Manitwo Flyers, Ltd. Meeting

Minutes of March 18, 2008

The meeting was called to order by Lloyd Federer at 7:00 PM.  Role was taken with eleven members present.

The treasurer’s report was read by Fred Scholz.  A motion to approve the report as read was made by Lew Stevens and seconded by Jack Schoenberger.  Motion carried.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Gene Pagel.  A motion to approve as read was made by Jack Schoenberger and seconded by Lew Stevens.  Motion carried.

CAP Project

The CAP planes are all complete and all are waiting for weather to fly.  Al Howarth sent out an E-mail inviting all that helped with the CAP project to a spaghetti dinner put on  by the kids at their office.  It will be at 6:00 PM on Thursday March 20, 2008.

Al Howarth will write a brief description of the CAP project along with any pictures that are available.  Gene Pagel will then send the article to the AMA district VII Vice President for possible publication in the AMA magazine.

Field Notes

Lloyd reported that a down payment has been made to Northpoint Construction for the new building.  Construction will begin as soon as the weather permits and after SMI has done the necessary surveying.  Jansky will also be removing the underground irrigation system before the preparation for the black top begins.  Lloyd said that, weather permitting, it is hoped that the field will again be operational by June 1, 2008.

Folk Fair

Gene Pagel will check with the rec. dept. at the senior center to find out if there is going to be a folk fair this year.  The senior center is going through some remodeling and we need to find out if this will affect the folk fair.  If there is going to be one, Jack S., Lew S., Don M., Bill K., and Gene Pagel will take care of the presentation.

Field Signs

Al showed the new direction signs for the field.  Unfortunately they made all of the signs for the same direction so two more will have to be made for the opposite direction.  Al will also check on what is required to have the signs mounted on the highways.

Thunder on the Lakeshore

There was much discussion regarding the club’s participation at Thunder on the Lakeshore.  Are we going to just have a static display or are we going to fly?  More information is needed.  Al and Fred are going to attend the air show meetings to find out more.  A decent static display would require 20 to 30 aircraft.

Accounting Audit

It was suggested that an  audit of our books be done once or twice a year.  General discussion indicated that it might be a good idea or possibly have the treasurer be bonded.  The consensus seemed to be that an audit by a couple of club members would be adequate.  No action was taken at this time.

Bylaws

Our bylaws will have to be changed if we want to incorporate a youth or sponsored-individual membership.  Also any changes required in the field rules for the new additions to the field will have to be made.

A motion to adjourn was made by Lew S. and seconded by Jack S..  Motion carried.