Minutes of the April 21st, 2004 Meeting

     Meeting was called to order at 8:15 with 12 members present.

     A motion was made to accept the March minutes as read. Motion so moved.

Treasures report was read by Lou Carpio and accepted as read.

Old Business:

Sign: Tom Vernon was not present at the April meeting, so there was no update.

Flying Sites: Fred spoke with Groton Parks and Recreation and is scheduled to visit the possible Wells RD landfill. Fred is also going to petition the town of Groton for providing a possible flying site for us.  Fred stated Ed Avena would be visiting the Waterford Town Hall about a flying site off of Great Neck Rd.  The site was proposed by the “Plane Vanilla” club. Fred Meyer will report back with further progress.

Field Maintenance:  Jack Holmgren asked that any available members bring rakes shovels, and wheel barrows to help with the field maintenance day on April 24^th.  Jack plans on starting the field maintenance day around 9a.m.  Jack will also look into a new service company for our portable toilet as the current company seems to have gone out of business.  There was a discussion about rebuilding the engine on the roller, but no motions were made.

West End Guidelines:  It was decided that guidelines would discussed at the field cleanup day to get ideas. 

New Business:

Soccer Club:  Lou Carpio spoke with Stu Gadbois about the possibility of a Salem soccer club petitioning to use OUR flying field for soccer.  Lou reported that Stu hadn’t heard anything or had any requests at this time.  Fred Meyer also brought a local letter from the soccer club urging members to look for new sites in the Salem area as they have outgrown their current facilities.  At this point, no one has heard anything further about this subject, so it does not seem to be much of a concern at this time.

Dominic Tranchida: A motion was made by Fred Meyer to send a “Get Well” card to Dom since he has just had a 6-way bypass and is currently recovering.  Motion passed and John Banks will send a card from the Propbusters to Dominic.

Cassy Boudreau:  A letter was received by Fred thanking the RC Propbuster members for their support on her mission trip to Mexico.

Meeting Times:  Fred Meyer brought up the idea to be discussed regarding changing our meeting frequency, date, and times for next year.  The idea was discussed and will be further introduced into the newsletter for further membership feedback.

William Fishman: A motion was made by Fred Meyer to grant free membership to William Fishman for his assistance in printing the newsletter free of charge.  The motion was passed and free membership was granted.  Fred will ask Bill to fill out an application for record purposes.

New Members:  Lou received an application from Allen Sharog.  Allen was not listed on our 2003 roster so a motion was made to accept Allen as a new member. Motion so Moved.

Motion was made and passed to adjourn the meeting. Motion so moved and the meeting adjourned at 8:58pm.

Respectfully submitted: John Banks IV - Secretary