THE DISORIENTED TIMES The Official Newsletter of the Guildhall Fun Flyers AMA Chartered Club #3325 GFF Web Page: www.guildhallfunflyers.com January 2015 GFF: Getting Frozen Fingers PRESIDENT Dennis Ullery VICE PRES Brian Bigelow, Sr SECTY Paul Herman TREAS Pete Forlenza * * * * Issue #241 802 673-8434c 802 393-9697c 603 730-4762c 802 535-3596 * * FLD MARSHL SFTY COORD EDITOR NL WEBMASTER * * * * Jim Avery Jerry Gagne Don Sanders John Brooks * 802 328-2904 603 636-2324 603 837-3109 603 788-3222 * CALENDAR OF EVENTS: *Every Friday, 6pm to 9pm, Indoor Flying at Lancaster Elementary School gym on Bridge Street. Info: Don Sanders 603 837-3109. *Feb 7th, Sat. 10am, Feb GFF Club Meeting at the Weeks Library in Lancaster. Set up GFF Events for 2015. **Every Sunday, 10am to noon, Indoor Flying Rte. US 302 at Bartlett, NH, Josiah Bartlett Elementary School gym (enter from rear of school). Hosted by Mount Washington Valley RC Club. www.mwvrcc.com Info: Chairman Olof Ekbergh 603 387-4921 or Don Sanders 603 837-3109. (* = GFF Event **Jan 17, Sat. 10am, 14th Annual Central NH RC Auction, Bow, NH. Doors open 8am, Auction starts 10am. INFO: Dick Smith: 603 224-2078 or [email protected] * * * ** = Non GFF Event) * * * JANUARY BIRTHDAYS: 6 Marcelle L’Heuruex 13 Roger Roberge 16 Dick Chevarie 20 Frank Fulginiti 29 Dennis Ullery FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS: th **Feb 20-22, 47 Annual WRAM Show, Meadowlands Expo. Center, Secaucus, NJ. Info: AMA - Model Aviation magazine Jan ’15, Page 130 or www.wram.org 25 Alan Jackson Happy Birthday ! ! ! * * * * * JANUARY MEETING REPORT: * handicap accessible port-a-pottie and Dennis will get more information in regards to that also. 10:05am - The GFF January 3rd meeting was called to order by president Dennis Ullery with 14 members present. 10:19am - Sam Crosby brought in an example of a wing pin that may be purchased online that will be awarded to persons that complete the GFF club pilot training program and are signed off and certified to fly by their instructor. Sam stated that this example was the style for glider pilots and that the feathered wing type for airmen was also available. Club members discussed and decided that the club should purchase the feathered wing style. A motion was made, seconded, and passed for the club to purchase 10 pins. Sam will take care of purchasing the pins for the club. Dennis also noted that perhaps any club member that would want a wing pin for themselves could pay Sam for the pin and he can order it. Thank you Sam. 10:06am - Dennis called for the treasurer’s report. The report was read by Treasurer Pete Forlenza. Dennis called for any discussion on the report and none was made. A motion was made to accept the report as read, seconded, and passed. 10:09am - Dennis called for the secretary's report. The report was read by secretary Paul Herman. Dennis called for any discussion on the report and none was made. A motion was made to accept the report as read, seconded, and passed. 10:14am - Dennis called for any old business. Dennis called for any more nominations for club officers for 2015 and no new nominations were made. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to vote on the people that were nominated for office at the December 6th 2014 club meeting. All nominees were unanimously elected for office with no nay votes. The following people are GFF's 2015 club officers. President: Dennis Ullery, Vice-President: Brian Bigelow, Treasurer: Pete Forlenza, Secretary: Paul Herman, Safety Officer: Jerry Gagne, Field Marshal: Jim Avery, Web Master: John Brooks, News Letter Editor: Don Sanders. Congratulations to all. 10:28am - Dennis started a discussion on changing the name of the GFF Warbirds event by adding the words "Fun Fly" to the event so that pilots would not be restricted to flying strictly a warbirds type aircraft. A motion was made, seconded, and passed to add the words to the name. The event will now be called the GFF Fun Fly Warbirds event. 10:31am - Dennis called for any new business. Dennis started a discussion with the members and asked if any member would be interested in becoming an AMA sanctioned Contest Director (CD). Dennis explained the process one has to go through with the AMA in order to achieve CD status and that it is not difficult. Dennis is hoping someone would be willing to become a second CD so that the club has a backup person in the event that Dennis would not be available. Anyone interested in becoming a CD can obtain information from this AMA website: 10:17am - Dennis informed the club members that he is still in touch with a company on possibly obtaining a new port-a-pottie for the flying field to replace the old one but was told that none are available at this time. A suggestion was made to possibly obtain a 2 http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/events/rule books/HowtoBecomeCD.pdf Note: The AMA Contest Director application states that: Only Open AMA members, 19 years or older, who have been an AMA member for three years prior to application, are eligible.) No motion on this issue was needed. interested in seeing the flyer for this event can go to this link: http://www.rcaces.org/Third %20Party%20Files/14th%20Anniversary %20Auction.pdf 10:43am - A discussion was started about this years event calendar and the members decided that the Advisory Committee should hold a meeting after the regular club meeting adjourns in order to come up with a proposed event calendar. The calendar will be presented to the club members to be voted on at next month's club meeting. No motion was needed on this issue. 10:58am - A motion was made, seconded, and passed to adjourn the meeting. 10:54am - Don informed the club members that the WRAM show will be coming up in February. * Respectfully submitted by Paul Herman, GFF Secretary * * * * * 2015 GFF CLUB DUES REMINDER: The GFF Club Dues are due January 15th, so kindly send yours in soon to Pete Forlenza, 1014 Calendar Brook Drive, Lyndonville, VT 05851. There is a renewal form under MEMBERSHIP on our web site. 10:48am - Dennis informed the club members that Skip Miller's wife volunteered to make new windsocks for the club. This was according to an email that was received by Vice-President Brian Bigelow. Brian is Skip's training instructor. Thank you Mrs. Miller. * 10:49am - Don Sanders informed the club members that there are no conflicts so far this month for the club's Friday evening indoor flying at the Lancaster Elementary School gym from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. He stated that the flying sessions are going well and the club has had numerous new people attend and try flying one of the club's Vapors. Three new people that attended have also joined the club. Welcome our new GFF club members: Chris Hodge, Jim Cote, and Tom Bronson. * * * * * BOW RC AUCTION: The 14th Annual Central NH RC Auction will be held as usual at the Bow Community Center / Fire Station, 2 Knox Road, Bow, NH on Saturday, January 17th. New for this year the doors open at 8am and the rc auction begins at 10am sharp. Everything will go! Cash and Credit Cards accepted. No Sellers Premium, 10% Buyers Premium. Also Flea Market for items $40 and under. Raffles and Food & Drink available. 10:51am - Don Sanders informed the club members that the annual Bow RC Auction will be held at the same location this year. The event will take place on Saturday, January 17th at the Bow Community Center and Fire Dept.at 2 Knox Rd, Bow, NH. Doors open at 8:00am and the auction will start at10:00am. There is a $2.00 entrance fee. Anyone This has always been an event that GFF members have enjoyed in years past. Pete Forlenza plans to drive down again this year, 3 weather permitting, so if you would like a ride, call Pete at 802 535- 3596 or email him at [email protected] to reserve your seat. Be sure to go to Bow for some great deals and/or enjoy a great day of entertainment * * * * * * 2015 WRAM SHOW: This year the 47th Annual WRAM Show will be held on Feb. 20th to 22nd in Secaucus, NJ at the Meadowlands Exposition Center. This a trade show where you can meet many top company representatives and see all the latest items coming on the market. Check out the information on page 130 of the Jan. AMA Model Aviation magazine or on line at:www.wram.org . * * * * * * FEBRUARY MEETING REMINDER: The next monthly GFF Club meeting is scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 7th at 10:00am at the Weeks Memorial Library in Lancaster, NH. Note: Approval of the 2015 GFF Events is on the agenda. * * * * * * Editor: Don Sanders [email protected] 4 5 6
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