EAA Chapter 1218

April 12, 2012

Following the burger cookout and potluck lunch, forty eight members and guests watched the memorial video of Homer Johnston and Jim Tausworthe. President White thanked Henny Christensen for creating the excellent video. Members agreed with a big round of applause.

Condolences were extended to member Ray Fine who lost a brother following the March meeting.

The cooks were thanked especially the burger flippers Tom Bentele and Jerry Pfister. Remember the donation jar to offset the burger and bun purchase for the cookout today.

A motion to approve the secretary’s report was made by Henny Christensen, second by Benny Butler and approved.

Treasurer David Johnson gave the financial report; motion to approve by Tom Bentele, second by Bob Brantley and approved. Dues are overdue.

Announcements: This was the first meeting Tom Young has attended since donating the Zodiac project to the chapter. We thank him so much. Friday’s are workdays about 9 a.m. Howard Wolford, Houston has donated a memorial stone placed next to the guardian angel hosta in memory of Ben Andre. There will be an Air Expo at Branson West on April 25^th. There is a fly-in pancake breakfast at Macon, May 12^th 7-11 a.m.

A motion to participate in Oz Fall Fest October 6, 2012 by renting booth space was made by Phyllis White, second by Henny and approved. President White asked those approving the motion to keep their hands up as volunteers for the event.

The chapter has received an invitation to Steve Johnson’s, Mtn. Home for burgers on Tuesday evenings 5 p.m. He is secretary of the two EAA chapters in the area. If you fly-in to Mtn. Home Airport, they will pick you up. President White was in contact with Mr. Johnson trying to locate an ultra-light instructor for a man that had purchased an ultra-light and had taken no flying lessons. President White encouraged him to take some lessons. There were no instructors located but member Cliff Kincade did meet the man at the Seymour airstrip, made sure they had rigged it correctly and test flew it. Then the man’s son taxied it, it lifted off and came down hard enough to damage the gear.

President White would like to see the Jerry Smith Scholarship money grow somehow. An example might be if we increased the family dues from $15 to $20 per year that $5 could go into the scholarship fund. $20 would still be really cheap for 12 meetings with meals. No action would be taken until the annual meeting in October.

The May meeting will be on the 12^th, Mexican potluck at noon. Motion by Bob Brantley, second by John Smith and approved by members.

Wendell Bailey announced the 4^th of July parade this year, Wayne Stevenson, WWII bronze star recipient will be honored as grand marshal. It is the biggest 4^th of July parade in south central Missouri except for Marshfield which has been going on since 1946. President White said after the parade we usually come out to the hangar for our picnic complete with homemade ice cream and some noise with Ron’s anvil firing. Phyllis White suggested someone come up with a new idea for our chapter float for the parade. Bob Coats said they friends from out of state here last year and really enjoyed the festivities. Jane Bailey said they were hoping for 100 clowns; costumes are available.

Motion to adjourn made by Jim Vokac, second by Bob Coats and approved by members.

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January 14, 2012, 51 members and guests enjoyed soup/chili potluck before President White called the business meeting to order. Sandy Smith’s mother Pauline Plummer and three guests from the Carthage area were welcomed. The cooks were given a big thank you. Clint Allen was presented with his 2011 Technical Counselor certificate and pin since he was absent at the December meeting.

The minutes were approved as published with two corrections: treasurer’s report motion to approve was by Bob Brantley not Brent Humphrey and Kevin Johnson’s dog fight was changed to aerial combat. Motion to approve by Henny Christensen, second by Mike Vaughn and approved.

The financial report was given by Treasurer David Johnson; motion to approve by John DeRoos, second by Al Grant.

President White reported according to Doc Openshaw, Eric Snouffer has his pilot’s certificate. Pat Storm has soloed. Congratulations to both. Pat has donated two aviation books to the chapter library.

President White asked if members enjoyed the Orville Wright interview article e-mailed to members. It was lengthy but interesting.

The January 2012 Broadhead Pietenpol Newsletter reported on an issue with Sun’n Fun 2011 involving the three “Big Piets” from Georgia that were in the tornado. All three Piet owners were immediately busy arranging to get their wrecked airplanes onto trailers and trucks to go back to Georgia when the SnF authorities stopped them and declared that the damaged airplanes had to be moved to another airport location as soon as possible. The owners were upset because this interrupted their work to depart as soon as possible. SnF chose two outside contractors to move the planes (reportedly doing even more airplane damage on the way).

Seven months later, the three Piet owners each received a letter from the president of SnF that said that the SnF insurance carrier had denied reimbursement for the contractor costs. The SnF letter asked the three owners to apply to their own insurance carriers to pay the contractor bills. The total contractor cost was some $31,000 and the “share” assigned to each of the Piet owners was nearly $8,000 each. Part of the Piet-assigned cost was for some 225 tons of soil that was removed and replaced due to “fuel contamination” from “100 gallons of gasoline”. The Piet owners state that no fuel leaked at all and in fact one of the Piet fuel tanks had been previously drained. No mention was made of the other two dozen airplanes listed by the contractors.

Jim Vokac asked if the members would be interested in offering ourselves as mentors to Willow Springs High School seniors working on related senior projects. Made as a motion to pursue obtaining information by Jim, second by David Johnson and approved by members.

The February 11 meeting will be noon Italian potluck and chocolate desserts as an early Valentine’s Day celebration.

Sandy Smith announced the corporate trust members responsible for maintaining and monitoring the funds donated by family and friends of Jerry Smith for aviation related scholarships have decided to have Chapter 1218 take over the responsibility. The funds totaling $4,323.37 will help others improve and develop their skills and knowledge in the field of aviation. The Chapter will take over this responsibility and have full authority to determine use of the funds. The Chapter thanks Sandy and the other trust members for their confidence in the chapter’s ability to determine the best scholarship candidates and manage the funds.

Following the business meeting a humorous FAA video “Fifteen medical conditions” will be shown to those interested.

A motion to adjourn was made by John Smith, second by Benny Butler and approved by members.