Minutes April 19, 2008 Meeting

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Minutes of the meeting of Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the St. Louis County Police (Metro Air Support) Hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport


Present at the tour: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Patrice Mullins, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger.

Present at the meeting and lunch: Gussie Freese, Ruby Fudoli, Delia Greer, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Vivian Waters, Libby Yunger

Our tour of the St. Louis County Police Hangar and aircraft was led by member Patrice Mullins, a 27 year veteran of the St. Louis County Police. She is currently a Senior Pilot and has amassed more than 6.000 hours flying helicopters. Her police work has yielded some very exciting experiences and we enjoyed hangar flying with her during and following the tour.

Our meeting was held in the conference room at Jet Corp where we were joined by Christine Malcomson-Young, a member of the San Gabriel Chapter and Lear Jet captain with FlexJet. She was sitting stand-by at the airport and seemed as thrilled to have something to do as we were to have her at our meeting.

The meeting was called to order at 11:35 am by Chairman Sally Siebe. The minutes were accepted as written. Martha Norman read the treasurers report, which was accepted, and gave an unofficial account of the money available in the Del Scharr Scholarship fund. We have had inquiries but no qualified candidates for the scholarship this year.

Libby Yunger and Martha Norman will audit the books in June.

The Installation Luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at 12:30 pm at Oliver’s Restaurant in the main terminal at St. Louis Downtown Airport. Martha Norman will send formal invitations to all members. Since all current officers and directors have agreed to remain in office next year, no ballots will be sent to the membership. Chapter dues of $15 will be due in May. Libby Yunger will send a list of the names and addresses of the current chapter members to Martha and to membership chairman, Jean Murry.
Delia Greer, Jean Murry, and Jan Pocock are attending the North Central Section meeting in Osceola IA in April. Vivian Waters is attending the International Convention in Alaska.
The second issue of the Waypoint is available on the NC Section website. Hard copies should arrive by snail mail before the end of April.
Gussie Freese will attempt to get more information on the Learning for Life Space Camp scheduled for May 5-9. We will man a booth at the camp if feasible.

Member news:
Sally Siebe has a blog on the web to share her experiences and progress while working on her instrument rating at http://seesallyfly.blogspot.com.
Vivian Waters will exhibit some of her photos at an art show in St. Charles at 222 N. Main St. The show hours are 5-10 pm on Friday, April 25, 11 am to 8 pm on Saturday, April 26, and from 12-5 pm on Sunday, April 27.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 pm.

Respectfully submitted,Libby YungerSecretary