The December meeting of the North Dallas RC Club occurred on December 16,2020 via ZOOM due to the
COVID pandemic. President Dave Schaefer called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
A motion was made, and seconded, to approve the November meeting minutes as published. Approval
passed unanimously, by voice vote.
VISITORS – None
PRESIDENT’S REPORT — Dave Schaefer:
The Richardson RC club got their lease extension approved for their field. Thanks to all NDRCC members
who helped with this.
Thanks to all who served NDRCC in various capacities:
Josh Kleen, Billy Slater, Dave Cotton, Rodney Mcentire, Bruce Lakatos, Charles Schafer, Rich Phillips,
Dale O’Daniel, Art Wagner, and others that I may have missed.
VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT — Josh Kleen:
Congratulations to RRCC on their new lease. They agreed to reduce their noise limit by half from 101dBa
to 98dBa.
SECRETARY’S REPORT — Billy Slater:
No Report.
TREASURER’S REPORT — Dave Cotton:
Dave is looking into using the financial tools SQUARE offers and dropping Quicken as his reporting tool.
Dave reported the financial condition as of the end of November.
A motion was made, and seconded, to approve the financial report as presented by Dave Cotton.
Approval passed unanimously, by voice vote.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT – Bruce Lakatos:
Bruce reports 166 members as of the date of the meeting. 50 members have renewed for 2021.
FIELD REPORT — Rodney Mcentire:
Charles Schafer reported that the mowers are in for maintenance and will be back soon. One has a
clutch problem that took some negotiating to get an economical repair.
SAFETY REPORT — Charles Schafer:
No incidents reported.
Charles asked that low passes be kept East of the runway, no closer than the grass runway. Also the
sidewalk to the pits is not be used as a taxiway.
Dave Cotton reported that he had a propeller come apart resulting in a blade being embedded in a
garage wall. Make sure that there is no one in the arc of the propeller when running up an engine or
electric motor at the field.
SOUND REPORT – Billy Slater:
No Report.
TRAINING – Rich Phillips:
One pilot received his turbine waiver. One other turbine waiver is in the works.
RAFFLE — :
A raffle was held for a Tower Sport 46-60 60” PNP model. Charles Schafer won this raffle.
CD REPORTS and EVENTS:
WBOT is being planned for the second weekend in June 2021.
Float Fly is tentatively planned for the 1st weekend in May.
OLD BUSINESS:
The following individuals were nominated in the November 2020 meeting for the respective positions:
President – Josh Kleen
Vice President – Wayne Shuck
Secretary – Billy Slater
Treasurer – Dave Cotton
Membership – Bruce Lakatos
Field Coordinator – Rex Lawrence
A motion was made, and seconded, to approve the candidates above for their respective positions for
service in 2021. Approval passed unanimously, by voice vote.
NEW BUSINESS:
None
Business portion of meeting closed at 7:40 PM
SHOW AND TELL:
Billy Slater presented an Orbit 10 channel reed RC set used in the late 50’s thru the late 60’s
Dave Schaefer presented a K&B 09, a rudder only ACE transmitter and a Senior Falcon stick built model
that appeared to be ready to cover.
Presentation:
None
Program:
None