of job descriptions.

Tool Crib: Harry Cook gave a description of what he would like to see in a chapter tool crib: He suggested a “clearing house” arrangement with a single point of contact and a list of chapter owned tools, and tools members would be willing to share, posted on our web site. Specifically, Harry is suggesting tools that would be too expensive or large to be acquired for one time use by one individual builder. Contact Harry if you have these type tools you would be willing to donate to the chapter or are willing to share with other members. Tax write-offs are available for donations.

John Cuny mentioned members who have “Gone West” and their various talents and what they contributed to our chapter. He would like to see a “Resource Roster” so current members will know who to call who have particular skills to share.

Annual Holiday Party: December 28th, 2019 Cedars at Dungeness. A menu will be sent, along with prices, and will require an RSVP by those attending.

The Annual Business meeting concluded at 11:40. Birthday cake was served after singing Happy Birthday to Chapter 430.

Respectfully,

Mary Brown (for Ray Ballantyne, Secretary)