AMA News: District XI - 2008/03

ONCE AGAIN this is the time of year for
new officers.
It is also time to check and file your
incorporation papers that expire each year.
If you are not registered with the State of
Washington or another state, you should
be. You can get the documents—only one
or two pages—by contacting the secretary
of state’s office.
You want to register as a not-for-profit
corporation. There is a small fee. I believe
it is $10 or $15. This can protect your
officers and club assets.
I want to remind you that when sending in
your sanction request, do not send it to me
or to AMA directly. The form should be
sent to Bill Smith. His information appears
in the District XI column in MA each
month.
I want to correct a few things I mentioned
in my January, 2008, column. Cub Nuts
was an event sponsored by the Molalla RC
Association September 21-22.
More than 50 RC pilots, who brought
100 Cubs, were entered in the event. Cub
Nuts drew a dozen full-scale Cubs,
including the Carbon Cub, which has a
take-off roll of only 17 feet. The full-scale
pilots enjoyed the RC Cubs as much as we
did their full-scale airplanes.
Friday featured aerotowing. Gene Cope
brought down his Yakima Bull and we
aerotowed a number of Scale gliders.
For information about next year’s
event, which will be held September 19-
20, please visit www.cubnuts.com or
contact the CD, Jim Riggle, at jim@
jimriggle.com.
Yesterday I saw the aerial photos and the
photos of the buildings under construction
at the Red Apple Flyers new field at
Wenatchee, Washington.
After several years of planning and
negotiating with Waste Management, the
project is well underway. The clubhouse is
partially framed and from the photos I saw,
it looks as though the runway is paved.
The club has been negotiating for some
time and has had an option with Waste
Management for more than five years. If I
know these modelers, they will most likely
be on the club’s new site in time for the
annual Apple Blossom Fly-In.
The Red Apple Flyers club has worked
hard throughout the years to have a great
flying site and to put on events to be proud
of. If I were to use an example of how to
run a club, the Red Apple Flyers would be
one of my top ones.
Congratulations not only for a job well
done with the field, but for decades of
great events.
Last but not least, I have been receiving
calls about the Salmon Arm Float Fly.
This event is held the first full weekend
in June and again on the first full weekend
in September. It is held at the Sandy Pointe
Campground near Salmon Arm, British
Columbia.
Most fliers go up the week before.
Contact the campground for reservations
because it fills up quickly. I was told they
will be taking reservations this year.
Flying season will be with us soon so
check your equipment and think safety.
Until next time. Bruce