Big Sky RC Meeting Minutes
4 Nov 2025
President Dan Woods brought the meeting to order at 7:05 PM at the Pitstop with 9 members in attendance.
Secretary Don Gilles read October’s meeting minutes and they were accepted as read.
Treasurer Darrell Anderson read the Treasurer’s report and it was accepted as read.
Old business:
Dan Woods opened with an update on indoor flying. It’s starting out strong with 11 flyers one evening. Let’s hope the interest continues. Dan also talked about how mini-z is progressing.
Dan reminded us that the Christmas banquet is coming up soon on 20 Dec, 6pm here at the Pit Stop. We’ll finalize the menu at the December meeting.
New business:
The 2026 BSRC events were discussed and John Sandy let us know that Steve Woodhouse would like to exchange a club fly date with us for his annual international invitational extravaganza. Steve would like to hold his event tentatively on 29 Aug 2026. Members agreed the schedule looked good and Jerry Knight made a motion to approve the 2026 schedule. Motion Passed.
– May 16-17 – Spring Thaw R/C Off Road Racing, Great Falls, MT
– June Wednesday Night League Racing ( 27 May to 01 July, 6 Nights )
– June 6 – Club Fly, Great Falls, MT
– June 20 – Float-Fly, Wadsworth Park, Great Falls
– July 11 – Open House, Great Falls, MT (Full RC Complex will be open to the public)
– July 25 – Summer Heat R/C Off Road Racing, Great Falls, MT (one day event)
– August 8, Float-Fly, Missouri River, Great Falls, MT, across from Elks Riverside Park
– August 22, Club Fly, Great Falls, MT, BSRC Field
– August 29, Steve Woodhouse Invitational Flying Event, Woodhouse Farm
– September 12-13, Fall Fury R/C Off Road Racing, Great Falls, MT, BSRC Track
– September 19, Club Fly, Great Falls, MT, BSRC Field
– October 3, Leo Sommerfeld Memorial Fly-In, location TBD
Dan Woods reminded us that club officer nominations are due – all officer positions will be voted on at the 02 December meeting. If you’re interested in ousting any of the officers or taking over as field marshal, track marshal or safety officer – now is your time!
Dan also discussed the lawn tractor that was given to the club. Dan stated it has a lot of issues and might be more of a headache than he’d like to get involved with. It seems the best plan is to sell it for parts.
Closing out the night, we welcomed new club members Blake Parameter and his son Bradford at our meeting tonight. Blake is active-duty Air Force. Blake and Brad are talented pilots from the scuttle I heard coming out of the Paris Gibson gym.
Thanks to all attendees, the meeting was adjourned at 7:39 pm.
Donald Gilles
BSRC Secretary
AMA Club 400
FYI:
Mini-Z – Tuesday at 5:30 at the Pit Stop
Indoor flying – Wednesday at 6:00 at Paris Gibson
Club meetings are the first Tuesday night of the month at the Pitstop, 7pm.
Club lunch is every Friday, noon at Hardees.
Wednesday night is our designated “get-together” night for club flying.
Upcoming Events:
– December 20th, BSRC Christmas Banquet, 6pm, Pitstop