May 21, 2009 SES Meeting Minutes

Leesburg Community Center

Call to order: 7:00 P.M. - 16 members were present. 

Sec. Report: The March 2009 minutes were approved as written and posted at the field. Secretary Larry Fortna was not present and the minutes were taken by Tom Craig in his absence.

Field Safety: No Safety Officers present at this meeting

Treas. Report: Tom Craig - Treasurer Report was given by Tom Craig and passed around for members to view.

Field Report: Don Baisden –Seeding was done on the North-South runway, when the grass reaches two inches we will spread fertilizer.

There will be no mowing of the North-South runway until further notice.

Old Business: It was brought up to allow us to put an electric gate opener on the existing gate on Jackson Street by the water pump. This is under consideration by the county.

It was voted to install the Tana Balls ASAP and not wait for the power pole install.

It was voted to allow Bob Holbrook additional funds to install the flag pole.

New Business:

A few members and board members met with the Pear Park Flyers to introduce our club and invited them to come and try our flying facility.

Don Neal and Don Baisden met with Gary Debo and discussed having electricity at the flying site. The county needs to make adjustments to remove the methane gas by putting in another pipe with a pump to extract the methane. Once this is done they will inform us on where we can install a power pole with a security light.

It was suggested to put some of our treasury funds into CD’s to catch a little interest. Tom will look into the rates and present at next meeting.

We currently have a 2 person field committee (Don Baisden and Jim Soltysiak and a third person was requested and approved (Tom Craig). These three individuals will asses damage at our site and determine the proper repair for the damage. The Pilot or the Instructor of the new pilot will be responsible for these repairs. It was determined a patch was not suitable no more than anyone would accept a patch in the roof of their vehicle.

The current damage to the roof of the shelter (that was damaged earlier) was determined to require a new panel to replace the damaged one at a cost of $130.00 by Orlando Steel.

A Motion was made and seconded to draft a paragraph about field damages to be inserted in the bylaws and also added to the info package given to new members by the membership chairman.

Members using the First Aid kit must notify any officer of its use so that we can insure the items used are replaced in a timely manner. Please keep it neat and not just dump it back into the white waterproof box as it was recently found.

50/50 split of $45.00 was won by Don Neal and donated back to the club.

Submitted by Tom Craig 05/26/2009