March 2010
Shiocton Flyers Club General
Membership Meeting, February 10, 2010.
Members Present: Al
Van Straten, Bill Kortens, Steve Knorr, Frank Sausen, Galen
Timblin, Dave McNichols, Pat Van Straten, Brian
Laedtke.
President Van Straten called the
meeting to order at 7:32pm.
The minutes from the October General
Meeting and the December Board Meeting were approved as
read.
The Treasurer’s report was approved
as read.
Business new to
2010: Budgeting. This was initially brought up and
discussed at our December 2009 Board Meeting but as a new
‘concept’ on our part and as best started at the beginning of a
new year, it is the first order of new business. Now that we know
the general dollar amounts it takes to run the airport for a year,
Dave McNichols wants to bank our CD’s so that in time, we have a
CD coming due on a monthly schedule so that at a worse case, we
can guarantee ourselves a monthly income. As discussed at the
meeting, Dave will for now play the deposit & mature date game
with the CD’s as they come due to get us started on a quarterly
schedule and to a monthly schedule after that.
Raffle tickets, etc. At this time we
no longer have anyone in the club in the printing industry
(myself) so we need to have another couple weeks lead time on our
printed material so I have time to shop our work around. For the
raffle tickets at least, we need to have all the information in by
the 10th of May to comfortably have tickets in hand by
the first of June.
Old Business from
2009: Airport Liability Insurance. Al spoke with Dennis
Gillespie and Jack Voight about our liability at the airport with
alcohol sales. Other than us getting a policy that specifically
covers us doing so, the Wisconsin Dram Laws which give us blanket
liability protection are as good as we’re going to get.
Woodcutting. The woods east of the
airport has been cut down. The usable wood has been logged out and
the brush remains. Al was approached by a firm from Sobieski about
chipping the brush for landscape mulch.
Dundas land. Al & Pat Van
Straten, myself and Tom Van Straten met with the airport attorney
about finalizing this land deal. Tom (with the airport’s help)
recently acquired ownership of the property. As per our agreement
with Tom, once he owned the land, he would then in turn ‘give’ us
what we needed for the airport in turn for us paying our share of
the property taxes for the past 20 years that this land was in
bankruptcy/probate. At the meeting we offered to have all the
surveying done and recorded at the courthouse.
Election. The Board Positions of Al
Van Straten, Bill Kortens and Brian Laedtke expire as of the
Annual Meeting. Al Van Straten opened the floor for nominations.
Frank Sausen nominated the 3 expiring names. After several minutes
with no further nominations, Dave McNichols moved to close the
nominations with Frank Sausen seconding the motion. The names of
Al Van Straten, Bill Kortens and Brian Laedtke will be placed upon
the ballot for election to a 3 year term.
A motion was made and seconded and
the meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.
This and That: The
brush from the woods has been chipped and hauled away. I didn’t
get any pictures of the chipper, but rest assured, it was a Mafia
approved wood chipper that could chip all matter of trees and your
enemies with ease. With the brush chipped and hauled away, this
means all we need to do is keep the brush down.
The surveyor was out last week and
the land has all been surveyed, so once the description has been
recorded, we finally own all the land that is the airport. Tom
will disc the corn stalks this spring for us and we will most
likely be using Tom’s equipment to do our ditching which will
probably occur immediately after the Fly-in.
Congrats to Fred Marcks. Rumor has it
he recently soloed.
A reminder to those using the
airport. The sun is warmer and the mud is starting to appear on
bare ground.
Now for the serious stuff: A ballot
will be sent to each member of record. If there’s one name on your
mailing list, you get one ballot. Two names, two ballots, etc.
Please make your selection(s), put the ballot into the enclosed
envelope, sign and mail. Your ballot will be separated from the
envelope before counting and those counting the ballots will never
see your envelope. Those members that get their newsletter
on-line, a ballot will be included in an email and you can either
reply and vote by email or physically attend the Annual Meeting
and vote with a paper ballot. Please mail your ballot back so that
it is in my hand by Friday, March 5th. Electronic
voting I need in my inbox by Saturday, March 6th at 12
noon.
You must be a fully paid member of
one year in good standing as of the start of the Annual Meeting.
If not a current paid member and you
cast a ballot, your ballot will be destroyed before counting.
The moral is: Pay your 2010 dues if
not yet paid.
The Legal stuff: As so noted in
Article III Section 6 of the By-Laws, you must have been a
member for one year and your dues must be paid and current to be
eligible to vote. If you need a copy of the By-laws, let me know
and I’ll be happy to get you a copy.
**Notice of Annual
Meeting**
The Shiocton Flyers Club
Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 6th,
2010 at 1:00pm at the Riverside Club, N5645 Mill Street, Shiocton,
WI.
The agenda of the meeting looks
something like this:
1) Update on Dundas
Property.
A) Walk-around work
party to pick up sticks.
B) Survey.
1A)
Brush along Hwy. 187.
2) Tom Van Straten property
update.
3) Airport liability
update.
4) Fly-in/raffle/licenses
5) Other?
6) Election of Board of
Directors/Election of Officers.
