SoAR Meeting Minutes

Meeting Held June 06, 1998 (3:10-5:00pm) at the Hobbytown USA Kennesaw 
SoAR Members Attending:
Greg Burke Mike Geraghty Doyle Tatum David Hamilton
Martie Hamilton Dan Hamilton Harry Holmes John Underwood Jr.
John Underwood Sr. Robert Ezell Joshua Holmes Tom Winterbottom
Jim Skeen Tim Petty Chuck Partridge Dale Windsor
David Fountain Joe Burley Ron Burgess Mike Nehez
Glen Jones Phil Heil Michael Tate Roy Green
Jeffry Layne Dennis Shur

26 in attendance!!!  

Member Point of Business Voting/   
Results
Greg Opening:  The meeting was called to order by 
President Greg Burke at approximately 3:10pm. 
The main topic for this meeting was discussion of the NSL 99 bid.		 N/A
Greg NSL 99 Report:  President Burke gave the group information he 
had as of meeting time:

Official Launch Motel:  Holiday Inn (Perry)
HPR Equipment:  Provided by TARA
Motor Limit for field:  “K”
Meeting Room: TBD
Waiver: 10,000ft.

He also reported that we would be setting up the Range on Friday 
and this would be available for a “member launch” for those of us there. 
Greg also mentioned that we would have “Staff” Tee shirts made up 
prior to the NSL.

NSL 99 Committees:  Greg gave the group a layout of our committee 
structure for NSL.  They are as follows:

Webmaster - Doyle Tatum
“Forms” - Jim Skeen / Brad Van Duser
Financial - Harry Holmes
Waiver / FAA - Dale Windsor
Transportation / Travel & Accommodations - Greg Burke

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Greg SOM-4 Discussion:  Greg stated SoAR would be conducting 
(in conjunction with TARA) the September SOM-4 meet. 
This would serve as a “dress rehearsal” for NSL 99. 
There are to be five (5) events:

1/2A Streamer Duration (SD)
B Parachute Duration (PD)
A Boost Glide (BG)
E Super-Roc Duration (SRD)
E Dual Egg Loft Duration (DELD)

Launch Rules:  Greg reiterated that we should adhere to 
standard club launch rules when hosting the SOM-4 meet 
as well as all launches.

Flight Fees at Perry:  Greg mentioned that TARA would 
begin charging everybody a $5.00 flight fee unless you do 
a “range duty” shift (PM / LCO / Setup-Takedown).

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Doyle
Greg		 Building Techniques:  After the meeting, Doyle gave a 
presentation on adding nose weight to those models that 
need a little extra for insured stability. He also showed a 
method that could be used to repair a zippered rocket.

RMS Motors:  After the nose weight presentation, Greg and 
Dale gave a short presentation on the different types and 
sizes of Re-Loadable Motors.

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