395 CONCOURSE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 20, 2008 MEETING

 

ROLL CALL – President Martha Delgado called the meeting to order at 1020 hours.  Club delegates were present from AVC, SBV, Y2K, FWY, WFI, HVC, VIP and CNA.  Clubs absent were EAV and WEF.  A quorum was present since a majority of the active clubs and delegates were present.  

 

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS – The minutes for the November meeting were read and approved.

 

PROPOSALS FOR MEMBERSHIP – Fred Rocha asked that the RIC club be reinstated.  The old CNA  

Club has split up and some of the members will now fly as RIC.  Ron Whitmer moved that RIC be reinstated, seconded by George Proulx and the motion carried.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Treasurer Larry Landweer stated the checking account balance is $6,438.66 and balances with the November bank statement.  Other than loans from our four lenders ($16K  balance– sorry, I said $18K in error at the meeting) and that owed to the clubs ($14.56K) for the second set of crates, all known bills have been paid.

 

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES/COMMUNICATIONS – There were no reports from committees.

Communications were received from Grant Gilman and Tase Lefter.  Grant’s letter described his bid of 80 cents/mile (vs. present rate of 95 cents) to be the driver for 395 for 2009.  Eddie Hogue suggested we ask both Grant and Brian Crossen, our present driver, to send sealed bids to our President and vote in January on who will haul our birds in 2009.  This will allow the clubs additional time to weigh the pros and cons of each driver’s bid.   

 

Tase’s letter informs the 395 that CNA will continue business as usual with new officers and will now use George Romanescu’s home rather than Fred Rocha’s as their new club location. 

   

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – SD clubs applications for membership was discussed.  One of the conditions of approval broached this summer on this issue was that satisfactory financial arrangements be agreed on for their becoming regular members. Larry, as a delegate from Y2K, made a motion, seconded by Ross Massey to have the four SD clubs pay a premium of 15 cents per bird for shipping until all 395 debts are paid for the purchase of the new trailer and double set of crates.  Spokesmen Phil Delaney and Steve Miner agreed that this would be satisfactory to them.  The motion passed.  (As we expect to have our new trailer full without SD’s birds for the first few races SD will be using their trailer too and will coordinate releases with us.  Once bird numbers fall off SD birds will be on the new trailer.)

 

Ron made a motion, seconded by Tim Ross to accept all four of the SD clubs for regular membership of the 395 – those being PAL, PCI, Coronado and SDH.  The motion passed.  We now have 15 clubs in the 395 with all but WEF being active.

 

Race schedule proposals for 2009 were posted on the website following last month’s meeting.  We had five proposals to choose from.  SBV’s old bird schedule and CNA’s young bird schedule won the most delegate votes.  See attached Race Schedules. (There were a number of inconsistencies in dates around Easter Sunday in the OB schedule which required some editing and a questionable starting date in YB’s that members may want to review in January.  The start of dove season may require a change in the schedule in an attempt to protect our birds from hunters.)

 

Nominations for 2009 officers were made last month and there were no new nominations at this meeting.  The only contested office was that of Race Secretary and that was won by Rollie Jacobs.  There being only one candidate for each subsequent office, George Proulx moved and Tim Ross seconded that all

 

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nominees be approved by a vote of acclimation.  President will be Martha Delgado, Vice President is Victor Grecu,  and Secretary/Treasurer is Larry Landweer for 2009.

 

NEW BUSINESS – Grates for the bottoms of the crates were discussed for ease of cleaning and sanitation purposes.  In order for them to be uniform it was decided the 395 would look into getting all of them rather than piece meal club by club.  Larry will head up this project and was authorized to spend up to $2,500. Leo, Keny and Sonny have possible sources for these grates and will be consulted before a decision is made. If some clubs, other than Y2K, have already done something similar let Larry know.

 

It was decided that each club will paint numbers on the second set of crates to match the first set however these should be done in Kelly green rather than black for inventory purposes.

 

Large door seals were discussed for shipping crates but no further action was taken.

 

Ron proposed that RIC be allowed a vote since most members have been flying with other clubs for some time.  This was tabled for January as it would require a Bylaw change.

 

Timm with VIP proposed that all clubs that paid in the $130/crate forgive this debt to the Concourse.  This too was tabled to January.

 

Dues of $6 for seniors and $3 for juniors (under 18) are due in January and are delinquent March 2nd per Bylaws to be snail mailed to Larry. Please e-mail your updated rosters also to Larry (mal9319@att.net) for ease of compiling.

 

Don’t forget the Concourse Awards banquet set for 1100 hours on February 7th at the Sizzler at 6631 Clay St. off Van Buren in Riverside.  Martha and Rollie have worked hard to set this up.  Adults are $16 and kids are $10 with a choice of chicken or steak and the salad bar is included. Not included are alcoholic drinks.  Pay Martha and Larry at the door for your dinners.  Club Presidents should be prepared to give Martha a head count of those expected to attend no later than the January meeting.

 

The meeting adjourned at 1210 hours.  The next meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday of January at the Brunswick Bowling Alley at 24666 Sunnymeade Blvd (runs parallel and just south of Hwy 60) in Moreno Valley at 1000 hours. 

 

Respectfully submitted by Larry Landweer, Secretary/Treasurer