EVERGREEN SOARING
Minutes of a Meeting of the
Board of Directors
May 4, 2002
Evergreen Soaring Treasurer Michael Delaney, filling-in for President Keith Turner, called the meeting to order at 9:20AM. The meeting was held at the Evergreen Soaring clubhouse at Arlington Airport. Those present were President; Mike Delaney, Treasurer; Mark Nyberg, Secretary; Keith McLean, Operations Director; Roy Parzyk, Equipment Director; Howard Glover, Scheduler; Gary Thayer, GlidePath Editor; Ron Mehelich, Membership Chairman; Paul Adriance, Bob Barwell, Chuck Flora, Winfried Feivel, Brian Wixon and Scott Watson. Although Keith Turner could not be present, he submitted his comments in advance – included in italics.
Old business opened with a discussion of our next trip to Darrington to be held on the weekend the weekend of May 25/26. It was decided that Keith McLean would see how many people are interested in participating.
The next item of business was to discuss moving the Lark to Ephrata in May. Keith Turner: On the question of the Lark to Ephrata - my view is no commitment - no go. We don't want to be spending a tiedown fee in two places if it isn't getting any use. I would want to see real commitment to taking it to Ephrata covering the tiedown fees and getting it back before making a commitment to take it before the encampment. The suggestion was made that perhaps the Lark shouldn’t go to Ephrata and that taking a Blanik would be a better choice. Keith McLean will be finding out if there will be sufficient participation/commitments to take a glider to Ephrata and will make the decisions soon.
One of the attendees expressed concern about using e-mail exclusively to solicit member preferences and commitments for events. People who don’t have e-mail may be excluded.
The EAA Fly-In at Arlington Airport from July 10-14 will prevent glider operations during that time. Keith Turner: I am in favor of going to Darrington for the EAA fly in. Everyone is in favor of moving at least some of our operation (towplane and at least some of the gliders) to Darrington for that time. Keith McLean will be organizing this effort. Equipment will probably need to be moved to Darringon during the weekend before and returned to Arlington sometime after the Fly-In weekend.
The treasurer reported that the weather has been keeping our revenues low. Revenue is expected to increase as the weather improves. Mike Delaney has gotten a modern cell phone to replace our aging telephone equipment. The phone number is the same as with the old field phone. Mike will be installing a timer on the phone charger to prevent overcharging.
The Russia is currently up for sale. Keith Turner: I have ads in SSA magazine (Mike needs to write a check for SSA) and wings and wheels. So far have had two emails from interested folks. I need e-mailable pictures of the Russia to send to folks. Mike will be talking to the prospective buyer and furnishing him with a copy of the logbooks.
Regarding maintenance, the Russia is currently in annual. Blanik 029 has been returned to service. We are planning to have Paul Neinhause annual Blanik 14J on the ramp this month. Chris and Michael Hodges have been working on the Lark trailer and have begun covering it with rust inhibitor paint (Jon was over 4000’ with Angus). They are looking for volunteers to help finish the job. Roy Parzyk was authorized to purchase a toolbox and affix it to the Lark trailer.
Regarding the purchase of a second Blanik trailer, Keith Turner is still pursuing this.
Evergreen’s Ephrata Encampment is scheduled for the third week of June (June 16 through June 23) that ends the weekend that Boeing Employee’s Soaring Club (BESC) encampment begins. The spring trip to Wenatchee (wave camp) has been cancelled due to lack of interest.
Parachutes have been repacked and are available for use.
There was considerable discussion about contributing $1,000 to the Seattle Glider Council. It was generally agreed that it is a good idea to make such a contribution. With club cash at a low point, it was decided to visit this issue again at the next board meeting.
Moving on to new business, Paul Adriance was unanimously accepted as a new member.
There was considerable discussion regarding whether or not we should accept a 12-year old boy as a member. On one had it would be a long time before the boy could solo. On the other hand he wants to fly. Instructors will be talking to the boy and his parents again before a decision is made.
Roy Parzyk has been approached by Mike Henderson to loan him one of our trailers for a few days. There were no objections so Roy will be handling this.
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned at 11:20 AM.
Respectfully,
Mark Nyberg-
Secretary