Aeromodellers of Logan City Inc.
Minutes of Management Meeting
Held on 9 December 2008 at Mbar, Fitzys, Loganholme
NB. No meetings in October or November 2008

1. The meeting was opened at 1920h

2. Presidents Welcome: Welcome to the fourth meeting for the 2008-09 financial year, last meeting for 2008! 

3. Members Present: Peter Laing, Brian Cochrane, Peter Krenske, Peter Mills, Mark Dillon, Ross Stokes, Brian Burke
3a. Non Members Present: Shaun Seipel [welcome] 

4. Apologies: nil. 

5. Minutes of previous meeting:
That the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted:
Moved: Ross, Seconded: PM, Carried.

6. Business arising from previous minutes: 
carried over to General Business

7. Correspondence Inwards/Outwards: 
* Many emails to-fro with new MAAQ Secretary [Darryl Gunst] RE ALC's application for QLD State Champs 09.
* Many emails to-fro with Joe Parisi and Joan McIntyre regarding w-c qualifier status of QLD State Champs 09.
* Many emails to-fro with Michael Crawley regarding ownership of the website alc.net.au
* Letter on behalf of ALC from Bradleys Lawyers to Michael Crawley, demanding the immediate turnover of alc.net.au to ALC
* Email from Michael Crawley to ALC, stating that he'd give over control of alc.net.au upon payment of invoice.
NB: All emails appear in chronological order for these matters, in the Appendix to these Minutes.
* Cheque sent to Michael Crawley for $65 by registered post on 9 December, being payment for website. 
* Email containing proposed Classic Stunt Rules sent by John Taylor, for voting by our members. PK emailed this out to ALC Full Members for comment. 
* Email sent to David Garle of MAAQ, inviting him to launch of F2DTV.

8. Business arising from correspondence: 
Carried over to general business.

9. Presidents Report: Happy Xmas to all...

10. Treasurers Report: $3203.86 at bank. Currently ALC has 18 members and 3 associates. Reminder: current and past Minutes and Treasurer's Reports and other documents can be accessed electronically at this website: http://mills.hopto.org/Control-line/ALC/documents
Moved: Peter Mills, Seconded: Peter Krenske, Carried.

11. PRO Report [Krenske]:
New shirts made, New trainer ready to go for displays, 2 recent displays: Mueller College and Aviation High, F2DTV now produced, Discussions completed with CEO of QCTV, Air in Jan, fundraise evening/launch. 

12. Training Officers' Report. Reminder of Peter Mills' computer programme as a training tool. Need joystick port on old PC. Especially good for learning inverted technique. 

13. Website Report: brand new website, at new address [www.f2alc.com]. Old website [www.alc.net.au] should soon be "back on the air", for purposes of continuity with club shirts/video. It will simply link to the new website - www.f2alc.com
New website costs: this year, 5USD, donated by Peter Krenske. Next year, hosting by arrangement, probably free courtesty of Peter Krenske. Domain: <6USD for f2alc.com and around 65AUD for www.alc.net.au, which PK suggests we should keep for 1-3 years, then phase it out due to cost.

14. Water Report: current reading is between 1037 and 1038 kilolitres. 

15. Comp Secretary Report: 
Our bid for QLD State Champs 09 was successful, and all FAI events have been offered, and are categorised as WC qualifiers. Letters to go out RE delegation of roles. Need to make and diseminate entry form, including online - ACLN, Airflow, Contacts. Suggested calendar for 2009 prepared, to be discussed at this meeting.

16. General Business:

[a] John Taylor has offered several boxes of trophies [ex bmx] to ALC - should be useable for Z-Class and Wings programme etc. Who wants to look after this? Have asked by email. Noel said he would if no-one else?? Peter Laing volunteers. 

[b] shipping container. free, $450 transport. needs working bee to get useable. proposed PK, seconded PM, carried. 3388 0189, 0423971470 Peter Laing to get blocks [seconds] from Boral. 

[c] Dennis Hopkinson has offered parachute material for covering stunter wings etc. 

[d] ALC still has premix fuel to sell. It is available at $6/litre, bottles byo. See PK. 

[e] To repeat, ALC club fees are decided: $160 Snr/Pnsnr, $65 Junior. Associate Membership therefore is $64. 

[f] Need locks: budget $100 carried. 

[g] Wings programme has been put on website. Who's going to be first? Trophies for juniors [?] offered by Ross. 

[h] Working bee. Mark Dillon Friday? Weather permitting. 

[i] We still await a formal reply on the gate/key issue.

[j] Z-Class Rules clarification.. ownership of pitspaces: if the mechanic is standing in a pit-place, he owns it, even if his plane is in the air. 90 second warmup, 30 sec cooldown, if all teams agree, this can be omitted, in favour of a 15 second countdown. Retrieval of model only with one foot outside the circle. 

17. Meeting Closed at 2045h