NARHAMS Business Meeting 1/8/2011

Prior to the meeting, there was an open building session.

Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Jim Filler

Members attending: Jennifer Ash-Poole, Jim Filler, Jef Fineran, Kevin Johnson, Chris Kidwell, Roy Lapallainen, 
Alex Mankevich, John McCoy, Jim Miers, Ed Pearson, Raul Pena, Mark Wise

Outreach
none

Minutes from the November meeting were read. Motion to accept (Roy Lapallainen/Alex Mankevich) passed.


Old Business

Ed Pearson would like to hold an unofficial S8 contest at Capitol College on March 26. Tom Bagg (via Jennifer)
suggested having a small fun event like spot landing for the college kids. Suggestion is to have spot landing
10 am - 1 pm, then a demonstration of S8 but not an actual contest.

The 2011 calendar includes a night launch in October instead of September as usual. But the park closes at dusk
starting in October, rather than 10 pm closing in the summer. Previously we have tried having a night launch 
in March, but were denied due to the closing schedule. Jim Filler will contact the park to see if we can do
the night launch in October. If not, the alternative is to move the September launch to Sep 24. Motion to table
further discussion until Jim hears back (Alex Mankevich/Kevin Johnson) passed.

Launch Schedule
Jan 15 - no theme
Feb 19 - R/C Glider theme
Mar 19 - Goddard theme

Meeting schedule
Feb 5 - Glider building session (Robert)
Mar 5 - Presentation on first men in space (Alex)

Alex Mankevich is still looking for the display stands for club flyers.

Alex Mankevich distributed rules for the Mercury capsule building contest. He also showed off his upscale model
printed on photo paper. John McCoy is donating a 1/35 Estes Mercury Redstone kit as a prize for the winner. 
Alex will judge the models at the April meeting, and keep the models for use in May Space Day displays.


Treasurer's Report
In November, we collected $168.98 and spent $71.13
Income: 132.90 PA system return from System 3, 15 dues, 11 donations, 10 ZOG-43, 0.08 interest
Expenses: 35 storage fee, 25 dues for 4H Montgomery County Fair winner, 11.13 batteries
Cash: 343.14
Bank: 1645.77
Total: 1988.91
Motion to accept (Alex Mankevich/John McCoy) passed

In December, we collected $460.66 + EUR 20 and spent $452.33
Income: 371 raffle, 30 dues, 29.66 donations, 20 ZOG-43, 10 donation, EUR 20 donation
Expenses: 160 Greenbelt Community Church, 114.27 ZOG-43, 113 gift cards for kit bash contest, 
48.96 A8-3 bulk pack for Goddard, 16.10 for holiday party supplies
Cash: 321.47 + EUR 20
Bank: 1675.77
Total: 1997.24 + EUR 20
Motion to accept (Jennifer Ash-Poole/Mark Wise) passed.


New Business

Jennifer Ash-Poole reported that producing the ZOG-43 bimonthly 12 page color is about the same cost as
producing it monthly blank and white. John McCoy calculated projected costs for monthly 12-page B/W vs
bimonthly 16-page (12 B/W, 4 color) each run about $20. Motion to increase cost of ZOG-43 subscription
to $17 (email or pickup) and $23 (mailed) and require club vote annually for all free subscriptions 
(John McCoy/Ed Pearson). Since we started keeping separate records for ZOG-43 income/expense, we 
have about $400 surplus. Motion to amend cost structure to 10/15/20 email/pickup/mail (Chris Kidwell/
Roy Lapallainen). Vote 5 for, 4 against, motion carries.

Motion to approve 3 free subscriptions for LAC award judges for 2011 (Kevin Johnson/John McCoy) passed.

John McCoy suggested going to a 20 or even 24 page count bimonthly. Kevin Johnson commented that content
is usually the limiting factor. Motion to set the guideline for bimonthly issues 18-20 pages, with 2
of those in color (John McCoy/no second) died. Motion to set the guideline for bimonthly issues to be
a maximum of 24 pages without prior approval (Ed Pearson/Jennifer Ash-Poole). Vote 5 for, 2 against,
motion carries.

Motion to set priority for publishing articles in ZOG-43: 1) direct club related news, photos, 2) NAR
or Tripoli or other club articles, 3) outside aerospace, 4) special recognition/memorial/etc 
(John McCoy/Ed Pearson). Vote 1 for, 6 against, motion failed to carry.

CAP search and rescue exercise was tentatively scheduled for June 11. John McCoy suggested combining 
that event with a NAR record trial. Jim will find out how many models can be in the air at a time, and
how timing will work.

Motion to adjourn (Ed Pearson/Kevin Johnson) passed.

Meeting closed at 9:12 pm