High Planes Aero Club, Inc.
Annual Meeting
December 17, 2002
Agenda Items:
- General State of the
Club
- Financial Report
- Where we are
- Where we should be (Prop
& Engine Reserves)
- Club Assets ($55,000 +
misc)
- Required Maintenance
Reserves
- Engine Reserves (1100 hrs)
= $10,000
- Prop Reserves (1000 hrs) =
$1,000
- Other ($4500)
- Maintenance Report
- Annual Due February
- Oil consumption
issues
- Retractable step
- Adding Members
- When
- How many?
- Future types of
aircraft
- Enhancements
- Interior
- Panel
- Avionics
- Speed mods
- Other issues
N3SY Potential Enhancements
- Interior
- Plastic interior panels
($2100)
- Seats and carpeting (?)
- Proposed gray interior
panels with matching seats
- Front seat belts with
inertia harness ($550 + install)
- Panel
- Mooney half panels
(<$1000)
- Shop laser cut and powder
coatDirectional Gyro
- Option 1 Standard
DG ($500)
- Option 2 DG with
a/p Heading Bug ($1500)
- Option 3 HSI ($5000
or possible used)
Also provides extra space for fuel flow or EGT
- Mini vacuum gauge (requires
STC)
- Remove ADF
- Relocate VOR (HIS would
eliminate this)
- 4 place intercom ($1,000)
- PS Engrg. with CD player
($1500)
- Avionics (prices do not
include installation)
- IFR GPS/Comm ($4000)
- Nav Comm ($4000)
- Fuel Flow ($800)
- 2 axis autopilot
($5000)
- Speed Mods
- ARI enclosed cowl ($2000)
+ paint
- 201 Style windshield
- Various gap and flap seals
(see Texas Aviation Kit prices)
Minutes
General State of Club
- Meeting called to order at
7:00 PM at Ichibon Restaurant, Longmont, CO
- Paul Vanderveen, Glenn
Pearson present (total membership)
- Discussed general state of
the club
- All is OK
- Desire to hold down costs,
probably by adding additional members
Finances
- Passed out monthly summary
of bank accounts
- Discussed how current dues
+ hourly rate was not keeping up with expenses
- Big-ticket annual in
2001-2002 hit us hard
- Paul suggested raising
the hourly rate to $42 and the monthly dues to $350 as of January 1, 2003.
Motion passed 2-0.
Maintenance Report
- Wait for annual to get oil
leak and step checked into
- Annual go local to
establish a relationship. Paul
suggested Twin Peaks at Vance Brand. This would take place in February.
Increasing membership
- Decision was reached that
we could use at least 2 new members.
Since Mel Schwan was probably some time off, we should explore
advertising membership.
- Action Item (Paul
Vanderveen) Figure out assets and put together a plan on what to
charge a new member.
- Advertise at the various
airports in the local airport (Boulder, Longmont, Erie, Jeffco)
Enhancements
- Discussed different
enhancement options at length. We
decided that items 1 through 7 on the enhancements list had a high
priority. Paul would look into
starting to get estimates and beginning work on these items. The estimated cost for these items was
$7650.
Other issues
Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.