February Meeting
Minutes
Dennis counted the ballots before calling the meeting to
order. There was a returned ballot count of 43 ballots 41 of which were voted
slate, 42 and 43
voted Dave Bradley for RSO.
Dennis annouced the installation of the new officers.
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 pm. Alex
McLoughlin was asked to give the treasurer's report. Alex said that there was a
discrepancy in the
accounting of it , and asked to step down from the position,
as he was "tired of doing it."
There was a quick vote by the board to replace Alex with
Yvonne Moscoe, so the board voted unanimously to appoint Yvonne Moscoe as the
new
treasurer. Bob Moscoe abstained from the vote.
I gave a brief overview of the Quad Pod modifications as
Jane Fossen pointed out the improvments made to the Quad Pod itself, as it was
brought to
the meeting and on display. I closed the overview by
saying that I still had some pending improvement to be made.
Paul SanSoucie discussed launch dates, to be coordinated
with the fighter wing. He touched on the trailer party too. He also discussed
altitude waivers for
standard and high altitudes. He also talked about the
joint Idaho-OROC Alvord tenative launch date as of August 28th and 29th. Paul
finished his
discussion by saying he would turn over the launch
schedual to Nick Anderson for uploading to the OROC site and would file the
waivers soon.
Bruce Carey talked about the NAR competitions.
Yvonne Moscoe talked a little about the raffle, I'm sure
she didn't have a real handle on it yet, that's to be expected when your taking
on a new
job, but I'm sure she'll get it rolling along well.
Paul discussed every weekend waivers for Brothers stating
they were to 10K, and said he'd try to push for 24,500 feet.
Dennis called for any more old business, there was none.
New business was brought up. OROC dues are due this month.
Paul went over launch fee collecting, pointed out that the money from this goes
to
the upkeep of equipment owned by the club and for supplies
used by the club etc. He also mentioned the need for filling out flight cards,
and why it is
important to do so.
Doug Daman announced that Boy Scout Troop #479 wanted to
attend an OROC launch and to camp out at said launch. It was asked by Dennis if
he was going to control the Scouts, and were they aware of
basic safety issues at a launch. Doug said he definitely would control them and
would
make sure they knew all the safety rules.
Acme Rocketry's Chris Beekman annouced that Acme would
pledge a match to OROC's contribution to a "kit" fund for the Scouts.
OROC pledged
$32.50 for kits for the scouts.
Dennis introduced Chris and Jane from Acme Rocketry to
speak on their plans for the site and the upcoming season. Jane showed everyone
an
outstanding photo essay she had complied on the
"before" and "after" improvements made upon the land at the
site. She ran a running narrative
of all the problems they came acrossed cleaning up the
place and the unseen expenses involved in removing dead cars, tires, batteries,
junk, scrap
metal, you name it from a mess like that. She said that
there was 6,300 lbs of scrap metal removed from the site!
She also
discussed the installation of some rock jacks that your's truely will build to
anchor the gates with out there. Also there was some
discussion Jane put forth about the logistics of ignitor
wiring underground and the installation of permanent cement launch platforms
under the suface
of the ground. She also commented on launching on the hill
and the benifits of that. A very nice overview of the future plans for
Brothers.
Paul discussed the advertising of an EX launch and put it
to a membership discussion. As I recall there was no discussion from the
membership.
Alex said that he was in favor of advertising EX launches.
Paul asked if there was any objection to advertising EX.
There were no objections.
Paul brought up the subject of lease fees as to the
upcoming season at Brothers. It was felt that $700.00 would handle all the
upcoming launches
planned for the season.
Dennis once again thanked Chris and Jane from Acme
Rocketry for attending the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Proffitt
OROC Secretary