President:
David Bothe
966-6723
bothe@comcast.net
Vice President:
Chip Miller
366-7606
chipthefireman@comcast.net
Secretary:
Rolf
Bostrom
371-6437
rbostrom@floridabmx.com
Treasurer:
Frank Hurlburt
922-7022
frank@hurlburt.name
Newletter Editor:
Eugene Naves
727-343-8034 Newsletter_EAA180@yahoo.com
Program Chairman:
Technical Counselors:
Pat Grella
359-0588
n538pg@aol.com
Wray Whiting
634-8107
n9491b@tampabay.rr.com
Flight Advisor:
Pat Grella
359-0588
n538pg@aol.com
Young Eagles Coordinator:
Frank Szachta
729-3010
flysewgood@earthlink.net
Scott Becker
377-1120
tci4142@comcast.net
Tool Committee:
John Stevenson
768-7700
704-4817(cell)
Robert Brooke
746_6725
rbrooke@tampabayrr.com
Webmaster:
Rolf
Bostrom
371-6437
rbostrom@floridabmx.com
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Prez Sez
Well,
the shoes are beginning to drop. Our attorney, Mike Raterink, received
a demand from The Evil One for our Chapter to pay $45,000. For those of
you new to the Chapter, The Evil One is John Burton, President of Sun
'n Fun Management Services. Our attorney declined his request. We are
expecting to be served any day now. I will give a very brief recap of
the situation at our meeting on the 27th. Not to worry. Our money is
safe!! But, I do expect the other shoe to drop before the deadline for
the statue of limitations.
Our faithful servant, Rob Brooke, has worked his butt off
to put together some guidelines for the Tool Lending Library. I'm sure
that they will appear later in this newsletter. Many of us hashed this
out at a special meeting of the tool committee. Rob also has created a
picture inventory which will eventually find it's way to the Web site.
Thank you Rob!
Speaking of house keeping, your humble servant has been
searching in the archives for bylaws for Chapter 180. I have now found
them. They were first submitted to EAA in 1980. I think they are a
little out of date. No one is sure what the specific requirements are
for non profits with respect to number of directors and so forth. So,
if you would like to serve on the bylaw committee, please notify me or
any member of the Executive Committee (Frank, Chip, & Rolf). I will
get you a copy of the existing bylaws and the suggested changes by EAA
Headquarters. It helps if you enjoy watching paint dry. It is pretty
dull stuff!
Chip Miller and your humble servant were on "Sarasota Speaks" promoting EAA in general and Chapter 180 in particular. We know Earle Swan was
listening in because he was the onl caller.
I'm going to try to get us on the Victor Gray show on AM 1220. Based on
the number of calls it appears that the listening audience was small.
That is probably why we got on.
I had mentioned in the February newsletter that we wanted to reach out
to the SRQ pilot community to join us. I
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put together a mailing to all
hangar tenants on the Jones and Dolphin side. I don't know how many
will show up. Please make them feel welcome. Also, please make an extra
effort to meet some of our new members. The room will be open at least
15 minutes prior to meeting time. If you can, make some time available
to meet the troops. Please wear a nametag.
There doesn't seem to be much interest in the Fantasy of Flight Fly-In.
We had scheduled it as our June event. Let's talk about it.
The Mid Atlantic Fly in is coming up in May (12-15). Vance Noles
answered the call and will be providing the means for me to get there.
This is a great show.
I personally know the two promoters: Dale Faux and Billy Henderson. So,
I have volunteered to be the "Ground Crew" coordinator. Some of us went
to Fantasy of Flight and got the low down. If you are interested in
helping us in Lumberton please let me know (you don’t have to be a
graduate to volunteer). Also, if you are not going to Lumberton, please
bring your "Vest" to the meeting. We'd like to borrow it. It helps if
the ground handlers can easily be recognized.
This month's program will be "Fighting 17 The Jolly
Rogers" Their skipper was Lt. Blacky Blackburn. These are Navy (Are
there any other kind?) fighter pilots. They were the equivalent of the
" Marine Black Sheep" (also Naval Aviators). Anyway, I met all these
guys at an Association of Naval Aviators convention at the El Toro
Marine Air Base in California in 1990. It makes a guy very humble just
to be in the same room with these men. It won't be as educational as
last month. But it will be a whole lot more fun! It is the best film I
have ever seen about air war in the Pacific.
I hope to see all of you at the meeting this month, April
27, 7:30 PM, Dan McClure Room, at the Sarasota Bradenton Airport.
Your humble servant.
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