Officer reports

·         President – Gary Paulin

o        Gary is restarting lease negotiations with Tony Wiederkehr for Tony’s Grob Twin I Astir.

·         President Elect – Brian Hood

o        KAWO

§         Brian needs a results summary from Stan Kasprzyk, Howard Glover, Keith Turner, and Ron Bellamy on the proposed pattern tests.

§         Brian talked to the Ultra light (light sport) group at AWO and they have concerns about the airport proposed glider alternatives.

·         Secretary – Doug Service

o        The annual meeting minutes are approved by the board and posted to website

·         Equipment Director – Tony Puglisi

o        The L-23 showing signs of age hence the current repairs.

o        The 1-34 in for annual now.

·         Operations Director – Hans Sendelbach

o        Nothing to report.

·         Treasurer – Marty Gibbins

o        Marty presented a detailed financial statement for 2009.

·         Chief Flight Instructor – Stan Kasprzyk

o        New instruction syllabus is on the website.

o        Stan is developing a checkout criteria proposal for single place ships.

o        The CFIG revalidation clinic will be held on February 13^th and 14^th.

Business conducted by email

·         Brian Hood proposed that Ron Clark be made a member and be billed for December dues.  Hans Sendelbach seconded and the motion carried.

Old Business

·         CAP towing – Can they offer tow pilot support?

o        Doug Service and Hans Sendelbach will make a proposal concerning how ESI interacts with other organizations. They will specifically deal with the Civil Air Patrol and Northwest Eagle Soaring.

New Business

·         Sergev Ivanov attended the meeting and applied for membership. Tony Puglisi motioned to accept Sergei as a member pending paper work. Stan Kasprzyk seconded and the motion carried.

·         Members on active duty – Brian Hood motioned to waive dues and glider fees during any month a member is on active US military duty except in a month in which they receive a tow. Tony Puglisi seconded and the motion carried.

·         Ron Clark was voted into active membership by board.

·         Ronan Murphy requested social status. The board agreed to grant the request if Ronan clears past due fees.

·         The Astir is not being used. Should we replace it? Gary Paulin suggested that the entire fleet should be reviewed. Tony Puglisi noted that from Mar 08 to Nov 09 the Astir was only flown 32 times. A decision was made to reconstitute glider committee. Gary Paulin, Doug Service, Tony Puglisi, and Hans Sendelbach volunteered.

·         Heinz Gehlhaar volunteered to handle account receivables and contact members who are overdue.

·         Hans Sendelbach volunteered to investigate auto draft for payment of member fees.

·         Hans Sendelbach, Tony Puglisi, and Brian Hood will develop capital plan. Will develop prioritized itemized list of purchases.

·         The board decided to not consider a change in tow fees for long tows or heavy gliders unless one of the proponents of such a plan puts together a detailed proposal with actual data that shows the benefits of such a plan. Gary Paulin noted that the current billing system is easy to implement and understand and hence it is cost effective.

·         The board requires more information from Mark Nyberg on the details of leasing a lot at the Concrete airport before a decision can be made about paying the waiting list fee. For example, how much would the lease cost? Can we turn a lot down and remain at the top of the list?

·         Towing of non-members was discussed. Tony proposed that we will not tow any individuals who are not members of ESI or member of another club covered by Costello Insurance for the next sixty days. Brian seconded the motion and the motion carried.

·         Doug volunteered to clarify if Costello insurance changes require a commercial pilot to tow members of other clubs covered by Costello by contacting Mark Nyberg.