KENT RADIO AEROMODELERS, INC
Meeting Minutes Dec 5., 2023
Call to order at 7pm by Vice-President: Gary Stephens
Members present: 11 Guest present: 0
Review of the Minutes from Nov. 2023 Does anyone have any request to amend the meeting minutes? None Motion to approve: Dan McLaren Second: Dave Hills Motion: Passed Financial Report: Presented by Dan McLaren.
Motions to approve: Jim Herron Second: Danny Osborne Motion: Passed Old Business:
Holiday Fruit Basket Donation will be done close to Christmas.
2024 Member Dues are due 12/31/2023 or sooner, remember to mail your Club Member Renewal form to Dan McLaren along with $75
Mike Murphy: Safety Director Report
It’s December and almost nobody’s flying, so before storing those planes away check out your servos, lube the gears if needed. Check for wires abrasion/connections. If flying fuel power, check the plug where lines go into the tank for wear/potential leaks. Check electrical connectors and pull the batteries and put them on storage.
Dave Hills Maintenance Director Report:
Dave handed in his key today to Jim Herron the nominee for 2024 Maintenance Director. Thanks to the crew for the 2023 mowing efforts.
Chris Mroch:Website Status
Website updated to include placeholders for likely 2024 events. Agenda for tonight’s meeting was added to the website. MSA schedule updated for December 2023 on website. Last month’s meeting minutes are posted to the website. Templates for all the potential 2024 KRAM events are prepped and set to be completed once the information for the main event director, event dates and times is known.
New Business:
2024 Elections.
Proposed slate: President Jeff Streit, VP Gary Stephens, VP2 Jim Grant, Treasurer Dan McLaren, Recording Sec. Chuck Putney, Safety Dir. Mike Murphy, Web Master. Chris Mroch, Maint. Dir. Jim Herron Social Director vacant
Any other Nominations? None Motion to approve the entire slate: Jim Herron Second: Jim Grant Motion: Passed
2024 Training Staff: : Chief Trainer Danny Osborn, 2nd Trainer (mornings only) Bob Irish, 3rd Trainer Max Machala and 4th Trainer Chuck Putney
Dan McLaren discussed his 2023 FAA renewal, and the process of entering at least one plane of your inventory.
2024 Calendar:
The following events need dates, please bring proposed dates to the Jan Meeting so we can put them on the club calendar: Brann Spring Dinner, Vets Picnic, Longest Day Fly, Club Picnic, Poker Fun Fly
2024 Combat discussion: Jim Herron has volunteered to run the 2024 season combats and handle the food responsibilities. He believes KRAM SHOULD continue hosting Combat events for 2024, the 2023 events were lightly attended and some speculation was this was due to the ‘points’ earned at our combat sessions were not applied to the league season standings. However rational this speculation appears somewhat unfounded as in the previous years our events (and ALL non-Tulip City Air Force events) have never counted towards the season league standings. In previous years our attendance was very acceptable and a lot of fun was enjoyed by the participants and spectators. The 2023 season low attendance was more likely affected by multiple factors:
1 the cancellation of our first scheduled combat
2 coincidentally our 2023 dates conflicted with the popular (and fun) Wolverine Skyhawks monthly Float Fly events at the Clifford Lake Inn. NOTE: The league is likely to move to Monday nights for 2024, which should help avoid the Float Fly conflicts.
3 Our tall corn might have ‘turned off’ some combatants as it’s not conducive to smooth flowing combat events with pilots out in the corn searching for downed planes. Fingers crossed we do NOT have corn in 2024.
Show N Tell: Dan McLaren showed his shiny new Spectrum remote ID module which he pre-ordered and finally took possession several months later. As always anything Remote ID related triggered a lively discussion. In summary, if you’ll be flying anything over 250grams at a non-FRIA location after March 16, 2024 a remote-id will be required to be in compliance with FAA regulations.
Bob Irish reported he is building a Great Planes UltraSport from a dusty old kit. Wingspan – 80” 1,000 sq in. OS 1.20 4 stroke (20cc).
Next Meeting is Jan.9, 2024 West Michigan Aviation Academy. Moved to 2nd Tuesday as President Streit will be out of town until 1/3/2024.
Motion to Adjourn: Allen Simpson Second: Dave Hills Motion: Passed
