SCRC Meeting Notices
Monthly meeting are generally held the first Tuesday of each month with exceptions caused by holidays, etc. During the summer months, the meetings are held at the club's flying site. All other meetings are held at the Central Pa. Institute of Science & Technology, (formerly known as the Centre County VoTech School) in Pleasant Gap. The meetings start promptly at 7:00 p.m.

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Newsletter for the December Meeting

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 at 7:00 PM

At the Central Pa. Institute of Science & Technology

(formerly known as the Centre County Vo-Tech School)

Room 129 is the most probable meeting location.

Check the sign in the Lobby for possible room changes!

Minutes from the November Meeting

-The November Meeting-

     The meeting was called to order by SCRC President Jim Rhodes shortly after 7pm. There were 16 members present.

 1. Minutes - Minutes from the October meeting were approved as posted on the web site.

2. Treasurer’s Report – George Gurney reported some members have paid for next year. Expenses included a memorial for Karl Stashak’s mother and $64 for 1000 stickers that go on AMA cards. The report was approved.

 3. Old Business - The annual Winter Banquet has been scheduled for the Elks Club on 1/14/06 at 6pm.

The new nominations committee of Al Niessner, Jeff Favuzza, and Al Jones announced their nominations: George Mock as President, Chuck Paulson as Vice President, Henry Margusity as Secretary, George Gurney as Treasurer, Sam Stitzer as Newsletter Editor, Woody Struble as Field Marshall, Hugh Zinsmeister as Safety Officer, and Al Niessner as Webmaster. The floor will be open for additional nominees at the December meeting.

 The card for Peter Spink was signed by members at the meeting and Nathaniel Rice volunteered to send it out.

 Letters were sent to three members for safety violations, following a motion approved at the last meeting.

 4. New Business – Jeff Favuzza gave a report on discussions with Dave, Mike, and Elizabeth Grove who own the flying field. They had complaints regarding too much noise, high activity, a lack of privacy, barbecue smoke, and swearing when meeting with George Gurney, Al Niessner, and Jeff Favuzza on 10/13/05. At another meeting on 10/27/05 between Jeff Favuzza and Dave Grove various options for moving the flying field were discussed but it was decided our club should find another flying field.     Finally, further talks between Jeff Favuzza and Dave Grove resulted in agreement on an 8 month lease ending on 8/31/06. Dave Grove is preparing a potential lease.

 Following discussion, a motion was made and approved to lease the current flying field from 1/1/06 to 8/31/06 subject to the condition of having no fun flies, picnics, or air shows.

 Another motion was made and approved to form a group to establish a committee to find another flying field. Jim Rhodes volunteered to head the group. Volunteers for this group include Al Niessner, George Gurney, John Werner, Sam Stitzer, Brad Fisher, Will Coder, and Chuck Paulson.

5. Program – there was no program.

6. Announcements – Will Coder read a proposed infractions policy and it will be put into the newsletter so members have a chance to review it.

7. Show and Tell – Al Niessner showed the Polycharger 4 which can charge 4 Lithium Polymer battery packs simultaneously. It can be bought from Tower Hobby for $100 and is made by Electrifly. He also showed the Computer Battery Analyzer which can be bought from WestMountainRadio.com for $100. It can display discharge curves on a computer for various discharge rates.

 (See picture below showing discharge curves on Al’s laptop computer.)

7. 50/50 Drawing – Sam Stitzer and the club split $21.

 The meeting was adjourned about 8 pm.

- Flying Field Search Committee -

   Our committee has hit the ground running! We have already met twice, and visited several potential sites.  We have zeroed in on three promising sites, and will make a presentation at the December meeting. Of course, nothing is set in stone yet, so we are eager to hear other ideas from the membership. If you know of a potential site, please let us know ASAP.

   We are fortunate to live in a mostly rural area, where open farmland is abundant. The trick is finding land with a flat area for a runway with no large trees, power lines, fences, etc. in our way. And, we must be a good distance away from homes where noise complaints might be a problem.

  Another major consideration is investment. Many sites will require removal of trees, rocks, crop stubble, etc. and possibly making or improving an entrance road, and planting of grass on the runway. This all takes significant amounts of time, effort, and money that would all be for naught if we were evicted. We are considering all these things and more, and we would like your input as well to help us make the best possible decision for our club’s future.

That’s all for this month.

Sam Stitzer  814‑364‑9530

     samstitz@yahoo.com

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