Highlights of the April 27th Meeting. – Derived from the draft minutes.

Present: 47 members.
The meeting was opened at 7:00 pm. Mike Block acted as Chair of the meeting and Trevor Brum acted as Secretary.

New Members: Darryl Pension was introduced

Minutes: Minutes of the meeting held on March 28, 2019 were approved as circulated on motion made and seconded.

Meeting presentation: Geoff Norman presented a collection of photos of both real and model planes
taken by John Ham, Geoff Norman and Peter Krautter.

Membership: Trevor reported that paid-up membership stands at 156. He has sent a reminder to members who have not renewed and expects to get to 170 members, consistent with last year.

Web Site: The new site now contains a buy/sell section. A suggestion was made to simplify the process to locate the registration form.

Events:
Maidenfest – May 4. All members asked to attend.
Warbirds – Tim reported 14 volunteers have signed up. There will be a volunteer meeting on June 6. The sound system will be discussed.

Wings: Tim noted that there are 20 new members and many have not contacted Tim re: Wings. Tim is restructuring the programme to eliminate ground school which instructors will teach instead.

Field Reports:
Bayview – The gate will be locked so there will be no driving to the chickee. Mower repairs under way and should be finished soon.
Bronte – The field is in good shape although still soft. Ruts in road to parking have been filled with gravel. The road is too wet to use. The mower is ready to go.

Safety: Doug M. reiterated the need for a safety culture and open discussions concerning safety issues versus a policing/enforcing mentality. He reminded members to manage safety before someone does it for us. Members expressed frustration with those members that either do not care and/or disobey the rules. Doug M. asked that all questions and concerns be relayed to the Board.
Action item: It was agreed that a line needs to be painted on the grass to highlight the flight line.

Bayview Field Improvement: We continue to wait for the City of Burlington to return the contract providing for the Club to proceed with the field design at a cost of $13k.
Questions concerning the grass only redesign were answered satisfactorily.

Voting Procedure Changes:
Major changes – the Board accepts the concept of voting on major changes at the next scheduled Club Meeting. Notices will be sent by e mail and posted on the web site.
The necessary Bylaw 1 changes to effect this change were presented by Mike.
On motion made, seconded and carried, these changes to voting procedures were approved.

Proxy voting – The Board agrees that all members should have the opportunity to vote on major issues via proxy if necessary.
Mike reviewed the changes to Bylaw 1 that are necessary to effect these changes.
On motion made, seconded and carried, the necessary changes to allow proxy voting were approved.

Next meeting: To be held May 23. Tentatively this will be the Club’s annual auction.

On motion made, seconded and carried the meeting was terminated at 8.35 pm.