Seattle Skydivers

Seattle Skydivers
General Membership Meeting Minutes – April 6, 2007

Attending:

CJ Kolasinski, President
Ryan Shipley, Secretary
Charles Markin, Treasurer
Kevin Blair, Vice President

Absent:  Bill Kelley, Board Member
Deb Coreia, Board Member

Proceedings:   Meeting called to order at 7:30pm by CJ. Kolasinski.

No tickets were purchased.

Motion:  Approve minutes from last meeting on March 2.

• Motion by Kevin Blair
• 2nd by Charles Markin.
• Motion passes.

Treasurers Report

Old Business

• Safety Day
  1. 11 people volunteered to help.
  2. $43.75 donations towards breakfast.
  3. Recommended budget for $150 for Breakfast; $300 for pizza.  Misc. $50 for a total of $500.  Need
  4. Safety day prizes amount spent $283+$178.  Recommended for 2008 budget - $300.

New Business

• Al Zilk Memorial Meet, Saturday, May 19.
  1. Operations will be shut down at airport.
  2. May 20 Rain Day (if it rains on May 19).
  3. General plan: Entry fee details to be worked out soon.
  4. Charlie moves to increase BBQ to $250 to sponsor a BBQ dinner.  Competitor or club member $5.  Non club member $8. Food will be Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Beans, etc.  Tyson has charged a solid fee for competition and paid Seattle Skydivers $5 per head for meal.  Kevin – 2nd. Motion.  Motion approved.
  5. Breakfast has been a loss for the club in the past.  Decided not to provide breakfast for Al Zilk meet this year.  A question was raised - would it be easier to not have breakfast, but lunch.  Could these meals be provided by DZ?
• Saturday Clinics
  1. Deb posted Saturday clinics online at www.seattleskydivers.org.  If anybody wants to discuss other topics, please bring this to the attention of the board.
• New East Field
  1. New East Field is due East of the airport.  Just east of the river.  Suggested to keep posted abd alert of new restrictions.  There is a junk yard to the north.  Jumpers should not be over the junk yard.  Lots of outs to the south of the field.
• Discuss another meeting location.
  1. A quieter place.  Possibly Mardini’s?  Temporary location – maybe classroom or loft at DZ?
     1. Set for agenda at next meeting
• Mt. Vernon Drop Zone update
  1. Meeting at Todo Mexico on April 5.  This discussion was about the Mt. Vernon DZ.
  2. Mt. Vernon spoke of requiring 2 memberships.  Their own club membership and Seattle Skydivers.
  3. Discussion of difficulties in operating the DZ.
• Skydive Snohomish
  1. Potential issue if urgent medical care is needed.  Discussed EMS funding.

Announcement and Safety Topics

• Mini Money Meet – Pitt Meadows
• Canopy collisions over the past few months – keep aware.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:10pm