The annual safety meeting is scheduled for April 1 from 9 am until noon. It will be at the Springfield airport terminal building and also available online. We will send out an invitation with a link. We plan on assembling a couple club gliders after the meeting. The plan at this time is to spend the rest of that weekend and the following weekend getting instructors current. The first weekend for scheduled instruction is April 15-16. All this is assuming the weather gods smile upon us.
Our plan is to have the t-shirts you ordered available at the meeting, so get your order in to Larry by the end of February if you have not done so already.
Here’s hoping to a great season!
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Happy New (Soaring) Year!
Greetings, NESA folks!
It’s a week after the Annual Meeting, and I wanted to reach out to the club. If you were at the meeting, it was great to see you. If you weren’t, I hope to see you out at the field. Dinner was great. We had 17 members attend along with some friends and family, bringing the total to roughly 30 people. The meeting was held after dinner. We will post the official meeting minutes to the club website when they are approved at the next board meeting. Here are some of the highlights:
Larry gave both the President’s and Vice-President’s reports, and Jerry Smith presented the Treasurer’s report on.
The members who attended voted for the ballot of club officers in person, and Andy sent an email before the meeting for absentee ballots. These are the NESA officers and directors for the upcoming year:
President – Jim Malecha
Vice President – Larry Perry
Secretary – Andy Kozak
Treasurer – Jerry Smith
Directors – Second year of two-year term Bill Batesole and Dave Carton;
newly elected to two-year term Steve Hurd, John Watkins
Three awards were presented:
President’s Award – Colby Von Kannenwurff
XC Award – Eric Nelson
Uplift Award – Jim Malecha
An annual honorary membership was awarded to Walter Streideck
The other board members and I are looking forward to the upcoming season. We will keep you posted on efforts to grow the membership ranks, increase the number of soaring days, and cost-cutting and fundraising efforts.
Thanks, and hope to see you out there!
JiM