The Pack is once again back - don't forget to sell those facility raffle
tickets. The 12 tickets you received can be sold ($5 apiece), or you may
keep all or some of the tickets and maybe win. Just remember to turn in all
12 completed stubs (without money) to Glen Brandt. The Grand Prize is a
pair of tickets to the Green Bay vs. Carolina game at Lambeau Field on
December 12th. The First Prize is a 27" Color TV. The drawing is on
October 31st.
Board Meeting Minutes
by Russ Kaye, Secretary
AUGUST 1999
Present were:
Howard Kaney, President
Russ Kaye, Secretary
Glen Brandt, Treasurer
Dan Staehler
Ron Champeny
Ron Champeny reported that two used five ton HVAC units were available for purchase. He also reported that the facility needed cleaning up for the upcoming Flying Start program at the next regular monthly chapter meeting. He also stated that a work date is needed after the chapter meeting to cut the west entrance and install the west window.
Howard reported that the lease issue hasn't been resolved yet.
Howard Kaney made a motion to have Ron Champeny proceed to obtain one of the aforementioned HVAC units. Seconded by Glen Brandt. The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 9:08 PM.
Membership Report
by Biju Daniel, Membership Chairman
We have a new members, Pat McConnell.
This brings us to a total of 72 members.
Welcome aboard!
Thank you for helping at Aeromart
by Don Shane
Thank you to all Aeromart Volunteers. I want to say a THANK YOU to all of you that helped to make AEROMART a success. The heat was terrible, the crowds were great and the efforts were fantastic. I will not try to name anyone by name because I know that someone would be forgotten. I believe that all your efforts will be rewarding to this chapter. We also had a lot of great help from people from outside our chapter and to that we all have to be very thankfull. This AEROMART tent would not have had a chance of succeeding if it were not for the efforts from other volunteers from around the world. We THANK YOU for all knowledge, efforts, ideas and stamina. I have watched the many efforts given by so many to make this chapter a great success. Your many tasks are noticed by many, but not always mentioned. GREAT JOB! It is a pleasure to get to know each of you as time goes on. Hopefully with time I will get to know everyone and put a name and face together with all the memories. THANK YOU, Don M. Shane.
AEROMART NEWS
by Keith Brue, Aeromart Committee Chairman
This news article on AEROMART is the first of a series of three, spread over the next six months.
For those of you who do not know, "Aeromart" is a flea market at the air show in Oshkosh for old airplane parts.
As you may know, the Aeromart Committee (Myself, Glen Brandt, Howard Kaney, Don Shane and Bill Beuttner) accepted a late invitation by EAA to take over the responsibilities of "Aeromart" at AirVenture 1999. The EAA Chapter at Green Bay had been doing it for the past seven years and decided not to do it again in 1999.
Because of the time constraints and the limited information about how business was conducted in the past or the financial results of the effort, we viewed the project as an experiment being conducted on a "Ready-Fire-Aim" basis. Our stated objective was to raise $10,000 for the chapter in 1999, plus learn how to bring an additional $60,000 into the chapter over the next four (4) years.
The bottom line is, though the books are not closed yet, we have reason to believe that we made something over $8,000 for our efforts this year. The final results will be available about September 15th.
This is the result of selling approximately $161,000 worth of merchandise during the event, up from approximately $135,000 last year. We had total of 4,450 items in inventory from 372 consignors from all over the world (including Germany and South Africa) and hosted approximately 9,000 shoppers over the course of 5 days. (Busy place…..)
We are beholden to more than 50 volunteers (30 from our chapter) for supplying the energy needed to pull this off. We have (so far) received considerably more positive comments than negative comments from our customers and consignors and we are more than appreciative of those who helped make it happen. THANK YOU…………..
The next article will be an analysis of the pro's and con's of doing this project again next year, followed by an invitation to our membership to respond with their thoughts and idea.
The third article will be the result of your response to the second letter.
West Bend Air Festival
by Keith Brue, Aeromart Committee Chairman
A HEARTY THANK YOU TO THE SIXTY FIVE (65) VOLUNTEERS FROM EAA CHAPTER 1158
that helped put on the first annual air festival held at West Bend Airport
on Memorial Day weekend.
As you probably already know, the event resulted in a number of mixed
blessings.
On the plus side:
- We established a precedence and pattern for future events.
- We raised the public awareness of our airport.
- We honored some very important people in the history of the airport.
- We got noticed by West Bend and Washington County elected officials.
- More importantly, however, we set the stage for, once again, seeking
public support for using money from the federal, state and local airport fund to build
new runways on the present location. This would become a tremendous
community asset in the years ahead, but while completion of this project is
a very worthwhile goal, it simply will not happen without the full support
of business leaders in our community, elected officials in City Hall and
the residents of the City of West Bend and Washington County. Our efforts
did make a difference this year and will again in future years.
On the negative side:
- The project was less that an economic success by a wide margin, but
we were aware of that risk going in and will strive to recover the losses
at AIRSHOW 2000, May 19, 20, 21, 2000!.
Again, thank you for your efforts, and we hope you can support our efforts next year. Your
ideas and comments are welcome, as we are currently planning for AIRSHOW 2000.
They are sincerely appreciated.
Howard Kaney, President - EAA Chapter 1158
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On the Fly
Great teachers and educators are among our club's most prized treasures. Each of us can look back upon a person whose wisdom, knowledge, or simple acts of caring made an impression upon us. In all likelihood, it was someone who sought no recognition for their deed, other than the joy of knowing that by sharing in their club experiences and tasks, newer members become more involved in our EAA Chapter 1158 family.
Please share these good experiences with your friends and neighbors, perhaps they show little interest in the sport of flight, however, they may know a person who would want to be a guest at one of our meetings.
Respectfully, Ernestine Lynfoot
Chapter Calendar
Chapter Fly-Out: 1st Sunday of each month, 8:00 am, West Bend Air (Mark Hanrahan, 243-3666)
Chapter Meeting: 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm(Bring a chair) EAA Chapter 1158 hangar
310 Aerial Drive West Bend, Wisconsin
CANCELED 9/11, 12 EAA Chapter 1158 Open House
CANCELED 9/11 Spot Landing Contest 3pm
CANCELED 9/12 Breakfast at the Hanger and Lunch on the Fly!
9/15 Chapter Meeting - Homebuilders Projects by chapter Members
9/18 Chapter Work Day
9/26 Airport and Chapter Picnic (see article for details)
10/20 Chapter Meeting - Bureau of Aeronautics Rep.
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