EAA Chapter met January 8, 2012 , at 2:00 pm at AXV. Nine members ( Ken Boyd, Gene Will, Todd Bills, Mike Schnell, Richard Murray, Tom Fortman, Marc Hines, Neil Winget, and Walt Vogel ) were in attendance as well as two guests ( Ann Vogel and Marty Bevill).
President Todd Bills called the meeting to order and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Gene Will gave the treasurer’s report of $344.26. There were some members that paid their dues.
Old Business:
Ann reported that she made reservations for the Banquet Room at CJ High Marks for February 25, at 6 pm. When the time gets closer, an accurate count would be appreciated.
Todd reported that EMB does not do patches, some more information will come at the next meeting.
New Business:
Todd also had received the packet from EAA to renew membership. That will be completed at the next meeting. The main reason for keeping up the membership to the national EAA is for the Young Eagles event. The insurance will be approximately $250 this year.
Project Reports:
Ken reported that his project needs to be painted.
Richard brought a piece from an aircraft showing how not to do rivets.
Richard also announced that there was an interesting Webinar about magnetos . He will put the link on the web page.
Mike told us of his experience of visiting a WACO factory in Michigan. It was also announced that the J-3’s are celebrating their 75th anniversary and there will be some given away at Oshkosh this summer.
Marty shared a letter he had received from his son, Chase from basic training in Texas.
After other useful airplane chatter, the meeting was adjourned by Neil and Ken.
Walter Vogel, Secretary
Recorded by Ann Vogel
