Author Archives: Jim Malecha

Safety Meeting Reminder

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EDIT: In order to allow as many people as possible to get to the meeting, there is a small time change. Coffee and donuts start at 9:15 and the meeting will begin at 10:00.

The annual safety meeting is scheduled for this coming Saturday, April 1. Weather permitting, we will hold it at the KVSF terminal building. It will also be available on freeconferencecall.com for those unable to attend in person. The link will be sent out this week. After the meeting, we hope to assemble N1242S and the 1-26.

We will evaluate the weather forecast on Wednesday, March 29 and make a decision on how much of the meeting will be in person and when we will assemble the gliders.

Hope to see you there!

Safety Meeting – Save the date

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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!

Happy New (Soaring) Year!

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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