Upper Fifteen, Inc.
Meeting Minutes
7/21/99
Present: Barnewall, Cox, Dorgan, Oberg, Rohl, Thompson
Guest: Jim Hibbert (first meeting)
VP Oberg called the meeting to order at 2005.
Minutes: The last minutes were e-mailed by Mike Dorgan, who provided a brief recap of them.
Treasurer: Annual results for fiscal 1999 show an operating surplus of $900, with debt added to finance 75Rís engine.
Membership: 15 Sr., 1 Jr., 4 openings
Rules & Publicity: No report
Hangar & Grounds: Still standing. Thompson tendered his resignation as Hangar & Grounds Chair due to his election as Secretary. Volunteers to succeed him were solicited.
Log Books: Up to date, per Barnewall.
Aircraft55144: The carburetor was rebuilt, with the result that it idles more smoothly. A new compass was also installed. Pilots are asked to check readings carefully to spot any discrepancies that may have crept in.
Aircraft9075R: The turn coordinator is inoperative, and no IFR is permitted pending a fix.
Old Business: None
New Business: Avemco, our insurance company, sent us several safety-related videos, and their periodic customer magazine. Check with Barnewall to borrow them. They may be used for future meeting programs. We will conduct an education/safety presentation at one meeting each month from now on. Program: Bill Cox presented the answers to his e-mailed quiz on airspace regulations. A general discussion of the rules ensued. Mike Dorgan also provided the answer to his e-mail quiz on pilot incapacitation. The correct answer is to notify the NTSB immediatley.
The meeting was adjourned at 2100.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Thompson, Secretary