Aeromodellers of Logan City Inc.
Minutes of Management Meeting
Held on 20 January 2009 at Mbar, Fitzys, Loganholme

1. The meeting was opened at 1907h

2. Presidents Welcome: Welcome to the first meeting of 2009. Hopefully it will be as fruitful of 2008. On behalf of club, thankyou to PK and BB for organizing shipping container.

3. Members Present: Shaun Seipel, Peter Laing, Ross, Mark, Peter M, Peter K

4. Apologies: nil. 

5. Minutes of previous meeting:
That the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted:
Moved: Mark, Seconded: Peter L, Carried.

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

7. Correspondence Inwards/Outwards: 
* Phone call to Heritage, where it was advised that Michael had cashed ALC's cheque being payment for our domain name, on 16 December.
* 7 January: Phone call to Solicitor, requesting confirmation of what action is required on the website issue. Recommended action was to send a letter, demanding immediate turnover, in lieu of which ALC might commence proceedings to recover website, and all legal costs.
* 7 January: Email to Michael Crawley, in breach of his guarantee to turn the website over to ALC within 3 days of the cheque clearing, demanding immediate turnover of website
* 8 January: Email from Michael Crawley, telling ALC Secretary to "take it up with them [Ilysis], you wanker".
* 8 January: Phone call to Ilysis, enquiring as to what Michael would need to do to transfer ownership of the website, as he had promised. 
* 8 January: Email to Michael Crawley stating details he would need to email to Ilysis, to enable turnover of website.
* 11 January: Email to ALC members and CL pilots across the country, announcing QLD State Titles 09 and with a link to Entry Forms.
* 15 January: Phone call to LCC [Julie Vogler's office, in her absence] requesting help with keeping hoons out. 
* 16 January: Email to Jeff Linton [LARCS], Wijay [Pollution Control Centre], Councillor Luke Smith [LCC] and Darryl Ross [Pollution Control Centre] regarding hoons on ALC property. Requested any possible solutions.
* 16 January: Phone call to Main Roads, requesting assistance on hoons entering ALC via Main Roads property and our shared fenceline. 
* Telephone call from Jeff Linton, passing on Pollution Control Centre's request that "the last member out close the gate, on any given day". Jeff mentioned that the Turf Farm is finished as of mid-2009, and suggested we move down there, and share some facilities. 
* 15 January: Email from Suncorp, with quote for insurance on container and its contents. Total price comes to $295.63. This includes up to $2000 worth of cover for burglary / theft and $6000 worth of cover for fire.
* 19 January: Email to John Taylor, accepting his offer of 2nd-hand trophies, and asking if he can bring them along next time he comes to ALC.
* 19 January: Email to Dennis Hopkinson, accepting his offer of Parachute Material, for covering stunt wings.

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

9. Presidents Report: 

10. Treasurers Report: $1728.77 at bank. Currently ALC has 19 members including 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]:
* F2DTV is ready to go to air. Need date for fundraiser evening/launch. Mid Feb, Sat night?
* Nats photos emailed out, and on permanent photo site.

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: website has been updated [www.f2alc.com]. Old website [www.alc.net.au] is pending legal proceedings, but 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. 
State Champs Entry Forms are ready to download on website.

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

15. Comp Secretary Report: 
State Champs Entry Forms are on website, and have been emailed to many pilots across the country, and Harry Bailey ACLN. Overture made to Mark McDermott to CD for F2C and F2A if required. Further discussion with Joan McIntyre regarding stunt-judging. F2D not looking good right now. First entry received for F2B!
EASTCOAST: Mick Comiskey and Andrew Linwood said they'd attend Eastcoast in preference to City of Sydney, so this event can proceed on the usual weekend in October.

16. General Business:

[a] Safety Officer and Procedures required. Need to follow FAI safety rules... safe operation of CL models. carried over... perhaps a link can be sent periodically to all members?

[b] shipping container serviceable, and nearly complete. so far BB, Mark Dillon and PK have keys.

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

[d] ALC is now offering half-yearly membership to newcomers, at half the following rates: $160 Snr/Pnsnr, $65 Junior. Associate Membership $64. 

[e] new members' procedure needs a more rigorous adherence to the constitution.

[f] Wings programme has been put on website. Who's going to be first? Trophies for juniors [?] offered by Ross. No backdating except for earlier stages [beginner wings].

[g] do we insure container/contents as above? carried over...

[h] We still await a formal reply on the gate/key issue from LCC.

[i] 2009 calendar confirmed. view it at http://www.f2alc.com/Calendar.html

[j] ALC "Champ of Champs 2009" proposal accepted. details on website soon.

[k] alc to buy BBQ cylinder big w, kmart, 9kg, around $40

[l] 2009 Objectives proposed by PK, and accepted. includes financial, sporting, infrastructure, promotional and social goals for 2009.

[m] need to find out f2d streamer source, as mark D has offered to make all streamers for state-champs! thankyou Mark.

17. Meeting Closed at 2025h