Gathering Minutes: June 16, 2023

Date: June 16, 2023

• Board Members Present: Ray Ballantyne, Rick Vaux, Richard Howell, Tracy Halsted, Barry Halsted, Erik Petersen, Elisa Petersen, Harry Cook, Dave Miller
• Absent: Scott Fitzgerald, Bud Davies, Andy Sallee
• President Ray Ballantyne called the Board Meeting to order at 0903.
• Agenda additions or corrections: none.
• Approve Minutes: BOD Minutes of May 2023 meeting were approved.
• Correspondence:
• Ray had contact with David Leiting at EAA HQ regarding Chapter 430 receiving two (2)

admission wristbands for Airventure 2023 as thanks and recognition for our most recent Flying Start event. For some time we’ve been trying to find folks who plan to attend Airventure this year as potential prospects for these valuable items.

• We will announce availability of these bands at the June membership gathering and offer them at the Airventure Early Bird price-level.
• If no takers, we’ll auction them on Flights Above Pacific Northwest (FAPNW) Facebook group. Erik volunteered to manage that if and as needed.
• Reports & Status Update:
• Vice President Rick Vaux - nothing new.
• Secretary Richard Howell - nothing new.
• Treasurer Tracy Halsted - we’ve received reimbursement of 430 YE credits to cover the cost of the LT-40 kit for our second workshop.
• Membership Erik Petersen - reported 94 members and 11 running new members totals
• Young Eagles Bud Davies (Tracy) - We’ve had to cut off registrations at 80 kids and have 8 pilots and 14 ground crew members. Dave Miller accepted being designated as “Air Boss” for the rally. A heads up that Mike Mason wing walking will also be flying at W28 after noon.
• VMC/IMC Harry Cook - reported a lively meeting with 12 attendees
• Flyouts Barry Halsted - reported a nice turnout for Tacoma Narrows, about 7 aircraft
• July and August fly out airports will be included in the Poker Run, starting with Concrete (Mears Field) for the July destination on the same Saturday (July 15) as their Old Fashioned Fly In event. The August destination is expected to be Chehalis.
• Poker run details will be announced at the June membership gathering and via email.
• Scholarship Dave Miller - nothing new, but we noted that recipient Madeline Patterson flew with John Ward for the June fly out. She’s completed a bunch of advanced ratings and is looking to possibly become a rotary pilot for the U.S. Coast Guard.
• Newsletter Elisa Petersen - reports things are in good shape.
• Old Business
• Build N Fly (Rick Vaux) - workshop is on 2 week hiatus for Young Eagles rally and the membership gathering and will resume the following weekend. Participants have been invited to both events. The LT-40 model is being covered and could be ready to fly in mid-July.
• Registration for the July Young Eagles rally opens on Sunday June 18 and will be conducted from the Port Townsend Aero Museum at Jefferson County Airport. (We are not going to enable the check box for parents to express interest (and expectations) for Eagle Flights at the event.)
• Tool Crib move - Tood Taylor has offered a location at his hangar in Port Angeles. There’s obviously some amount of stuff (about half) that should be separated and disposed of - one way or another. A review team needs coordination to help with evaluation, moving and to assist Todd with construction and preparation of a spot.
• We need to determine how best to apply our remaining 420 YE credits. There are some items for Build N Fly we need - another R/C Radio and battery charging equipment are possibilities. If we have left over credits, they could be transferred to another chapter.
• New Business
• Program Survey - content pretty good! Future programs tentatively include:
• June - Judy Stipe (Sequim Museum & Arts) - History of Sequim Airports
• July - open
• August - open
• September, possibly Mike Friend (EAA 406) to talk about their eXenos youth project (and possibly meet sometime w/EAA 406 folks to tour PTAM?)
• October, possibly Marc Zeitlin - about his Cozy Mk IV
• Our mail server setup was reviewed by Scott F., Andy S. Erik. P. and Ken B.
• Mailchimp backups for Scott include Andy S., Erik P. and Ken B.
• Wordpress backups for Andy include Erik P. and Elisa P.
• Erik Petersen anticipates hosting another 3D printing workshop, likely sometime in mid-july.
• Ray, Tracy and Barry will be absent for the June gathering. Rick V. will lead. Food is ok.

Kevin and Charlie Tracy, along with Linda Runion for setup with Todd T. and/or Dave M. to handle the burgers on the new griddle.

• The meeting was adjourned at 1020.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard Howell, EAA 430 Secretary