CHAPTER 31 MEETING AND BBQ – JANUARY 6, 2016

Our first meeting of the new year will be held this coming Wednesday with our BBQ at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. I hope we can start the year off right with great attendance and participation! We will induct our new President, John Kuehl. We need to have elections for Vice-president, and for Secretary-Treasurer. We need to get back on track with the RV-3 restoration project to turn the airplane over to the OAHS for a mid to late-Spring ceremony at the museum in Cottage Grove. At the Airport Commission meeting last Wednesday I promoted the expansion of the Young Eagles Day event on July 4th instead of having a separate “Airport Days” event that was being discussed. The extra activities (such as a fly-in and public open house) will be under the direction of the Creswell Chamber of Commerce but we will be expected to help out with details. Several people are receiving awards for service to Chapter 31. In addition to the awards presented at the Christmas Party, I request the following persons make a special attempt to attend the meeting to receive their awards in person. They are:

RANDY STOUT, JIM BEAL, TOM CUNNINGHAM, DAVE EASON, LARRY DAVIS, RAY MORSE, KEN SCHMITT, WALT WEISCHEDEL, ROGER WELSH, AND ALAN WIEDER.

The program for the evening will be done by yours truly. I have pictures and stories related to the three airplane museums I visited while touring in New South Wales, Australia in November. I was able to get to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) museum at Parkes, the Warbird Museum in Temora, and the HARS Museum at Albion Park. Australia, and particularly, New South Wales, has a very interesting aviation history that I hope you’ll find interesting. We should also have time to watch the January EAA Chapter Video.

Please try to make the meeting and BBQ and help give our incoming president a warm welcome!

President Gary

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