General Announcements

[Celwin]

Our next General Meeting is set for Sunday the 14th of June, starting at 9:30am. At this meeting we will be discussing fees and projected expenditure for the next financial year. The MAAA and MAAQ have reduced their fees to a total of $20 less than last year ($10 each) so that's good news.

So... Do we reduce our fees by the same amount or keep them the same to help complete the clubhouse and a few other things, such as debts that we already have. The plumber (Toolie) has been back recently to do the roughing out in the toilet/shower area, so his bill will be following shortly we presume. We don't expect that Bunnings will have their BBQ's starting again anytime soon, so fundraising is out for most of the remaining year. That's not good news.

This GM can be a face-to-face meeting, as by then restrictions will have eased to allow a gathering of up to 20 people (distancing and other requirements are still required). Merry notified me today that this easing of restrictions have been brought forward to Friday the 5th of June from the expected 12th of June. We don't expect to break the maximum at the meeting, but I will be asking for names who plan to attend closer to the GM date. For those who cannot attend or do not wish to attend, I will be running a Zoom online meeting, with plans to use a portable video camera to view those present (otherwise those online will spend all their time looking up my nostrils because of my laptop's built-in camera). So that's good news.

This year will not go down as our best, due to lengthy and forced holidays from flying due to extreme fire restrictions and COVID-19. From talking to members though, I've found that many have been very busy acquiring new models (some very big and heavy!) and a flurry of activity building new ones and resurrecting old ones. So that's really good news.

It's going to be great seeing everyone once again. I got to put in a few flights last Wednesday, which was my first flying since quite a while before the virus stopped everything. I was a bit shaky, but hopefully no-one noticed or put it down to turbulence. It was great having a fly of Barry's latest trainer, which he won/bought through the recent tender process on our website. It was an awesome flyer and a great match to the 40 sized engine. Looking forward to seeing it in the air again soon Barry.

Fly safely everyone.
Marcel.