Newsletter - June 2010

Greater St. Louis Ninety-Nines Newsletter
June 2010
July Meeting

Saturday, 19 June from 11 am to 5 pm - Potluck lunch and pool party at the Chapter One Clubhouse hosted by Vivian Waters. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to share. Lunch will be at 11:30 am and the meeting will follow at about 1 pm.
Directions to Chapter One coming from the east , take I-270 or Mo - 141 to US 40(I-64) west to across the Missouri River into St Charles County to exit 10 (MO 94) toward St. Charles. Turn right at the exit ramp and go approximately 0.5 mi to Siedentop Rd (first light). Turn left on Siedentop and continue to Hemingway Lane (Hemmingway bears left to the clubhouse.)
This meeting is always a lot of fun and we hope to see many of our members on Saturday!

New Officers:
The officers for 2010-2011 are: Chairman – Jean Murry; Vice Chairman – Susan Van Matre, Secretary – Libby Yunger, Treasurer – Martha Norman, and Directors – Delia Greer, Sue Mathias, Jan Pocock, and Vivian Waters.

Meeting Agenda
2010 Meetings: The Board of Directors met on Sunday, 6 June and discussed several ideas for upcoming meetings. The following meetings were finalized:
Sunday, 17, July: Lunch at Creve Coeur Airport – Jean Murry, host
Saturday, 11 or 18 December: Holiday Luncheon – Susan Van Matre, host
Saturday, ? January: Table at MACTS – Libby Yunger, host
Saturday, 21 May: Installation Luncheon, Susan Van Matre, host

The Women with Wings Chapter of WAI are planning to paint a compass rose at Washington Airport in March 2011. The decision was made that the Women with Wings would lead project but that we would help them. The Ninety-Nines logo would not be used.
Other programs that are being pursued are:

1. Patrice Mullins to discuss her experiences as a St. Louis County Police helicopter pilot. This would be presented at Wings of Hope and the Women With Wings would be invited to attend
2. Tour of Parks College
3. Tour of the St. Louis TRACON in St. Charles followed by a winery visit.
4. Tour of Lambert Airport with the new director followed by lunch at her wine restaurant
5. Compass Rose pre-party in February at the Wings of Hope with the Women with Wings
   

Girl Scout Event: Libby Yunger has had discussions with Michelle Johnson, Program Director of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri. She would like us to present a science/aviation related activity at their day camp for grades 6-12 that will be held at Florissant Valley Community College the week of 12-16 July. Ideas and volunteers for this program would be greatly appreciated. Please bring these ideas to the meeting on Saturday or e-mail them to Libby at girlpilot@sbcglobal.net

Upcoming Events

1. Teresa Camp and Beverly Cleair will be flying in the Air Race Classic, 22-25 June, to raise money for the Wings of Hope. Blue skies and tailwinds, Teresa and Beverly! I have attached a copy of the article that appeared in the Suburban Journal this week or you can use the following link: http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2010/06/08/west/special_feature/0609wc-wings0.txt
2. Two articles about our Chapter will appear in the July Waypoint. The first is a brief history of our Chapter and the second is on the painting of the compass rose at Greenville Airport (KGRE). Sorry that I had no pictures for the chapter history. Pictures of the Compass Rose at Greenville can be seen at the following links:
   http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=robinimmen&target=ALBUM&id=5467046971544847265&authkey=Gv1sRgCNy-x83_qfuy2QE&invite=CO7A3NsI&feat=email
   http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?id=1205019823&aid=2046700
3. July 5-9: Ninety-Nines International Conference, in Kona, Hawaii.
4. October 1-3: Joint Section meeting for the North Central Section and Southeast Section at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel in Nashville, TN.
   

Del Scharr Scholarship
Kristie Leinecki is our Del Scharr Scholarship winner this year. She just completed her senior year in Commercial Aviation at the University of North Dakota – Grand Forks but will be continuing on for post-graduate training this autumn. At the time she applied, she had 320 flight hours and was working on her CFI rating. She is originally from Hawaii, so North Dakota must be quite a change for her. We wish her success in her future endeavors.

HELP!
We would like to hear from everyone, but especially those of you who do not attend meetings, regarding what you would like our organization to provide to you. What would induce you to attend meetings more regularly? Let us know. We are your organization and we would like to serve you better. Call Jean at 314-469-3541 or e-mail Susan at slvanmatre@gmail.com with suggestions.