NARHAMS Business Meeting 8/14/2010 Prior to the meeting, Mark Wise and the Ha family gave a recap of NARAM-52. Meeting called to order at 7:03 pm by Tom Ha Members attending: Jennifer Ash-Poole, Mike Cochran, Bradley Grant, Chris Ha, Maria Ha, Tom Ha, Zach Ha, Chris Kidwell, Alex Mankevich, John McCoy, Ed Pearson, Thelma Rackers, Tom Rackers, Alan Williams Outreach Jul 18 - Tom and Thelma Rackers did straw rockets at Goddard Aug 11 - Jennifer gave a talk at Harford Community College Minutes from the July meeting were read. Motion to accept (John McCoy/Alan Williams) passed. Old Business Mark Wise gave an update on the field search. He got some ideas from the NARAM section advisors meeting, including contacting 4-H, scouts, farm bureau. Most clubs are paying $500-1000 per year. John Hochheimer also provided a contact at the Maryland research farm. Alan Williams presented pictures of Jericho Park, near Bowie State University as a possible small scale launch site. Some concerns were raised about doing the first launch as a night launch. Compromise was suggested to start the launch earlier and continue into the evening. Bowie park regulations currently prohibit model rocketry and airplanes, so we would need to get a waiver for the demo launch. Alan has an introductory letter ready to send to Bowie authorities to seek permission for a launch. We have received a waiver for launches at Goddard through October. Limit is 2000 feet AGL, and 25 g propellant (D power). John Hochheimer will submit another waiver for after October. Launch themes August - open September - night launch October - Oktoberfest November - R/C glider December - holiday oddroc There wasn't much interest in the Super LeMans build and fly, so that will be postponed to a future date. Maria Ha has patches sewn on half of the safety vests. She will continue working on the rest. Tom Ha has pricing on stickers: 500 for 71.75, 1000 for 102.50. Motion to buy 2000 stickers, 3" square, blue and gray on white paper, cost not to exceed $160 (John McCoy/Alex Mankevich) passed. And patches: 3" are 200 for $276, 3.5" are $306. Motion to buy 200 patches 3.5" round, blue/silver/white, at a cost of $306 (John McCoy/Jennifer Ash-Poole) passed. Tom Rackers reported that the Science and Engineering festival on Oct 23-24 on The Mall will not allow straw rockets to fly. But he may be able to do a building session there, and direct people to come to Great Meadow, Goddard, or Mt. Airy to launch. John McCoy has built a prototype straw rocket launcher and demonstrated its operation. He can build 2 for about $100 total. He also demonstrated two other options using plastic bottles. Treasurer's Report In July, we collected $77 and spent $77.58. Income: $25 ZOG-43, $20 dues, $22 donation, $10 raffle Expenses: $37.58 storage boxes for launch system, $35 storage fee, $5 NAR membership Cash: 57.78 Bank: $2582.78 Total $2640.56 Motion to accept (Alex Mankevich/Tom Rackers) passed. New Business Need launch managers for November and December. Need volunteers for refreshments for September through November. Elections are coming up next month. VP position is open since Tom Ha will be stepping down. Tom Ha has started a collection of 6 rockets and would like to start a FlyIt/TakeIt program for Mt. Airy. He also has motors and additional models to offer. Maria Ha suggested having someone designated for newbies to talk to at launches for more information. Motion to spend $125 to purchase a laminator, motors for Goddard, and table and safety cones for system 3 (Ed Pearson/John McCoy) passed. Motion to adjourn (Alan Williams/Tom Rackers) Meeting closed at 8:55 pm.