High Planes Annual Board Meeting 7/1/2001 Minutes

Recorded by Glenn Pearson, Secretary

Meeting was held at Centennial Airport in Littleton, CO, at the Holiday Inn restaurant. Attending were Paul Vanderveen and Glenn Pearson

Meeting called to order.

Motion to unanimously appoint the following positions was made, seconded, and approved 2-0.

• President – Paul
• Maintenance Officer – Paul
• Secretary – Glenn
• Treasurer – Glenn

Question raised as to whether we needed to call out a Charman of the Board (as a separate position from board member). Another question was whether email sufficed for official High Planes notification. We decided that it woud suffice.

Bylaws were reviewed and recommendations made.

The following operating practices were approved:

• Minimum number of shares for new members: 3400 (makes ownership equitable)
• Monthly dues: $550 / number of members
• Hourly rate: $36/hour

Aircraft Report

• Step does not function smoothly (doesn’t come down like it should)
• All items fixed to date seem to work correctly
• Transponder has an intermittent problem

Financial Report

• Need to file sales tax for airplane purchase
• Annual due in December
• Registration still due

Upgrades

• Perhaps do upgrades at same time as annual
• Folding bicycle on board
• Wheel chocks
• Tie downs

Maintenance Items

• Washing the airplane – check with FBO like Air West
• Some portion of maintenance can be done by Maintenance Officer
• Look into reimbursing for work effort

Miscellaneous

• Do not actively pursue new membership at the current time (in order to allow us to get comfortable with and gain experience in owing and operating an aircraft)
• Look into reservations via the web site

Meeting adjurned