October ’08 President’s Message

This has been a very fast year; here we are at the end of October. We have had 4 very successful contests and made a few bucks for the club. The runway got a new top coat and looks good. All we need to do is have fun at Toys-for-Kids in December to close out the year. Next year you will have a new president and I will become the past president, and I’m looking forward to that. The best partis you will not have to suffer through my newsletter articles next year.

The last big racing contest has been completed with good results. The club will have made about $1000 or so. The pilots who flew in the race were happy. It was three days of lots of work, thanks to all you members, we had enough workers to man all the flight stations and we got it done. Lee has a number of items that were donated to him to give to you guys who worked the contests. For every day you worked during the three contests a ticket with your name on it will be in the raffle. Lee will have a drawing at the October club meeting, good luck to all the workers. You don’t need to be present to win.

Toys-for-Kids is coming up on Sunday, December 7th. This is a fun day and we hope to get lots of toys to give to kids who are down on their luck. Pick up a $10.00 toy for boy or girl, unwrapped, and bring to the Toys-for Kids. We will also accept your $10.00 bill.

If you have been to the El Monte airport you have seen the signs about the construction work that is going on from Oct. 26th to Nov 6th. They will be replacing all the flooring in the terminal building. As our club meeting is on the 28th we will be meeting on the patio of the restaurant. If there is any change we will pass it on to you via the club “E” group and club web site (sgvrcl.org). There will be someone at the terminal building the night of the meeting to direct you where to go.

The plans for the 2009 AMA show are coming along. Your show team is Ted Holdredge, Steve Lopez, Skip Adams, and Zak Caldwell. They are working on the booth layout, and making a list of workers for the show. If you would like to work in the club booth see one of these guys.

The Club Christmas party will be at the Covina Bowl on Friday night December 5th. The cost is $25.00 per ticket. Get your ticket from Larry Chapman, Ken Meade at the field or any board member. The dinner will be at 6:30 PM with Happy Hour before that. Take part in the gift game by bring a wrapped gift worth about $10.00, and put your name in the pick box. The game is very simple. If you want to play bring a wrapped gift put it on the gift table. Put your dinner ticket stub with your name on it in the pick box. I hope Carl Balmer will be the game host again this year. Carl will pick a stub from the box. When your name is called you will come to the gift table and select a gift, open it and show it to everyone. Carl will call the next name from the box. That person can either pick a gift from the gift table and open it, or take one that has already been opened. If you lose your gift you will go to the gift table and select and open a new one. This goes on till all the gifts have been open. It is great fun, with lots of gifts moving around the room.

The time has come to start thinking about the 2009 board of directors. Some of the present board members may chose to remain on the board for 2009. They will ask you to reinstall them on the 2009 board and you as members must by simple majority vote do that. Any present board member may be rejected by a vote of the membership. The board openings that are vacant will be filled by nomination from the club membership in the October or November general club meeting. These nominees and the returning board members will be voted in at the November general club meeting. That will make up your 2009 board of directors. The new
board will meet with the 2008 Board at December board meeting and select the 2009 President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer along with all the remaining club officers. Most of the returning board members will remain in their 2008 jobs.

By now you have seen the 2009 pilots ID information that is in this newsletter. I hope you find it okay.