NOTE:  These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Meeting called to order:

7:01pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: – John Russcher

• The September 18^th, 2023 meeting minutes were posted on the website for review.
• A motion was made, seconded and the September 18^th, 2023 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.
• Membership report. We started and ended 2023 with 74 members. There were 11 members from 2022 that did not renew their membership and there were 9 new adult members and 2 new youth members for 2023.

Treasurer’s Report: - Mike VanAanhold

• Club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions feel free to contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold. 
• A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: – Steve Kastens

• An update was given on the runway expansion project. When we get closer to spring, we will be asking for help to cut pieces off the large roll of geotex for each end of the runway and the new taxiways.  This will make the geotex more manageable to hand when installing it at the field.
• When we install the runway expansion pieces, we will also install the additional flight line fence like what is currently between the two existing taxiways. 
• Once the new geotex pieces are installed we will tape the new seams and replace the tape that has come off the existing runway seams.

Visitors and/or New Members:

•  New member Kevin Parsell and John Winstanley introduced themselves.   

Old Business:

•  None    

New Business:

• Field Lease. We are in the last year of our field lease. Dave Jamrog will be contacting the landowners about starting conversations about renewing our lease.
• There was a discussion about an increase in the club dues starting in 2025. There was a consensus from the members present that a dues increase would need to be justified by increased expenses.
• The 2024 budget was reviewed. There was some discussion then a motion was made, seconded and the 2024 budget was approved by member vote.

Announcements and Upcoming Events: – John Russcher

• Events for 2024 were reviewed. Dates will be set in the next month or so. We will have all the same events that we did in 2023 with the addition of a Fun Fly event hosted by Rob Wetterholt Jr. Steamer combat events will be moving from Wednesdays to Mondays.  
• The new slightly modified club logo was shown. The old logo had the words Holland, Michigan on the bottom and the words R/C above the airplane. The new logo has the words AMA R/C Club 1403 at the bottom and the word R/C above the airplane was removed. 
• A banner to promote our club was purchased. It will be hung up at club events and community events that we attend.

Comments and Questions:

•  None

Next Meeting:

• The next meeting will be in May at the club field. The date and time will be emailed out in April.      

Meeting Adjourned:

• Meeting adjourned at 8:03pm.

Attendees:

• Members present: John Russcher, Dave Jamrog, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, John Winstanley, Ray Weller, Tom Heetderks, Kevin Parsell, Ryan Quellet, Eislee Quellet, Bob Kovacs and David Ver Hoef.

NOTE:  These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Meeting called to order:

• 7:02pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• The August 22nd, 2023 meeting minutes were posted on the website for review.  
• A motion was made, seconded and the August 22^nd, 2023 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

• The club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions feel free to contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold. 
• A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: Steve Kastens

• The 911 instructions sign, AMA rules and Club rules signage are waiting for lamination and will be installed in the next week.    

Visitors and/or New Members:

• No visitors

Old Business:

• The final 2024 board members slate is as follows. President – Dave Jamrog, Vice President – Steve Kastens, Secretary – John Russcher, Treasurer – Mike VanAahold and Safety/Field Maintenance – Noel Miller.
• A motion was made, seconded and the board slate was approved by member vote.

New Business:

• Runway expansion. The geotex is ordered and should be delivered sometime next week. We will schedule a work day to mark out the expansion areas and spray roundup to kill the grass.

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

• September 23rd, Saturday – 3rd Annual Autumn EDF Jet Rally
• September 30th, Saturday – GRDR Drone Race 11am -3pm

Comments and Questions:

• None

Next Meeting:

• January 2024, the date, time and place will be emailed out in December.

Meeting Adjourned:

• Meeting adjourned at 7:18pm.

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Dave Ver Hoef, Bob Kovacs, Noel Miller, Randy Houtman, Ben Riemersma and Rob Wetterholt.

NOTE:  These minutes are preliminary and will not be final until approved by member vote at the next club meeting. Please notify the club secretary John Russcher, via email (planeaddicted@gmail.com) of any corrections and/or errors as soon as possible. 

Meeting called to order:

• 7:04pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• The May 22nd, 2023 meeting minutes were posted on the website for review.   
• A motion was made, seconded and the May 22^rd 2023 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.

Treasurer’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

• The club expenditures and account balances were reviewed. This includes the general fund, field improvement fund, mower and geotex replacement funds. If you have any questions feel free to contact treasurer Mike VanAanhold.
• At the time of this meeting we have 69 members.  
• A motion was made, seconded and the treasurer’s report was approved by member vote.

Safety Report/Field Maintenance: Steve Kastens 

• A new sign will be put up on the board on the south end of the charging table with emergency 911 instructions, AMA rules and Club rules. 
• The additional fence sections have not been installed yet because the ground has been too hard for digging holes with a power auger.   
• The box that the first aid kit is stored in was broken and has been replaced with a new box.   

Visitors and/or New Members:

• No visitors 

Old Business:

• None

New Business:

• Board Member nominations. Dave Jamrog, John Russcher and Mike VanAahold are willing to continue in their current positions. Scott Storteboom is not running again for Vice President, Steve Kastens volunteered for the Vice President positions. Noel Miller volunteered for the Safety/Field Maintenance position.
  • President – Dave Jamrog
  • Vice President – Steve Kastens
  • Secretary – John Russcher
  • Treasure – Mike VanAahold
  • Safety/Field Maintenance – Noel Miller
• Runway expansion. The runway expansion will extend the runway by 40’ on each end making the total length of the runway about 360’. The two existing taxiways will be extended by 10’ into the pits and there will be two new 25’ taxiways added about 40’ to the east and west of the existing taxiways. The budget for this project is $2,000 and will come out of the field fund. After some discussion a motion was made, seconded and the runway expansion project was approved by member vote.   

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

• September 11th, Monday – TCAF Member and Guest Fall Sloppy Mike’s Fly
• September 13th, Wednesday – Streamer Combat (final event)
• September 16th, Saturday – GRDR Drone Race 11am -3pm,
• September 16th, Saturday – Night Fly 7pm – 11pm
• September 18th, Monday – Membership Meeting, 7pm at the Club Field
• September 23rd, Saturday – 3rd Annual Autumn EDF Jet Rally 
• September 30th, Saturday – GRDR Drone Race 11am -3pm 

Comments and Questions: 

• None

Next Meeting:

• September 18th, 7pm at the club field  

Meeting Adjourned:

• Meeting adjourned at 7:41pm.

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Brian Carpenter, Tyler Kastens, Ray Weller, David VerHoef, Jim Peterson, Noel Miller, Jim Herron, Rob Wetterholt, Dennis Delo, Randy Houtman and Ben Riemersma. 

Call meeting to order:

• 7:00pm by Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report: John Russcher

• The September 19^th, 2022 meeting minutes were posted on the club website for review. No edits were made. A motion was made, seconded and the September 19^th, 2022 meeting minutes were approved by member vote.
• Membership, we started 2022 with 55 members, currently we have 74 members, 19-member increase in 2022.  

Treasure’s Report: Mike VanAanhold

• Our 2022 income was $6,214.94(Budgeted $6,110) and our expense were $4,616.37(Budgeted $6,110). Our income less expenses was $1,598.57.
• General checking account balance $5,115.88, Field Fund balance $3,924.98, Runway Replacement Fund balance $625, Mower Replacement Fund balance $500.
• Motion Request – The officers would like to move the unused income of $1,598.57 from the 2022 budget to the following three funds.
  • Mower replacement $500
  • Runway Replacement $250
  • Field Fund $848.57

This would leave $3,515.11 the general checking account balance to start 2023 with. A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.

• Dues change. If paying dues by PayPal Full Membership Dues will be $62 and Youth Membership will be $12. This is to offset the fees that PayPal is now charging us to receive funds through PayPal. A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.

Safety/Field Report – Steve Kastens

• 200’ long x 10’ wide x 4” thick of gravel was install mid-December. This was paid for with funds out of the field fund.
• Additional flight line fence will be installed this spring as well as painting a centerline on the runway. There is also some tape that has come loose from the runway seams.
• Dave VerHoef brough up that we should add a board with the AMA safety rules and club rules.
• A motion was made, seconded and approved by member vote.

Visitors and /or New Members:

• No visitors or new members

Old Business

• None

New Business

• The pavilion survey was discussed and the officers will continue their discussion about a pavilion.
• Presentation of the 2023 Budget. A motion was made, second and the 2023 budget was approved by member vote.

Adjourn

• 7:43 by Dave Jamrog

Attendees:

• Members present: Dave Jamrog, John Russcher, Scott Storteboom, Mike VanAanhold, Steve Kastens, Tyler Kastens, Ray Weller, Dave VerHoef, Mike Tharp, Larry Weller, Bill Rowlee, Jim Herron, Tom Heetderks.