July 6 2010 Meeting Minutes

Vice President John Sandy called the meeting to order at 7 pm with 8 members present. Bruce Hadella read the Minutes of the June Meeting, they were approved as read. Darrell Anderson read the Treasurers Report, they were approved as read. Darrell told us about our 2^nd half lease payment of $450 due the end of August and we also have to now comply with a new IRS form for non profit clubs.

Somebody asked about the status of Chuck Gardner, Field Marshal, as nobody has seen him this year at the field. Sandy said he heard he was suffering from some bad knees and will not be that active this summer.

Al Bortnem said he will assist some muscled member pound some stakes deeper into the runway pavement. If somebody wants to help Al, he doesn’t want to swing the sledge hammer, give Al a call.

Leon from the Helena RC club asked if it was possible for us to reschedule our race meet from our date to either Sept 4^th or 18^th. I guess Butte has something going and the Helena guys wanted to support them. Don Hungerford was not present as the meeting. So, it was tabled until Don made his decision. Bruce said he’d send Don an email about the date change request.

The Helena RC Club is having a 2 Day Fun Fly on July 31-August 1, we are all invited to attend.

There was a discussion about our Annual Open House. Bruce said he’d contact the local media about the event. John Sandy said him and Steve Woodhouse would camp out at the field both Friday and Saturday night. Instead of using the snack shack, it was suggested that we just bring our own sandwiches to the Open House. Bruce mentioned that John Sammons, Manager of the Holiday Gas Station on 15^th Street would donate some soda and ice for the event.

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.

Darrell Anderson gave an interesting and education demonstration on cutting and using foam wings. He demonstrated a jig he uses for both cutting foam floats and foam wings.
The presentation was very well received, and we appreciate Darrell’s efforts.

Meeting Minutes for June 2 2010

The Meeting was called to order at 7 pm by President David Clayton with seven members in attendance. The Secretary read the Minutes from the May Meeting and they were approved as read. The Treasurer gave his report. His report was approved as read.

There was a discussion about memberships. There are 29 current members, no members have joined the last two months. There are 7 members from last year that have renewed their AMA dues, we hope they will rejoin the club this year. There are another 11 prior members who have not renewed their 2010 AMA dues. It was also brought up with just 29 paid members, the Club is in the hole for this year. It should break even at about 35 members.

Jack Feddes was back from his winter trip to Florida. He wanted to mention that we have one of the finest facilities he’s been around. There are some places like "Top Gun" that have more buildings, but if you look at the runway, and everything else, our Field is top notch and our dues setup is a "good deal."

Our next Club Event is a Flying Demo for some folks from Eagle Mount. Flying will take place on July 1^st from 11 am to 3 pm. David Clayton will be the lead on this event.

There was a briefing from Steve Woodhouse about the Flying Demo at the Fort Benton Airport on June 5^th. He said planes can be displayed in a hanger garage, and flying would be on a controlled taxiway just outside the hanger with crowds behind the flyers backs. A breakfast will be available at 7 am.

It was mentioned that the Helena Club was having an Electric plane race on June 12 and a Quickie 424 Race on June 13.

There was a discussion about our Club Float Fly in on August 14. After talking about several sites, the group decided to hold the event this year on the Missouri River in Fort Benton. A motion was made and passed to select a location for this event.

Darrell Anderson said he would do a foam wing cutting demo for the July meeting. Hoping that a demo might interest some more members to attend. Remember that the guys attending meetings sign a ticket, and that a ticket is drawn at the annual Xmas Party. So, attending meetings can get you something.

It was brought up that if guys might drop off their used RC magazines at a barber or doctors office. This might give some folks something to think about while waiting.

Meeting was adjourned at 8 pm. Meeting typed by Bruce Hadella

President David Clayton called the meeting to order at 7 pm with 7 members in attendance. Bruce Hadella read the Minutes from the April Meeting, they were approved as read.

Darrell Anderson gave the Treasurers Report and approved as read.

Dave Clayton and John Sandy gave a report on Mel Reed’s funeral at Fort Harrison. They also said they talked to Leon from the Helena Club and said they might be hosting some Formula 1 Racing events in the future.

The Club received an invite to attend an Open House at the Fort Benton Airport on June 5^th. They are interested in having a static show of RC airplanes and some flying demonstrations. A breakfast at the airport and will be served starting about 8 am.

John reminded everyone that our Club Fun Fly is scheduled for May 22^nd. It was decided that a Pot Luck type lunch would be held at noon.

John also reported that the Club needed to order some more hats for sale. After a discussion, it was mentioned that the club might order a dozen hats and a dozen patches that could be sewn onto jackets etc. A motion was made and passed for this.

The Club received a request from Eagle Mount to host a flying demo at our field on July 1 for them. Flying would be from about 11 am to 3 pm. Dave Clayton said he might bring some BBQ chicken for this event.

John also mentioned he had several airplane kits for sale, if interested please contact him. Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary

President David Clayton opened the meeting promptly at 7 p.m. with 10 members present. Secretary Bruce Hadella read the Minutes from last months meeting and also gave the Treasurer’s Report. Darrell was working the evening shift this month. There are currently 29 paid members. Both Reports were accepted as read by the members in attendance.

John Sandy informed the Club that the Annual O’Hara Fly In will be cancelled for this year. Tom has a part time job and with traveling etc, the Fly In won’t be possible.

Jim Christianson volunteered to coordinate the May 22^nd Club Fun Fly. Clayton said he’d bring some BBQ. A work party was again talked about, but no action was taken.

Don Hungerford volunteered to coordinate the Club’s Quickie 500 race, but he wanted to change the dates from July 17 to September 11. He felt the fall flying conditions would be better than flying in the heat of July. A motion was made and passed to accept Don’s change of dates.

There was a discussion on how to get more members participating in club activities. There were many ideas including phoning some members reminding them of upcoming activities. Another idea was having some kind of social event at the club for members and their wives, even with no flying involved. No action was taken on any of the ideas.

Clayton said he’d like to keep things "Simple" this summer if possible.

Holiday Village Mall had invited us to set up a table at their annual Community Day. After a short discussion, a motion was made to not to attend the Holiday Village event. The motion passed.

The meeting was adjourned at 8 p.m.

Minutes by Secretary Bruce Hadella

Meeting called to order by Vice-President Dave Clayton at 7:00. 9 members were present. A motion was made to appoint Dave Clayton as President, John Sandy as Vice President and Bruce Hadella as Secretary. The motion was voted upon by the membership in attendance at the meeting. Motion passed.

A Fun Fly for May 22, 2010, a club float fly for August 14, 2010 and Tom O’Hara’s float fly for July 24^, 2010 were discussed. A motion was made to schedule these events on those days. Motion was voted upon and passed.

The annual Christmas party for December 4, 2010 was discussed. The bar will be open at 6:30 with meals served at 7:00. The party is tentatively scheduled for the Bar S Saloon. The questions concerning the Christmas party were voted upon and passed.

A work party for mowing, painting tables and fixing the snack shack door was discussed. No dates were scheduled at this time.

Replacing the wind sock was also discussed and no decision made at this time.

The motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 was made. Motion passed and meeting ended.

Minutes taken by President Dave Clayton

Meeting called to order by President Bruce Hadella at 7 p.m. with 14 members in attendance.

Bruce started out the meeting, apologizing to Don Hungerford and the Club for some bad communications that took place in January.

Darrell was working his night shift, but forwarded his Treasurer’s Report,. Seven guys paid their 2010 dues at the meeting including John Ropp, who took a year off. It was nice to see him back.

Dell Reported that he had contacted the Bar S Supper Club and has reserved December 4^th as our Annual Xmas Dinner Date. Everyone thought that it would be a good fit to have it on a Saturday night instead of during the week.

A couple business items left in the air from the January meeting were taken care off. Motions were made and passed to: Sending Condolence Cards to the family of deceased members and approving the 2009 Final Annual Financial Report . We discussed selling raffle tickets for the Xmas party, but this was tabled until this fall sometime.

Bruce brought up the fact that the July 10-11 Larry Clayton Fly In was not voted on at the last meeting. Everybody thought it was scheduled and a done deal. Anyway a motion asked for and it was carried for this event. Dave Clayton mentioned he might be able to smoke a bunch of chicken for this event. A suggestion to change one of the Open House days to a racing day was talked about, but most felt it should be left like last year. A practice race could be held during the weekends flying activities.

A bunch of statewide RC Plane events were given out and these are posted on our website under the Calendar.

Bruce said because of personal reasons he would like to resign from his position as Club President. He did mention that he would be willing to take the Club Secretary’s position, as it might be a better fit for him. A Motion was made to accept his resignation with regrets, motion passed.

Dave Clayton took over the position of Club President. Dave appointed Hadella acting Club Secretary until the next meeting where a vote would take place. Anybody wishing to run for this position or the Vice Presidents position can let the club know before or at the next club meeting.

A discussion followed concerning other Club events over the summer.

A Club Quickie Race was scheduled for July 17^th. John Sandy said he would look into any other events of interest to the club.
Note: Nobody was put in charge of this Race or the Open House at this time. It was felt that neither of the events needed to be sanctioned, thus saving the Club some money.

Leo Somerfield brought in a new Ultimate Bipe 40 ARF, this is Leo’s first ARF. He also showed off his new Hi Tech Optima Transmitter that came with two new 2.4 Ghz modules and receivers. Leo was very pleased with this setup. He was amazed at the difference in weight between this Ultimate ARF and a Great Planes Ultimate 40 he had built a year ago and crashed. The ARF was over 2 pounds lighter.

Motion was made to end the meeting at 8:10 p.m. Motion Passed.

Submitted by the Acting Club Secretary

Meeting called to order at 7:00pm by President Bruce Hadella.

11 members were in attendance. (Ray Leonhardt, Al Bortnem, Fred Walker, John Sandy, Dave Clayton, Bruce Hadella, Darrell Anderson, Tom O'Reilly, Don Hungerford, Del Johnson and Chuck Gardner.)

Bruce lead a discussion concerning the low attendance at the club Christmas party. It was believed by most members that if a person had to be in attendance to receive a prize this would increase the attendance. A motion was made and seconded to not give any prizes to members who were not in attendance at the Christmas party. Motion carried.

Some members also felt that changing the date of the Christmas party to a Friday night or weekend date would also increase the attendance. Del Johnson said he would look into making a Christmas party date for 2010 with the Bar S.

Another suggestion was made to have tickets for the raffle at the Christmas party sold before the actual December party.

Bruce suggested we dedicate our July 10th and 11th fly in to Larry Clayton a member who passed away in December 2009. Suggestions were also made to have plaques posted at the field for any member who passed away. Chuck Gardiner made the suggestion we have a card sent to the family of deceased members with signatures from current club members.

Bruce suggested that Helena establish their race dates first and we could schedule around these dates. He also thought we should cut back on events for the year, especially those that did not seem to generate much interest. He also suggested that the only events that should be sanctioned were the Fly in and O'Hara's float fly. Discussion followed.

Bruce suggested that we send out notices to members who do not rejoin the club by a certain date. Darrell said he would do that and pay for the stamps and paper.

Bruce announced the new field marshal (Chuck Gardner), safety officer (Merle Hobbs) and member at large (Mike Biggle) he had appointed for the 2010 year. The selection was also approved by the board of directors before the general meeting.

Darrell Anderson gave the financial report .. Motion seconded and club members in attendance voted to allow this to happen.

Darrell also reported that he had paid the first half of the county taxes ($213.10) for the 2010 year.

Darrell was given a round of applause for his fine job with the financial report. Copies of his report were also given to all the members in attendance.

Two issues were settled by a vote of the club members in attendance. They were: A member must be in attendance at the Christmas party in order to receive a prize. And the $1067 certificate was allowed to roll over for another year.

All other issues are still on the table as old business.

By Don Hungerford

Bruce’s Ramblings…. By Bruce Hadella

Flying is the 2^nd greatest thrill known to man. Landing is the first.

BSRCM held its annual Xmas Party at the 3D Club in Black Eagle on December 2^nd. There were only about 35 people in attendance, down from the 50 we had last year. Not sure why more folks didn’t show up, but the Party was just fine for the folks that did participate. Two 2009 Annual Awards were announced:

Merle Hobbs – Club Flyer of the Year

Robert Fetsch – Most Improved Flyer of the Year

Congratulations to those to guys for their well deserved Awards. Thanks to John Sandy and Dell Johnson for selling raffle tickets for the Dinner. The Raffle winner was Tom O’Reilly, he picked the Quickie ARC Plane. Next the Meeting Attendance Winner was drawn from a box of tickets signed at each monthly meeting, Duane Goodness won the Thunder Tiger .40 engine. I talked to Duane and he said he’s maybe not done with the hobby and hopes to fly this next summer. Good deal for you Duane, can’t wait to see you at the field. Jim Christianson’s wife won the 50-50 raffle and split the $62 pot with the Club.

A special thanks was given to Field Marshal Dell Johnson, who will be retiring from his duties at that position, and also to Don Hungerford for his fun efforts on the Clubs Website.

We want to thank everyone who attended and especially our wives, who put up with us and our hobby.

Next Club Meeting is scheduled for January 6^th at 7 p.m. in the Basement of Perkins Downstairs. Everybody is invited to participate. We are not sure of the Meeting Agenda yet, but hopefully we will appoint some new Club Directors, critique the Xmas Party and talk about this upcoming summer. We may have a Treasurer’s Report for 2009. Our Treasurer had his computer Hard Drive crash on his this fall, it might be a good reminder for all of us to make sure you make backups off your computer hard drives.

AMA Dues Reminder
Most of you have received your AMA Dues Statement, hopefully you have sent in your AMA dues or are about to do so. BSRCM dues will be due starting for members who want to fly at the Field in January. I believe there is a $10 discount off of your dues amount if they are paid by the March Meeting.

Theres a link on this site for our dues amounts.

Futuba 2.4Ghz Service Advisory
We got a note from Jack Feddes, who is enjoying his winter home in Florida. He had some troubles with his Futuba 2.4Ghz radio this summer and found a Service Advisory from Futuba. Below is the site to go to for more info if you have a Futuba 6EX, 7C or TM-7 Transmitter:

http://2.4gigahertz.com/techsupport/service-advisory-tm7-7c-6ex.html

Three of our members that I know about: Jack Feddes, Bob Fetsch and Russ Verbael are flying down south this time of year. Those lucky guys. I think it’s the building season for the rest of us.

Friday Lunches at Hardees on 10^th Ave.

If you get lonesome for some company, you can always drop in about noon on Fridays at Hardees on 10^th Avenue for some friendly conversations with fellow members. Sometimes we will have 6-10 guys showing up for lunch. We talk RC stuff and also think of ideas to cure the countries problems etc.

See ya all in January. We wish all our members and families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Vice President David Clayton opened the meeting at 7 p.m. with 13 members in attendance.

Two guys brought in planes for display. First, Steve Woodhouse brought in a Tiger 60 Sport plane which was covered with coverall and painted. This plane was built by Joe Slocum and covered. Steve got it from Duane Goodness. Steve finished the plane and painted it. It was powered by a .61 engine and a 2.4GHz radio system. Also, Don Hungerford brought in new specialized Scat Cat that had been modified with a V-Tail configuration. It also has a 2.4 Ghz receiver and a Thunder Tiger .40 engine up front. It was covered in red and yellow Monocoat with Snake decals.

Bruce Hadella read the Minutes of the October meeting. They were approved as read. Darrell Anderson gave the Treasurers Report, with total funds of $4927. His report was approved as read.

Al Bortnem bought talked about the grade stakes that have been coming up under the runway. He mentioned that Jan Steir made a special metal device that Al can pound the stakes back into the pavement. This would happen next spring, as the runway needs to be at least warm.

Don Hungerford reported that the pylon poles and center wind stock has been put away for the winter.

The Annual Xmas Party was discussed. It will be held at the 3D Club in Black Eagle on December 2. Cocktails will start at 6:30 p.m. and the dinner will be at 7 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend this annual social function for club members and their spouses or girlfriends. John Sandy volunteered to run the raffle and Dave Clayton said he’d run the 50-50 drawing. Guys are also encouraged to bring grab bags gifts for exchange.

There was a discussion about the new 2.4Ghz modules and receivers. Apparently Hitec will be selling them both for about $100. So anybody that has a transmitter that has a module adapter on their transmitter, can get into this 2.4 GHz frequency without having to buy a $400 transmitter.

Duane Goodness brought in a foam Piper Cub and offered it to anyone for free.

Pat Merrill said he’d gladly take the plane and fix it up for his daughter.

Dave Clayton opened up nominations for officers for next year. For president there were three guys who were nominated; David Clayton, Pat Merrill and Bruce Hadella. A paper ballet was passed around and everyone voted. Bruce received the majority of the votes, so he will be the 2010 Club President.

Steve Woodhouse invited everyone to attend the November Field of the Month event at Fort Benton on November 15. Guys would meet at Bobs Café in Fort Benton about 8:30 a.m. and then proceed to the soccer field about 9:30 a.m. for flying.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Submitted by Bruce Hadella, Club Secretary

Vice President Dave Clayton called the meeting to order at 7 pm with 12 members in attendance. Club Secretary Bruce Hadella read the Minutes from the September meeting. They were approved as read. Bruce also gave Darrell Anderson’s Treasurers’ report, Darrell is working night shifts. Total club funds are $5,108.

There was a short discussion about the recent Club Quickie Race in which we had 10 flyers. Good Job compliments were given to the helpers and racers. Don Hungerford was thanked for all his fine work of scheduling and winning first place at this event. It was felt that some kind of meeting with the Helena guys might be in order to coordinate several races in Helena and Great Falls next summer.

The Field of the Month for October will be at Leo’s place in Power on Sunday October 18^th. Everyone is invited to attend.

Field Marshal Dell Johnson talked about the runway condition and told the members about some of the grade stakes and some weeds coming up through the pavement causing some runway bumps.

Don mentioned that he still had a gallon of fuel left from the race. He offered it for sale, there were no offers, and it was decided that he should save the fuel until a similar event next summer.

There was talk about nominations for club officers for 2010. There was no nominations at this time, although there was talk of a couple current officers who might run for different officer positions. Nominations and Elections will be held at the November election.

Jim Christianson talked about his new 2.4 Ghz radio system and complimented on how well it worked. Jim also explained that he fixed the wind meter tower last month. He was thanked for his work.

A discussion started about the annual Xmas and Awards Party in December. Several ideas were talked about and it was decided that the club would buy a Quickie 500 plane (ready to cover) and a Pro .40 engine. One would be the attendance prize and the other one would be raffled off at the Xmas Party. The raffle prize winner would have their choice of the two, and the meeting attendance drawing would get the remaining item. A motion was made and passed deciding on these two items. A second motion was made and passed that Don Hungerford would order this items and then Don would be reimbursed from club funds.

The two annual awards were discussed and the winners were picked and Bruce was given the assignment to order the plaques etc.

There was a question about storing fuel during the winter. Most answers were that its okay to store fuel outside in a unheated garage. Just make sure the cap is on the jug and the fuel will be okay.

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm. Submitted by Bruce Hadella, Club Secretary

The meeting was called to order by VP Dave Clayton at 7:03 p.m. with 12 members in attendance. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as read. The Treasurer gave his month report with Club funds at $5,371. Darrell reported that four members have joined or renewed this last month. The Club now has 47 members. He also said the extra insurance for the September 19 O’Hara Fly In was sent in.

The events were scheduled for September are a Cross Country 12^th, from our field to Dutton and the O’Hara Fly In on the 19^th.

A Field of the Month event was scheduled at Leo’s in Power on October 10^th.

Jim Christianson gave a report on the Helena Float Fly In. I guess it was a great success and they had a beautiful flying day. Jim thought there were about 20 pilots and maybe 10-15 airplanes. Some guys flew electric’s. He was impressed by one pilot flying a helicopter off the water. The Boy Scouts catered the lunches and it seem to work out pretty good for everyone.

Don Hungerford brought up the idea for another Great Falls Club Race this year. He said that the Helena guys might sponsor 1 or 2 races this year and some guys want some more practice this year. After considerable discussion a Club race will be held on October 3^rd. Entry fee of $10 would be asked. A pot luck lunch worked out pretty at the last race, so it was agreed to do it again. A breakfast get together for 8 a.m. was planned at the Gold Rush with racing to start at 9 or 9:30 a.m. Jim C mentioned that he remembers even the helpers of the last race were excited at the time.

A motion was made to clarify that the top three winners were each given a gallon of fuel as a prize. This motion passed. It was also noted that Bruce Hadella has on hand two bags of 9x6 APC props.

Don brought in a yellow Predator for display, sold to him by Jim C.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

Secretary Bruce Hadella called the meeting to order at 7 pm. The President, VP and Treasurer were not present at the meeting. There were 10 members attending the meeting. Bruce read the Minutes of the July meeting and also gave the Treasurers Report. Total Club funds is $5,570. Both were approved as read.

The Club has 43 paid members, 13 from last year’s roster have not renewed.

Old Business: The Montgomery Ward mower has been repaired and the bill was discussed. It received a very good tune-up and all of the belts and pulleys were replaced. A motion to pay for the mower bill of $388.80 was made, seconded, and the motion passed to pay the bill.

Joe Kutcher joined the club tonight and he also brought a friend, Mark Pelow. Mike flies electric planes and might join the club also.

New Business: Tom O’Hara gave a report on the Upcoming O’Hara Fly In at Ulm.

He said they were predicting strong winds and rain for the weekend and advised the club to postpone the event. The CD Darrell Anderson was not in attendance to offer his advice. After considerable discussion a motion was made to postpone the event. Motion Carried. Another motion was made to reschedule the event for September 19^th, this motion also carried.

The Quickee Race for August 15 was discussed. The CD for the event was not present because of relatives being in town. Jack Feddes said he’d donate some fuel if we needed it. A entry fee of $10 was decided upon. Bruce said he’d make picture awards and send them to the winners after the meet. If there was enough interest and not enough Quickee Racers, a trainers class could be held. A pot luck lunch was suggested, so pilots and helpers were asked to bring in pot luck type food and there would be not cost to anybody.

John Sandy brought in Frenchy’s old Senior Telemaster that Steve Woodhouse had completely remodeled it into a taildragger and covered it with fabric and then painted. It was one of the nicest looking Senior Telemaster’s this secretary has ever seen.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 pm. Submitted by the Club Secretary.

Vice President David Clayton called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. with 6 members present. Bruce read the June Minutes and they were approved as read. Bruce read the Treasurers Report given to him by Darrell, with total funds at $5,342. This report was approved as read.

Everyone was disappointed at the low number of members present. Most felt this was due to the early time, some members can’t get to the meeting in time.

A Motion was made and passed that all future meetings start at 7 p.m.
This time change will be posted on the website and future meeting notices.

Al Bortnem suggested someone with a 4x4 Pickup pull the cement roller over all the cut grass areas. He said there was a chance if it was done at the right time, that it would cause some of the bad cracks in the ground to close.

Bruce explained how he started a new picture area for the club’s website. More pictures would be added this summer.

We briefly talked about the Open House July 11-12 and the Float Fly In coming up.

Duane Goodness has a field box and some airplanes for sale, interested parties can get a hold of him.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Submitted by Club Secretary

Big Sky RC Modelers Minutes from the June 3 2009 Meeting

President John Sammons called the meeting to order at 6 pm with 10 member in attendance. Minutes of the May meeting were read and approved as read. Darrell gave the Treasurers Report with $5,284 in total Club funds.

John Sandy and Jim Christianson gave a Report on the May Fun Fly Event. It worked out very well. A BBQ was fired up and lunch was great.

Fun Fly Winners are:

1^st Place Steve Woodhouse

2^nd Place Darrell Anderson

3^rd Place Jim Christianson

Sandy gave us a update on the upcoming June 13 Ulm Flying Demo. John and Tom O’Hara have inspected the site and it looks like it might be just fine for flying. The field is a little rough, so bigger tires are recommended for planes. Flyers are invited to breakfast first at the old Griffins Café at 8 am with flying afterwards.

Tom O’Reilly was given a "Well Done" for recent staining of the wind break and frequency board. There was some question about how to change Frenchy’s Plaque, somebody mentioned that the AMA Safety rules have to be taken down as the plaque is screwed in from the backside.

Don Hungerford mentioned that the Clubs newly approved Field Rules are posted inside the Frequency board. Safety Officer John Sandy lead another discussion about persons not moving their vehicles after unloading their vehicles. John add that this particular person in question is making a bad example for everybody.

Don brought up the fact that Denis has been sponsoring a picture page link for our website and the fact that Denis has no intention of joining our club. It was felt as long as he wants to continue to host the site on his own, the members had no problem with this. The members do want Don to change the name from from "Denis Pictures" to "Big Sky RC Modeler pics."

Jim Christianson lead a discussion on the lawnmowers. He suggested the club look into purchasing a new mower. Somebody said you could buy one at Sears for about $1000. Don said Dell would just like to keep the older mowers repaired.

Jim also talked about possibly using small flags to mark spots of aircraft wrecks. If a small flag was placed at the wreck site, it would be easier for flyers to make several trips to the exact location of the wreck. A couple guys said they might get some of these flags and keep them in the frequency structure area. I didn’t write down who volunteered these flags. Everybody thought it was a good idea.

Duane Goodness has a 4 Star 40 plane, complete with engine and servos for sale, plus a ¼ scale Cub. Both are available for $125 each. Duane’s email address is goodysmt@bresnan.net

Sammons suggested if members who do not want their contact info listed on our homepage to contact him. rford60@hotmail.com

Note: There was no mention of the scheduled Club Race for June 20^th.

Meeting adjourned at 7 pm.

Submitted by Club Secretary

Vice President David Clayton called the meeting to order at 6 pm with 15 members present.

Club Secretary Bruce Hadella read the minutes of the April meeting. They were approved as read. Club Treasurer Darrell Anderson gave his Report, with total funds of $5,520 with 36 current 2009 members with 15 from last year that have not renewed. Treasurer’s Report was approved as read.

There was a discussion about members still leaving their cars parked in pit area. Everyone was recommended to tell the violators to please move their vehicles. Also, it was mentioned that there should be no flying by non members.

A motion was made and passed that Darrell post a list of non paid members at the Field. This list is to encourage non - paid members to pay their dues and also indentify them to paid members. A guest flyer was talked about and its meaning would be in the Field Rules.
Basically a guest flyer must be a AMA member and they use the field no more than five times in the presence of a current paid member. The Club does honor other club members who are also current AMA members, but again this would limit them to the five flight rule too. See the club field rules posted on our website for more details and clarification.

Tom O’Hara talked about the June 13 Ulm Buffalo Days Flying Demo. The breakfast has been moved to the new Jumping Buffalo Café (the former Griffins Night Club) at 8 am with flying afterwards. Tom diagramed the flying area for everyone.

Dave Clayton explained how the Mall Show had been cancelled. It was felt that since June is already busy the club would not seek to participate in a Mall Show this summer.

A motion was made and passed that would allow Russ Verbael to borrow the Clubs Roller and then store it at his site on Gore Hill.

Leo talked about the June Club race. The Helena guys wondered if they could be welcome and the feeling was that they would be welcome. Leo mentioned that there might be time for a flat wing trainer type class if there is enough interest.

John Sandy said his partner has backed out of the May Fun Fly event. The guys thought there would be guys showing up that would help. The Club Fun Fly for May 24 will start about 9 am.

Don Hungerford has been working on a set of Field Rules for the club and the modifications to the old rules and new rules were discussed. The Board of Directors had been working with Don before the meeting, so a lot of input was already given. A motion was made and passed to approve Field Rules with a couple changes that Don will make. Don was given "thanks" for his work on this project.

A motion was made and passed that $3000 be taken out of the regular account and designated as Runway Improvement money and instructed the Club Treasurer to change that into a 2 year CD.

Meeting adjourned at 8 pm. Submitted by Club Secretary, Bruce Hadella

Minutes of the April 1 Meeting for Big Sky RC Modelers
VP David Clayton opened the meeting at 7 pm. John Sammons and Darrell
Anderson were both working, so they were unable to attend the meeting.
11 members were present. Leo brought in a new built up Quick Fly, and Jim
Christianson brought in a Cherokee ARF. Both planes looked pretty good.

Bruce read the Minutes of the March Meeting and also gave the Treasurer's
report. Total Club funds are $5,254 and 31 members have renewed their 09 Club
Dues, 23 members have not renewed. Both last minutes and treasurers report
were approved as read.

Tom O'Hara talked about the June 13 Buffalo Jump Flying Demo. He said the Ulm
Volunteer Fire Department will host a breakfast at the Ulm School between
7-10 a.m. Flying will probably be done by 1 pm or so.

Dave Clayton talked about the Mall Show May 16 and told us we could start
displaying some planes in the windows starting April 25th. Full details of
the Mall Show will be finalized at the May meeting.

Bruce passed around a new Club Brochure for everyone to inspect. He was given
the go ahead and asked to get some color and blank and white ones printed up.

John and Jim talked a little bit about the Club's Fun Fly May 24. They will
have several maneuvers for everyone. They have judges already lined up. John
said he'd fire up the BBQ, so guys can bring their own meat to cook or they
can bring their own sandwishes etc.

Don talked about the Field Rules, he'll be passing several rules among the
Club Officers to finalize before bringing them to the membership for final
approval. Don and Dell requested permission to build a partial wind break by
the Shade. A motion was made to okay this, motion passed. They said there
would be no cost to the club.

One safety item was brought up. When somebody is mowing at the field, all
flying will stop. Submitted by Bruce Hadella, Club Secretary

Big Sky RC Modelers Meeting Minutes from March 4 2009
President John Sammons called the monthly meeting to order with 16 members present. Bruce Hadella Club Secretary read the Minutes from the February Meeting, they were approved as read. The Club Treasurer was not able to attend the meeting, so Bruce gave the Treasurers Report. Total funds in all accounts are $5,164.00. It was also noted that 30 members have renewed their 2009 memberships, and 24 have not renewed, and 9 of those have renewed their AMA for 2009. Treasurers Report was approved as read.

There was a motion to remove Jan Steir and John Sandy from the Credit Union signature list. Jan has not been a member since 2007 and John is not an elected member any more. Motion was seconded, and motion passed.

Tom O’Hara discussed the First Peoples Buffalo Event on June 13 and the Club has been invited to participate. Tom advised us to get the event sanctioned and he would get in the correct names and address to Bruce. John Sammons asked if any other Club members were interested in being a Contest Director to contact him. The Club has three active CDs now, but it seems we could use two or three more CDs. An open book test is given on line by AMA for these positions.

Sammons said he would also look into the July 4 parade. Tom O’Hara volunteered his Model T for the event. Denis passed around a flyer he was designing for the Mall Shows. Bruce said he’d try to complete the old RC Airplane flyer he has on file.

Don Hungerford said he’d make up a new card this year with event dates on the back side.

Having an outside vendor handling the snack shack was discussed. There were many advantages to his idea. There was some concern that the vendor be used for our Open House only to see how it works and for the club races, fun flies etc, everyone is encouraged to bring in their own lunch. The Club has made no noticeable profit from running the snack shack the last several years. A motion was made to have Bryan Kapham vendor our July 11-12 Open House, motion passed.

Sammons asked the Club if it wouldn’t mind moving the monthly meeting times to 6 pm. Nobody had any objection to this idea, so starting next month; meetings will start at 6 pm on the first Wednesday of the month.

Field Marshal Dell Johnson asked the flyers that are smokers to please pick up their discarded cigarettes. John Sandy and Jim Christianson have been already planning on events for the upcoming May Club Fun Fly.

Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm. Submitted by Club Secretary Bruce Hadella

Vice President David Clayton called the meeting to order with 27 members in attendance. Steve Woodhouse brought in a Bonanza plane which was beautifully built complete with landing lights. Bruce read the Minutes of the January meeting, with one correction, the Minutes were approved as read.
Darrell gave the treasurer’s report with total funds of $4,713.29 in all accounts. Bob Grayson was introduced as a new paid member and was given one of the new Club hats. Everyone welcomed Bob to the Club.
It was agreed upon that club members wanting extra or the new hats be charged $12 per hat.

Duane Goodness gave the Club confirmation that the 3D Club was reserved again for the Annual Xmas & Awards Dinner December 2, 2009.

Don Hungerford led a discussion on the new Club By-Laws the Board of Directors have been working on this last month. Darrell gave some input on our State Incorporation Articles, its history and clarification of our club’s legal name, Big Sky RC Modelers. After about 15 minutes of discussion the motion was made to accept new By Laws. Before that motion was voted up, the Board of Directors (with five Directors present) voted to allow the club members vote to count. Motion passed. The Question was called on the new By Laws, motion carried with the removal of the INC. after BSRCM.

John Sandy and David Clayton reported that they had meet with the management of Holiday Village and the Club will be allowed to host to Mall Shows with no charge. Those dates are May 16 and September 19. The Club will also be giving window space weeks before each mall show date.
Darrell will send for a insurance certification from AMA. A motion was made to participate in both Mall dates, motion passed.

Bruce gave a report on a list of events he suggested the club host this summer. A motion was made to accept his suggestions, motion passed.

May 24 Fun Fly Jim Christianson and John Sandy

June 20 Club Race Leo Sommerfield and Sid Arnott

July 11-12 Open House and Fly In Bruce Hadella (CD)

July 20 Club Float Fly In Don Hungerford

August 8 O’Hara Fly In Ulm Darrell Anderson (CD)

August 15 Quickie 500 Race Meet Pat Merrill (CD)

September 12 Cross Country John Sandy and Jim Christianson

Bruce also mentioned that we talked about a possible flying event at the Pishkin-Peoples Buffalo Jump on June 13. Tom O’Hara wasn’t present so we didn’t have enough information on this event to include it in the schedule. Also a note, that the three Club CDs have already committed to manage one sanctioned event each.

Dave Clayton lead a discussion on some Club Building sessions for interested members. Don Hungerford and Doug Thames have agreed to teach a series of classes at different club members houses. Dates and subjects will be sent to the membership via e-mail. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Submitted by the Club Secretary