Upper Fifteen, Inc.

Meeting Minutes

10/20/99

Present: Barnewall, Moss, Rohl, Schramm, Thompson, Winslow

Guests: Dean Taber (1st meeting)

Prez Schramm called the meeting to order at 2015.

Minutes: The last minutes were e-mailed by Thompson, and a reading was

waived.

Treasurer: $1,678.49 in the bank, $350 on hand for deposit. The check from our

newest member will be used to pay out resigned member Jason Kruger?s deposit

reserve. Members are reminded to pay your bills early. Esimate your flying

charges and send Barnewall a check, please.

Membership: 15 Sr., 2 Jr., 3 openings. The Club welcomed guest Dean Taber, a Colonie police officer, to his first meeting.

Rules & Publicity: Winslow reported nothing new to report.

Flight Standards: No report.

Hangar & Grounds: Greg Paige has volunteered to become Hangar & Grounds

chair.

Log Books: Up to date as of 2 weeks ago.

Aircraft9075R: The auxiliary antenna cables, which connect a handheld to the

auxiliary antenna, are missing form both planes. Check your flight bags. The

rotating beacon was reported out, and the landing light was reported

intermittent. Question was raised as to possible voltage regulator problems.

Aircraft55144: The transponder was reported occasionally intermittent, as

were the instrument panel lights. The DME is not back from servicing yet. The #1 nav needle was reported to stick occasionally in its dial. A static wick is

needed on the repaired portion of the elevator.

Old Business: Reservation System: the current system is not, and cannot be

made Y2K compliant. Schramm noted he is "throwing in the towel" on attempting to maintain the telephone connection. Our options at the moment are: 1) Use the free Web site system;

2) Try to work further on the existing system;

3) Return to a manual system in the hangar based on the old binders; 4) Build a

reservation system on our Web site; 5) Look for a newer, more reliable

system, such as the one explored a few years ago from Wheeler Engineering. Tim wants someone else to take over the issue. A discussion of perceived pros and

cons of each option ensued. As an interim measure \, the system will be taken off

the phone line and the answering machine re-installed. Temporarily, members will have to come to the hangar to make or change reservations.

Further discussion and voting will be held at the next meeting, 11/3/99.

The meeting was adjourned at 2110.

Respectfully submitted,

Tom Thompson, Secretary