Meeting was held November 06, 1999 at the Golden Corral - Kennesaw

Attendees:
There were 10 active members present at the meeting. They included: Doyle Tatum, Dave Fountain, Ron Stancil, Dale Windsor, Steve Bellio, Mike Brown, Terry Bliss, Andy Bliss, Barry Loudermilk, and Jim Skeen.

Opening:
The meeting was called to order by President Doyle Tatum at approximately 3:20pm. This meeting was held at the Golden Coral Steak House due to lack of space at Hobbytown. The minutes of the August meeting were read by Secretary Jim Skeen. They were approved as read. The Treasurer’s report was read by President Tatum. Four (4) new members ($20) taken in. $10 paid to David Fountain. Four (4) new members from SOM-5. President Tatum informed the group about Harry’s work situation and that physically he was OK.

Contest Committee Report:
Steve Bellio gave a report on SoM-5 held in Perry in September. The basics were Wind / Rain /Winners. Dale has the flight cards for Saturday, Jim has the flight cards for Sunday. Roger to mail the prizes to the winners.

Awareness Program:
The Hobbytown demo yielded 2 new members. Harry Holmes is still to Chair this committee after the first of the year. Terry Bliss reported the Scout Show is on March 18th, 2000 in Gainesville. It was noted that this weekend conflicts with the Mick Meet 2000. Terry also mentioned the club might support a Boy Scout Camp (in Conyers) during the Summer time season.

TARA Report:
Dale Windsor stated he has resigned as Prefect of TARA. Greg Muri will be the new Prefect. Dale also stated that SoAR should have prime responsibility for the Mick Meet and SOM in future years. We would still use the Perry field, but just mainly take over the logistics.

Nominating Committee:
President Tatum suggested we appoint a Nominating Committee for next year’s elections. It was also suggested we could make a button on the web page for submitting names.

Bylaws Approval: A motion to adopt the bylaws as presented was made by Secretary Skeen.< Ron Stancil seconded the motion.  All members present voted to adopt the new club Bylaws.

Club Dinner:This was presented by President Tatum. The idea was that we could have a “Christmas Dinner”. This possibly could be at the Golden Corral. The board will come up with a date / time / location and solicit attendees. We would need to get RSVPs in order to estimate the size of the group. It was also mentioned there should be some sort of informal discussions (maybe 2 or 3 informational topics).

Trailer Discussion: Discussion centered around a New one (Roger) or Used one (Dan had previously mentioned). This topic was tabled until the next meeting.

Quadrathon: Greg Burke will be the contest director this year. There will be multiple prizes and the winners will do a “prize pick”.

February Launch Item: Doyle mentioned that we might want to “jazz up” the February launch with something like a “Glider Fest” or similar event.

Closing: The meeting finished around 4:25 p.m. after which, Doyle gave a presentation on dipping igniters (differences between Firestar and Igniter Man).