Committee of Management

Club Appointments

The Next General Meeting will be Friday 30th October 2009 at the Community Hall on the corner of Todds Road and Ellis Street Lawnton commencing at

7:30 pm

The next working bee will be Sunday 6th December2009 starting at 8:00AM. Note: No working bee for November.

***CHRISTMAS DINNER*** Time's running out Book now.

This great event of the SAAMBR year is to be held on Sunday 6th December
at the Sid Bray field commencing at 12.30PM.

The caterers are the same as we have had on the past two years
and includes:

3 hot roasts
Baked Potato
Gardes salad
2 or 3 other salads

Two Desserts

And the big plus is ---NO WASHING UP

Flying ceases at 11.30am and resumes at 3.00PM for those that want to fly

You can buy tickets from Gordon Grant or at the canteen when it is open

Prices are $20.00 for adults Members and friends
Children $10.00 14 to 17 years of age
Children 13 years and under Free

Stop Press

Hi Just A Note From Lower Tweed Model Aircraft Club That Our Warbird Day Is On Sunday The 1st of November
All Welcome Hope To See You There There Will Be A BBq On The Day, And All Kinds Of Aircraft Flying
Regards Leigh Harrison dv1971@optusnet.com.au

Committee Notices
NEW FUEL PRICES!

LIFE MEMBERS DAY NOW TO BE HELD ON 8TH NOVEMBER.
WARBIRDS ARE FLYING ON SAT 14TH AND SUN 15TH NOV. Closed field on the Sunday!
WE NEED MORE OLD RADIO TRANSMITTERS FOR USE AS BUDDY BOXES - SEE GORDON GRANT IF YOU HAVE ANY YOU'D LIKE TO PASS ON OR SELL TO THE CLUB!

PROPOSED RULES FOR THE HELI HOVERING AREA to be discussed at the meeting.

o Pilots must not fly closer than 40m to the club house
o Permanent flight line is marked and pilots must face South (pilots back facing club house) at all times
o Hovering in all upright orientations is permitted
o No inverted flight, no exceptions.
o 2m height restriction MUST be observed AT ALL TIMES, unless buddy boxed with a qualified instructor
o No fast forward flight, no exceptions.

YOU CAN WEAR THONGS OR SANDALS IN THE PIT AND PILOT'S AREAS! THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED… (Common sense applies Ed..)

President's Report
President's Report

Hi to all Members, Welcome to this month's Airwaves. Firstly it has been bought to my attention that some members have been verbally attacking members of the committee. I would like to say that whilst not all members will agree with all decisions made by the committee, the committee as a whole is working for and in best interests of the club. I would ask members to consider alternate ways of communicating your concerns and opinions rather than as a personal attack towards individual committee members.

Moving on to happier things, I would like to thank all those members including the junior member who submitted ideas for the new club logo. The new logo was voted for and passed at the September general meeting. You will see it being implemented in all club paraphernalia from now on.

The "Life Members" day was blown away but as promised the day has been rescheduled for the 8th November. The "Charity Open Day" has been scheduled for 14th March 2010 and organization is well underway already, remember the success of this is dependent on you, the members. A big thank you goes out to all those involved with the Navy Cadets fun fly day which gave us the opportunity to iron out the bugs for the Council fun fly day.

Issues regarding helicopter instruction and practice in the hovering area have been bought to the committee's attention and will be discussed at the next general meeting. The review of club instructors and other relevant procedures is proceeding and some innovations and processes are coming on line already. Thank you for the feedback from recent new members, all comments have been taken on board.

Congratulations to all who participated in the instructors training course held on the weekend of 17/18 October, thank you for your time and commitment to the club and the sport in general.
Happy Flying!!!!!

Grant Clark
President
SAAMBR

MINUTES OF SAAMBR GENERAL MEETING
Held on 25th September 2009 at Lawnton Community Hall.

Meeting opened at 7.30pm

Chairman: G Clark.

Apologies: E Pond, G Fisher, D Sawyer, D Hollis.

The minutes of the previous meeting having been published it was moved by B Evans, sec. G Kennedy that they be accepted. Carried.

Business arising from the minutes: The heli hovering area has been re-marked.

President's report: The President commented that we are coming up to a very busy period preparing for the new field, and asked members to maintain their enthusiasm to keep the club moving forward.

Secretary's Report:
Correspondence as per the Correspondence Book.
Crs Greer and Whiting have been invited to a flying demonstration at the field on Friday 6th Nov. A BBQ will also be provided. Date to be confirmed by both councillors.
The applicants for the Instructors course have been sent the training notes. Details of the course dates and venue to be announced.
Two new members have been approved. Details of the new committee have been forwarded to the Dept of Fair Trading.

The Treasurer's Report was circulated.

CFI Report.
It was pointed out that our constitution requires that covered shoes be worn at all times in the pits and pilot areas for safety reasons.
Members were urged to ensure that their models are securely restrained when starting and running up.
The Life Member's Day will be held on Sunday 27th Sept. Trophies have been prepared for the competition. A board to hold available instructor's names is to be installed.
The club trainers are being refurbished. It was moved by G Kennedy, sec. B Evans that $200 be approved to cover the costs of the refurbishing. Carried.

Field Maintenance report:
P Lugsden was thanked for his donation of the outdoor setting for club use.
More road base to be spread over the top section of the track into the field.
Repairs to the cattle grid at the car park to be investigated.

Heli report:
It was pointed out by G Webb that the 6ft height restriction on hovering in the practice area means that the full Bronze Wings schedule cannot be practiced there.
The committee to look at possible solutions to the problem.

Fuel Report:
New lower prices were announced.

PRO Report.
P Lugsden has taken over this position, and has been given all the information re the Airshow. The Airshow is now scheduled to be held on Sun March 14th 2010.

Library/ Airwaves report:
The new DVDs are proving popular. Another DVD has been ordered from Traplet and the subs to QEFI magazine has been renewed.

Gibson Field Committee Report: Revised plans of the field were shown to members. Council have approved the runway layout plans, also the new entrance on the SW boundary. This entrance to be built by council who will also slash the grass. We will need to install a culvert across a drain on the proposed entry road. Moved P Hetherman, sec. G Stopher that $3000 be approved to cover the costs of this work. Carried.

Moved P Tompkins, sec D Thomas that the reports be accepted. Carried.

General Business. New Club logo: Four choices were offered to members to vote on. On a show of hands no 1 received 10 votes, no 2 nil, no 3 14 votes, no 4 1 vote. No 3 design was declared the new logo. The committee will now move to get quotes for name badges and shirts with the new logo.
First Aid kits are being restocked and improved.
Paving of the shaded area for the new outdoor setting. It was agreed that this would be a good idea and the committee will investigate costs for pavers and concrete.
Paving more bays of the pit area will also be priced.
Moved P Lugsden, Sec D Thomas that a raffle be held over the weekend preceding each monthly meeting, and will be held and drawn at the meeting. Carried.
Tickets for the club Christmas Party will be available from the canteen and the treasurer. Fuel is also available from the canteen.

Meeting closed at 9pm.

Heli Fun Fly, Sunday 25th October.
Well the day has been and gone. Not as many as the June event, but fun all the same! 23 registered pilots in attendance, and a bunch more spectators.
The wind was a bit on the high side come lunch time, but didn't prevent most from getting out there and getting amongst it.
Highlight for the day was certainly Dr John's new Henseleit 3d rigid being flown by Gavin Broadbent. Man that thing is a bullet on rails!!
Gav and I reckon it would have been cracking about 220kph with a tail wind.
Noel and myself laid down the smack with our 500's challenging each other and both of us ended up with grass stains on the mains!
All in all, a fun day, but the consensus is that we won't hold another one in Oct. and just stick with the June fun fly.
Noel and I manned the gate and checked every one of the 23 pilots that flew and can confirm with 100% accuracy that ALL pilots were current MAAQ registered pilots.
Special thanks to Frank and his offsider (can never remember his name) for putting on another great feed!
The $230 gate takings were passed on to club funds..
Daniel Sawyer

COMMITTEE BYLINES
At the recent committee meeting the following matters were discussed:

Repairs to the cattle grid are in hand.

We are still receiving membership applications without an existing member's nomination. When you pass out an application form to a prospective member, please make sure they know to get a seconder to sign the form for them.

The review of the club Bye-Laws is to be done shortly.

There are now two club trainers in flying condition, two more are being refurbished. CFI Darryl Thomas is looking after these.

Members who have not yet renewed their membership are to be contacted - make sure anybody flying has an up-to-date yellow sticker on their frequency tag!

Dan Sawyer and Noel Kerr were thanked for attending to help formulate the rules for the heli hovering area.

We have had a very welcome donation of 400 litres of diesel fuel for the tractor - many thanks to Renee Brown for that!

The old PRAMS signs have been taken down at the field and new SAAMBR ones are to be obtained and erected.

The Memorial Board in the clubroom is to be relocated on the opposite side to make room for a notice board to be mounted on the northern wall.

Now we have a new club logo quotes are being obtained for club name badges.

Negotiations with the Moreton Bay Region Council on the new flying field are progressing well - the council is to install the entry at the northern boundary including the cover over the drain at the entry. The club has to finance the installation of a culvert over the other drain further in - work is in hand on this.

Several councillors are coming to our existing field on 13th Nov to see a demonstration of flying etc. We hope to give them an enjoyable experience!

The library has a new DVD on the Flying Circus from La Ferte Alais in France - huge scale models on display!

Calum Pollock attended the meeting to give us a run down on Workplace Health & Safety issues. Calum is currently doing a course on the subject, and when qualified will be appointed as the club's WH&S member. He was appointed as an ordinary member of the committee in the interim.

Calum has also helped with the maintenance of the tractor, which is much appreciated.

Thanks were also expressed to Barry Evans for supplying some new windsocks, and to Ben Staines for a new national flag for our flagpole. Thanks guys!

Forthcoming Events

See also the SAAMBR 2009 Calender on the noticeboard at the field!