Minutes - August 2010

Minutes of the Meeting of the Greater St. Louis Ninety Nines
Sunday, 15 August 2010

Present: Ruth Bohnert, Audrey Casper, Gussie Freese, Delia Greer, Mary Kinnaw, Sue Mathias, Jean Murry, Martha Norman, Jan Pocock, Sally Siebe, Susan Van Matre, Vivian Waters, and Libby Yunger

The meeting followed our Chapter Birthday Party during lunch at Creve Coeur airport. We noshed on hamburgers or turkey “filet mignon” with condiments, stir fried vegetables, and potato salad topped off by a fabulous sheet cake from McArthur Bakery that was donated by Jan Pocock. Martha Norman and Jean Murry brought photos of past Chapter events. It was fun to visit and reminisce.

The meeting was called to order at 1:30 pm by our Chairman, Jean Murry. We had no meeting in July so there were no minutes. Martha Norman presented the treasurer’s report. Jean Murry reported that we had received a thank you note from the Wings of Hope for our $150 donation in support of Teresa Camp and Beverly Cleair in the Air Race Classic. Jan Pocock was thanked for bringing the cake.
Gussie Freese reported that our library display is on vacation this month but will be in the Lewis and Clark Library in September.

Old Business:

Susan Van Matre clarified arrangements for our tour of the Saint Louis University (SLU) and Parks College Campus on Saturday, 11 September. There is no limit to the number of attendees but the golf cart that will be available for anyone who is unable to walk the entire distance of the tour will only accommodate 6 people. There will be a tour of SLU from 10:30 – 11:30 am and a tour of the new Parks College campus from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm. This will be followed by lunch at 1 pm at The Fountain on Locust. The parking arrangements and assembly point will be announced in the September Newsletter.

The October meeting will be a tour of the TRACON in Weldon Springs followed by lunch at one of the wineries on Rte 94. Once Ruth Bohnert’s son knows his work schedule, the date will be set and Vivian Waters will make reservations for us at the Winery.

The Lambert Airport Tour is scheduled for 13 November.

The Holiday Luncheon will be on Saturday, 11 December at the Mother-in-Law House restaurant on Old Capitol in historic downtown St. Charles. The group decided that we would order from the menu.

Our January meeting will be at the Midwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show. We will again be raffling a goodie basket. Libby Yunger has donated a basket, bottle of wine and salsa. Jean Murry asked the Chapter members to donate other items for the basket.

Martha Norman announced that the Chapter Handbook would be distributed in September.

Since attendance has improved for the first three meetings this year, the group decided to continue calling members each month to remind them of the meeting date, time, and place.

New Business:

The Women with Wings Chapter of WAI asked our Chapter to join them at the Boeing Theater for the showing of Flyabout – an autobiographical documentary by Monika Petrillo about her flight around Australia with her father in a single engine aircraft. The Boeing Prologue Room opens at 5 pm, the film is at 6 pm, and there will be a Q&A session with Monika Petrillo following the film. Enter the Boeing Theater through the Prologue Room.

We discussed future program ideas. 1) Jean Murry suggested that we view the movie Pearl - a biography of Eula “Pearl” Carter Scott. She was the daughter of a wealthy Oklahoma oilman his wife, a Chickasaw Indian. With the encouragement of her father’s friend, Wiley Post, Pearl obtained a pilot’s license at age 14 in 1928. She is the youngest women and the first female Native American to obtain a pilot’s license. This movie was shown at Oshkosh this year but is very low budget and is unlikely to have wide distribution in theaters. 2) Libby Yunger suggested that Susan Van Matre contact Anne Mongiovi to see if she would be willing to arrange for us to fly the sailplanes at Highland-Wynet Airport.

The fall meeting of the North Central Section will be a joint meeting with the Southeast Section in Nashville, TN, on 1-3 October 2010. Jan Pocock is planning to attend and would appreciate if someone from the chapter would share travel and lodging expenses with her.