Aeromodellers of Logan City inc
Minutes of Management Meeting
Held on 16 January 2010 at ALC

1. The meeting was opened at 11am

2. Presidents Welcome.

3. Members Present:  Shaun Seipel, Peter Mills, Peter Krenske

4. Apologies: nil.  

5. Minutes of previous meeting:
That the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted:
Moved: PK, Seconded: Peter M, Carried as read.

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

7. Correspondence Inwards/Outwards: 
*Email to MAAQ requesting ratification of State Champs.
*Reply from MAAQ RE State Champs, ratifying only the Logan portion of the State Champs.
*Email from LCC "Energise".

8. Business arising from correspondence: 
c/o to General Business

9. Presidents Report: Nil.

10. Treasurers Report: $1679.88 at bank. Currently ALC has 20 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]: Successul ALC contingent  at Albury 63rd Nats. Issues with Dalby Nats; Issues with "Have a Go Day". Discussed resolution on the latter, in favour of the status quo.

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. Need to get blue cards for members. Have recently trained 3 juniors and 1 senior.

13. Website Report: Due to a complete lack of member's contributions to the website over the past few years, a new "forum-style" website is up. It is not yet linked to the old website address, but has been emailed out to all members/friends.

14. Water Report:  current reading is between 1037 and 1038 kilolitres. Sprinklers have been located by Paul, and most found to be working. (1 sprinkler on top circle needs a new fitting).

15. Comp Secretary Report: Report included a discussion of current issues surrounding 2010 State Champs. The general feeling of the meeting was to not worry about running State Champs this year. Reasons included: no-one volunteering to run events; Nimbin proposal refused by MAAQ; Qld-based nats; Usual interstate guests mostly travelling to Hungary World Champs this year.

16. Grant Officers Report
None tabled

17. Mowing Officers Report
None tabled

18. General Business:
1. Perusal of New Constitution, discussion of changes, and resolution to present it to a GM. Any changes to be sent to Secretary by the Friday following the meeting.

2. State Champs update, including the refusal of the MAAQ to accept the ALC Proposal, and discussion of where-to-from-here. ALC to run 3-day friendly combat weekend in May.

3. Mowing roster and associated rules. Adoption of membership fee structure for those who do not wish to assist with mowing.

4. What other events do we want to run/attend in 2010? Meeting decided: 2nd week of month is Speedlimit. Z-Class to be run roughly every 2 months. A funstunt comp?

5. Fundraising - this area requires immediate attention, due to no action from our Grants Officer. Grants officer is removed from office. Ways to fundraise to include $5 club events.

6. Management meetings by Skype? Or do we want to live-it-up at Park Road? Park Rd preferred at this stage.

7. Life membership for Paul Kranen. Vote was yes, unanimous.

8. New logo? A new logo has been emailed to members, and met no opposition/alternative at this meeting.

9. The MAAQ do not have rules for 2.5cc Slow and 35 Slow. No-one seems to have these, so I've drafted some new ones.... What to do here? Nothing at this stage. Too hard.

10. Appropriation and adoption of NZ CL safety rules, as standards for club members, and part of ALC By-Laws. Yes.

11. Discount for introducing a new member? No.

12. Encourage each member to take on one promotional activity in 2010? No.

13. Mowing Issues: Another jerry can required, and bulk mower oil to be purchased. Line marking paint?

14. Buy new ALC flag? No.

15. Install permanent, adjustable height markers? Meeting decided to screw something on the tree.

16. Working bee? First week of term?

17. Blue Card Application Forms (free) have been emailed out to all members. Members who want blue cards, and haven't brought forms to meeting, were advised by email to post application forms to Secretary by Friday 22 January. 

17. Meeting Closed at 1pm