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I would like to start off by thanking everyone who showed up to honor Bill Bower’s at last month’s General? ? ??Meeting. I could tell from the look on Bill’s face that he was truly pleased and it was well deserved.?

The attendance was 35 which is an excellent number for February, a month which also brought some great flying weather!

The Board meeting started off with Bill Obrien taking on the subject of the Cleco Newsletter updates. Bill is soliciting pictures from the membership of their aircraft, projects and stories associated with them. On the National level, EAA National is asking for?stories related to any of the following:

·???????A community restored aircraft being flown to Oshkosh

·???????Chapter members mentoring the next generation of aviators

·???????Chapter veterans with unique stories

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Bill commented that he would contact certain members with stories along the above guidelines.

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Next up was Treasurer Harvard Holmes with a report that the chapter is in sound financial condition.

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Secretary Pete Mitchell who also worked on the Contra Costa County Election staff during last weeks primary gave his Secretaries Report

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Stephen Tucker and Rose Desmond were present and discussed the Young Eagles Event which is scheduled to be held at Byron on March 21st with the Patriots. Both Rose and Stephen share a great deal of enthusiasm for this years’ YE events.

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The new email system is up and running after burning some midnight oil with Harvard Holmes. It wasn’t actually midnight, but we did finish late into the evening, far beyond my normal bedtime which I will not disclose.

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Lucy Hart demonstrated how to sign up for?. It is quite simple: go toe??and hit sign up! you will be asked a minimum of personal information and a credit card number. Escrip?does not ask for the expiration date or the code on the back!?That’s it. When you go to one of the almost 200 restaurants listed in the directory, use the credit card that you put on file with?. The chapter will automatically receive a percentage of the bill. To test this program the Board has elected-at it’s own expense- to have the next Board meeting at a local restaurant.

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VMC Coordinator Greg Karamanougian ( the first person who can correctly pronounce Greg’s last name gets the last cookie at the next General Meeting…!) spoke on the VMC Club. We will have a VMC presentation during the last thirty minutes of the dinner at the General Meeting. I’m hoping that Paul will be able to check in with regards to the IMC club.

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Speaker for the General Meeting will be the physical presentation of the Sonex at the clubhouse. This will be followed by Lee Apaca of Team Light Aviation located in Rio Vista. Team Light Aviation specializes in Experimental and Light Sport Aircraft Maintenance and Repair. They are located in Rio Vista.?

In regards to the Sonex, the current plan is to tow the aircraft to the Clubhouse for all the members to look at and ask questions about the plane and the building process.

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Thanks to Bennett Ashley, we have new postings on Facebook. For those of you who don’t have a Facebook account Bennett can post your airplane pictures and videos for you. For those of you already on Facebook you can post your videos, pictures and stories at EAA 393. We appreciate Bennett! In regards to Social Media, here's something strange: yesterday I tried to sign up for Twitter. When I put in my email address, Twitter came back with "account already exists". I hit "forgot my password" and the next message which I assume was a password reset request came back in Russian! True story folks.

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Sacramento Airshow- Discussions continue about the Sacramento Airshow. Current discussions center around what our chapter will do at the airshow. Hot dogs have been a money maker in the past provider they are bought from the right source (read Costco). The logistics are being explored with the idea being that some members (read volunteers) will bring up the supplies while other members (read volunteers!) could fly in and do the preparation and sales. Four hour shifts are being discussed with the need for dedicated volunteers to help with the end of the show when everyone wants to Bogie on outta dere!

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This month’s General meeting theme is Volunteer Appreciation Night. While this applies specifically to the Young Eagles Volunteers of the past and present and the Sonex Volunteers (Dat’s right all you'se guys!) If you Volunteer elsewhere i.e. Oshkosh, MDPA please come and hang out. For those of you who have them, please wear your volunteer T-shirts.

The Menu to be prepared by Chef Rick Bourgeois and myself is:

Ricks’ Famous Meatloaf

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Asparagus

Garden Salad

Garlic Bread

Sodas

Coffee

Water

Ice Cream

Cookies