EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, March 4th, 2020*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dinner portion of the meeting started at 6:00 PM hosted by our wonderful Bill Dewey. There was Chicken Pot Pie and Chicken Alfredo, salad, chips, cookies for desert and a drink for only $8. Don\u2019t miss their next great meal!! Thanks Bill! And for our other helpers for the meal, Pat, Rod and John !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting started with the pledge of allegiance at 7:00 PM by President Pat Dodson with V.P. Rod Johnson and Secretary\/ Treasurer Randy Stout also present. The business and entertainment portion of the meeting was called then to order. There were 15 members and guests in attendance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Checkbook balance was $3458.82 as of the date of the meeting. He noted that dues are now due from all members- Send $25 directly to EAA Chapter 31- 86277 Panorama Rd. Springfield, OR 97478 if you can\u2019t make the next meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next Chapter breakfast is Saturday, March\n21st. Come out to the clubhouse in the AM and pay $8 for an \u201call you can eat\u201d\nbreakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, OJ, coffee and camaraderie!!\nStarts at 9:00 and runs to about 10:30 or so. Our volunteers for this breakfast\nare (hopefully) the same group as last time Tom, Bill, Rod, Pat and John, who\nwill coordinate getting the breakfast ready to serve. Thanks in advance guys!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pat mentioned that the EAA Flying Start\nprogram will be held on May 16th<\/sup>, which happens to coincide with our\nnormal Saturday Breakfast. He asked for a show of hands to volunteer as either\na pilot with plane or ground support. We had 4 people offer to fly and 3 people\nground support. It was suggested that we limit the event to 20 people in order\nto spend considerable time with each one. Dorothy Schick has offered to help at\nthe event also. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jim Orglioso then rose to note that the\nAngel Flight West event will be held on 7\/12 at the Village Green in Cottage\nGrove. Saginaw Vineyard will have and auction that member Sid Voorhees will\nhead. He passed out a flyer for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Pat then passed around a nice\nthank you note to EAA Chapter 31 for the use of the clubhouse for a memorial by\nthe family and friends of Louis Lyons. He also asked for volunteers for the\nnext dinner and Bill Dewey again agreed to keep us fed. Thanks! Pat also still\nneeds volunteers for the program for September, October and November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The subject of replacing the lights in\nthe clubhouse with LED bulbs then was discussed. Bill Dewey suggested we\nreplace the fixtures also, and this will be looked into. Gary Ludeke will\ncontact a fellow Creswell pilot who is a retired lighting tech and can help us\nmake good decisions on this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gary then proceeded to present the new\nEAA On-Line Builders Log for your airplane. He gave a nice video presentation\nof how he is using it now to help with the CH-750 build. It has multiple search\nfunctions and is a great way to organize your notes and pictures for the\ninspectors\u2019 approval prior to getting your sign off. Check it out at EAAbuilderslog.org\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also was able to ferry past member\nDick Frontzak\u2019s RV-6 down to Cottage Grove to get the work finished in order to\nsell it. Thanks Gary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n V.P. Rod Johnson then gave a nice picture\npresentation on the B-17 \u201cBomber Gas\u201d that was in the Portland area and is now\nat the Salem Airport Museum under restoration. Thanks Rod!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secretary Stout has contacted Ben Hallert\nand got the Web Site administration changed over to himself. Ben has been a\ngreat help for many years, but other obligation have taken him away from the\nclub. Thanks for everything you have done Ben!! As of March 31st<\/sup>,\nEAA has a new web site available to chapters, which he will be looking into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There being no other new or old business,\nPast President John then showed the Monthly Chapter Video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The meeting was then adjourned at\n8:38PM <\/p>\n\n\n\n Respectfully submitted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Randall Stout, Secretary\/ Treasurer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, March 4th, 2020* The dinner portion of the meeting started at 6:00 PM hosted by our wonderful Bill Dewey. There was Chicken Pot Pie and Chicken Alfredo, salad, chips, cookies for desert and a drink for only $8. Don\u2019t miss their next great meal!! Thanks Bill! And for our other helpers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2566,"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564\/revisions\/2566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eaa31.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}