November
20, 2002 Meeting Minutes
Membership Report - We are now at 55 Adult members and 13 Junior members. A big welcome to our newest member, Walt Evans.
New flying field in Sussex was brought up. We decided to ask Gabe to reserve the field for the third weekend in each month. Someone asked if club members could use the field for personal launches. That is up to the individual. When Gabe had me look at the field in October there was a family flying rockets there. This activity is common on this field.
Sod farm launch report. We had 14 of the MITI kids show up to fly their rockets at the November launch. Quite a few of our guests stayed to watch the usual fun and games.
Mark Stehlik and Scott Goebel gave a demonstration at Cub Scout pack 100 in Muskego. The boys are building Alpha III’s and will be attending our December 7th. Sod farm launch.
Pavel and Tom Pinkas, Dan Wolf and family, Gene Kromray, Brent Lillesand, Mark Talkington, and Scott Goebel and family are planning to attend the “October Fly” contest in St. Louis.
Mark Stehlik invited club members to join him at Bong recreational area for a “Turkey Day launch on Thanksgiving day. 2pm. Till?
Jerry Selensky will host the Christmas party this year. It will be held on December 14th at 4:00 pm. Jerry stated that beer would be on the menu. Please bring a dish to pass and any soft drinks that you wish to consume.
Two new members were welcomed at the meeting. Walt and Greg had attended the November sod farm launch and look forward to flying with us at future events.
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Name badges were discussed. Kurt’s yahoo email address has gone down the drain and he is unable to retrieve any messages stored there. The club president asked if we could simply make up cards for all members. Kurt agreed to start printing up cards for everyone. Kurt’s new email address is kurt_schachner@wooshrocketry.org.
More building parties were requested. The club president will look into reserving the back room at Greenfield News and Hobby for a building party.
Mark Stehlik suggested that we send some kind of thank you gift or card to Greenfield News and Hobby.
Club launch equipment maintenance was discussed. Brent has the pad boxes and will bring them to the Christmas party. All other equipment is at the trailer at Jerry’s house already. The club is in need of good used or new batteries for the upcoming flying season. Many options were discussed including Ni-Cad, UPS pulls, lead-acid batteries, Gel cells, and cordless power tool batteries. Jerry Selensky volunteered to look into the battery issue and price out our options.
The club’s Pratt Surefire box still works but needs a new switch. Scott Hansen volunteered to contact Doug Pratt to see how we can get it repaired. In his discussions with Doug, Doug has offered to fix it free of charge. Mark Stehlik will ship it out after the December sod farm launch.
Club Officer elections were held. No one dared to run a campaign against any of the current officers. As a result all persons will retain their current officer status.