Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Minutes May 2011

LAKELAND AEROMODEL CLUB, INC.

Minutes – May Meeting 2011

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Buzz Kemp
Vice President: Lew Talone
Treasurer: Lloyd Robinson
Secretary: Paul Caputo
Membership: Ray Boos

May 17, 2011
Meeting called to order 7:35pm
Treasury report read by Lloyd and accepted by Cosmo.
Presidents Report:
Buzz discussed last month’s topic on the Hackensack Valley site.
The license agreement was cancelled by John Kari.
A letter dated April 11th confirms the license was cancelled by John Carey and this letter gave notice of the agreement cancelled.
Buzz reviewed what the agreement stated and the requirements that we had met and what was done to meet the requirements. Also reviewed how the Hackensack field did not meet the AMA safety requirements.
Although they can reopen talks with Russo Development, it’s Buzz’s opinion that the site is not safe for the membership to fly at without an issue of liability to the club and its membership.
Buzz explained the course of events that led up to the final cancellation of the working license agreement.
Membership discussed the field and the current status. The entire procedure must be started from the beginning.
Buzz stated they will post a request on the website for the membership to come to the June meeting and vote if we are to restart the process to open another agreement with Russo.
RE: Lyndhurst. The Mayor put us in touch with the township engineer, Neglia. Buzz submitted our requirements for a field and requested they check to see if they have anything available.
Meadowlands commission sent us a letter explaining that they do not have any property available for us to use.

Buzz wrote the county a letter in re: the BCMA site and asked if we can be the managers for that site. A letter was sent to Lakeland stating there are still issues that need to be resolved prior to the site reopening. In addition, a few other clubs have requested to be the managers of the BCMA location.
Buzz is going to put a public relations package together to promote our club and show how the club is responsible and takes care of the location and community.
The membership recommended we contact multiple townships to determine if there is any land available.
Buzz has been in contact with Scerbo that represents private land owners, and so far the ones they have contacted are not interested due to liability issues.
Continued discussion of the topic.
Buzz also suggested he may contact the railroads in the area for property to use.
Membership discussed the BCMA field and how the membership dues work for the field maintenance.
No 50/50 =(
Meeting adjourned at 8:25pm.