Meeting Minutes from the 2/1/2017 meeting

EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, February 1^st, 2017
The dinner portion of the meeting started at 6:00 PM hosted by Virgil and Bridget Pratt. Bridget made her fabulous Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Coleslaw and home-made brownies and Peanut Butter Bars and a drink for only $5? WOW!!  . Don’t miss her next great meal!!

The meeting started with the pledge of allegiance at 6:56 PM. President John Kuehl, VP Bill Johnson and Secretary/ Treasurer Randy Stout were present.  The business and entertainment portion of the meeting was then called to order. There were 24 members and no guest in attendance. Welcome to all!!

Next Chapter breakfast is Saturday, February 18th. Come out to the clubhouse in the AM and pay $5 for an “all you can eat” breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, OJ, coffee and camaraderie!! Starts at 9:00 and runs to about 10:30 or so. Thanks in advance for all the guys who show up and cook the meal!

Jim Arglaso got up and spoke to the group about Angel Flights, an all volunteer not for profit organization that provides flights for sick people and their parents if they are children (of which 40% are). They are based in Santa Monica and have over 1200 active pilots (and presumably  an large number of aircraft) He asked to use the clubhouse to host an event this coming spring. The group unanimously endorsed his efforts and he will contact the Secretary to determine availability of the clubhouse on the date he chooses.

The old business was called for and noted that a 23 ft. (or so) HDMI cable was donated for the new TV set. Since we did not have a computer with a HDMI connection at this meeting, we used the old projector which worked fine. The secretary also noted that dues are due again. If you have not paid, please send your $25 check to:

After this, President Kuehl gave out Chapter Service Awards for the members who weren’t in attendance last month. Thanks again to all who volunteered last year!!

The President then gave the floor over to Alan Weider, who made a very thorough and well done presentation on survival kits and their components. He noted that there are different conclusions about survival, of which one school suggests that #1 is Signal, #2 is Medical and #3 is Shelter/Heat. He noted the rules of 3 until you may die: 3 minutes without oxygen, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food and 3 months without human contact. He made up a few variations on his survival kit, including a very nice converted fly fishing vest. We will be including a list of survival kit items on the web site, so check it out and print it and make it up if you want this level of comfort when flying over remote areas. He showed the group how to use a signal mirror and he also showed the group a LED flashlight with the new CREE type bulb in it, which is quite a bit better than regular LED’s  Thanks from all of us Alan for this great presentation!!

There being no other business, President John then ran the Chapter Video from EAA National, which featured WW-I aircraft and Hints for Homebuilders.

There being no other business, the meeting was then adjourned at 8:36 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout, Secretary/ Treasurer

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