Times New RomanMinutes: September 17, 2005, Meeting of EAA Chapter 110 Times New Roman The meeting was called to order by John Feemster at 1:30 pm at the Wings Of History Clubhouse. All Chapter officers were in attendance. Old Business: 1. Minutes of the August meeting were accepted and approved. 2. There was no Treasurer’s report. 3. There were no reports from Oskosh or other EAA activities. New Business: 1. John Feemster has a R/C Cessna 172 that he would like to donate to the chapter to use in a raffle to raise money for the chapter. The value is approximately $300.00. After discussion it was determined that we should wait for an opportunity to get more participants in the raffle, such as next Spring’s So. County Airport open house. 2. Mike Reynolds, past chapter president, has purchased three Xair aircraft. They all have foldable wings to facilitate storage. One will be based in the San Jose area and the other two will be in Nevada where Mike currently resides. Mike plans to reinstate his CFII and obtain a Sport Pilot Instructor rating s he can start giving lessons. He would like to work closely with our chapter. 3. Nominations are open for next year’s chapter officers. Nominations will be accepted through October and we will vote for new officers in November. The newly elected officers will take office in December. All offices are available for interested nominees. John Feemster, George Watson and John Gould expressed interest in retaining their positions if no one comes forward. Rich Grialou expressed an interest in not holding office in 2006. Please consider nominating yourself if you have any interest in holding office, as member participation will help build a strong chapter. 4. Vaughn McIlrath would like to turn the newsletter responsibilities over to a new editor who can expand the content. If no one is interested Vaughn will continue as editor but would like the membership to contribute articles that he can include in the newsletter. If you are interested in being editor or contributing articles please contact Vaughn for more information on what is required. 5. George Nicholson reported on a ‘Glass Cockpit’ presentation at the Watsonville EAA Chapter 119 meeting. He said that it was an excellent presentation and suggested that we try to get the presenter to give us the same presentation. 6. John Feemster will try to get the local FAA inspector to give us a presentation on what they look for when inspecting a homebuilt aircraft. 7. Doug Rice of the CPA is going to meet with the FAA to discuss the So. County and SCAPA issues with ultralights flying at So. County. 8. The status of the Hollister airport expansion/hangar rate increase was discussed in detail. We will continue to monitor the situation as a chapter as many members hangar, tie-down and/or fly out of Hollister. 9. At 2:00 John Gould moved that we conclude the business portion of the meeting and move on to the round robin discussion. The motion was seconded and carried and the meeting was adjourned. ____________________ Respectfully submitted by Rich Grialou, September 17, 2005