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- Written by: Doug Pilcher
- Category: Club Business
Present: Mike Karnes, Gil Major, Phil Vance, Samantha McKinney, Doug Pilcher, Steve Sides, Alex Dreiling, Adi Kochav, Brad Davy, and Clark Hymas.
Absent: Jeff Marsuchek
Meeting began at 9:03 p.m. EST.
RCP’s Pass Initial Vote – Mike Karnes
All the RCP’s passed the initial vote. There were some objections to some of the RCP’s, but the majority agreed. Everything we submitted should be fine.
World Championship – Steve Sides
As stated last month, all the judging spots have been filled, but we are still looking for a few backup judges. Steve has spoken with a few more judges, who he thinks will commit. Shirts and hats are still being sold online and at local contests. Mike still has several shirts and hats available to be sold.
An email has been sent to all members asking them about the banner advertising. Doug hit three regions with emails to SC, NW, and SW AMA clubs and Mike has sent to Indiana and Ohio AMA clubs. Steve will be sending emails to his region.
Samantha has the pilot bags covered. She is getting ready to order them and she has been in contact with Colleen at AMA for the information that goes in them.
Mike has been speaking to KamAero. AJ Aircraft has donated an item that needs to be picked up. Mike will be in Wisconsin in July and will work out a way to pick up the donation. Steve is talking with DA on donations.
The money remaining from the 2014 Worlds has been earmarked to cover the banquet. Currently, the expenses for the 2018 Worlds is $5,665.10 and income received is $10,541.60. We have 39 people who have paid either the pilot or helper/mechanics fees. As of tonight, we have 23 pilots who have paid, and we are expecting at least 70 more pilots and possibly helpers/mechanics.
World Practice Sites – Mike Karnes
As of now, we only have 2 fields available for pilots to practice for the Worlds. This is the Converse and Morristown fields. Mike has spoken with Rockford, Illinois and has setup their field for Clark. There is a F3S aerobatic jet event at AMA Labor Day weekend. This event will be held from Thursday to Sunday. Jets will be on site 3 and the warbirds are on site 4. The World pilots will have Monday and Tuesday to fly on the AMA sites.
The meet and greet is on Monday night. Tuesday is registration and the March of Flags. Competition starts on Wednesday and goes through Saturday, with the banquet being Saturday night.
Advertising on the World’s Website – Doug Pilcher
Doug just wanted to remind everyone to keep selling ads and to get this information out to their region.
Issue with Score – Doug Pilcher
We have had a couple of contests that had no Unknown flights able to be flown due to weather. The .xml data that is created is incompatible with mini-iac.org would not update regional points. Doug is currently working on the fix with a null factor that needs to be inputted. The new version we should have by Wednesday. It doesn’t matter for the CDs, but it matters for the RDs for their checks and uploads. There will be two other little fixes that will be done at the same time. This will be re-posted to mini-iac.org when completed.
M&M Committee – Adi Kochav
Adi and the committee have been talking and they have some ideas that they would like shared with the BOD. Adi has sent an email out to the BOD regarding this matter. They are discussing how to get more members into IMAC, especially with everything that the 21st century has to offer. Adi will also post this information to the BOD forum for more in-depth review and conversation.
Clark mentioned that the committee wanted to go ahead and present these ideas to the BOD to see if they are approved or rejected to move onto different ideas.
International Issues – Adi Kochav
An International country has submitted a proposal for the 2022 World Championship. Adi has forwarded this to the BOD. They will also have a trial event two years before the 2022 World Championship. They have also created a logo for the trial event that Adi will send out to the BOD members.
With the 2022 World application submitted, Mike will get a committee together to review it a little closer. The city is offering to help with the 2022 World Championship. The initial read looks good, but it needs to go through a committee to be reviewed thoroughly.
As of right now, this is the only application submitted for the 2022 World Championship. The deadline for application submission is June 30.
SW RD – Alex Dreiling
Alex is working on the 2019 International Judging School and is having problems finding a location. There are normally 40-60 people in attendance. He is looking into venues in the Phoenix area. Ty is onboard to head up the school and Doug will also be working with Alex and Ty with logistics.
Treasurer’s Report – Phil Vance
As of May 21, the financials is as follows:
Checking: $39,773.20
PayPal: $14,723.04
Total: $54,496.24
As of this evening, the shirts and hats have brought in $2,216.45. Money received in Pilots/Helpers fees is $8,360.00. We should have around $25,000-$30,000 more to be received in pilot/helper fees.
Regional Issues – All RDs
The Northeast had their season opener and the weather did not disappoint. They had their regional judging school. It was just a one-day event and had 9 participants.
The Southeast has a couple of contests coming up in June.
South Central has a contest this weekend, but it is going to rain all weekend. There were a few more registrations for NATS today. Doug is hoping to have 25-30 pilots this year.
In the North Central, Mike’s contest was the season opener. They had a little bit of rain on Saturday, but overall the contest went well. Mike was able to raise $300 towards the North Central Region Fund for the World Pilots in North Central. Kurt Koelling’s contest is this coming weekend.
The Southwest has another contest this weekend. Things are going great.
The Northwest had their second contest this last weekend.
France had their first IMAC contest in the International region. We now also have IMAC in the Czech Republic and Spain. Spain had their first contest about a month or two ago. Adi has posted some pictures on the International Region’s Facebook page. IMAC Turkey had their first contest a few weeks ago.
Meeting adjourned at 10:28 p.m. EST.
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- Written by: Doug Pilcher
- Category: Club Business
Present: Mike Karnes, Gil Major, Phil Vance, Samantha McKinney, Doug Pilcher, Steve Sides, Alex Dreiling, Adi Kochav, Brad Davy, and Clark Hymas.
Absent: Jeff Marsuchek
Meeting began 9:00 p.m. EST.
World Championship – Steve Sides
All the judging spots have been filled. Steve would like to have a few backup judges, just in case of a scheduling conflict.
A question was asked if there are any requirements for the International participants on a driver’s license. Adi informed the BOD that the European license is in English and it is acceptable in the United States.
Mike made some great connections at Toledo. Mike spoke with Falcon Propellers and AJ Aircraft. Other companies that have been contacted are KamAero, Jtec, Jeti, Dee Force Aviation, Mark McCellan, and JJ Tailwheels. Steve has contacted DA about the same items that were donated for the 2014 Worlds, an engine for each class winner and a special DA 200 that can be raffled off.
Mike showed the BOD what the design for the centerfold of the magazine would look like.
Samantha is going to speak with Colleen and get with the Chamber on the information for the pilot bags. Mike has spoken with Yolanda. He has gotten a second air conditioned trailer that will be on site 4. Mike is going to ask Phyllis about splitting up the score team with her on site 3 and Samantha on site 4. There were some issues in 2014 about scores not being posted quick enough. Then, the score programs can be joined for the final score.
Advertising World Site – Doug Pilcher
Doug wanted to remind the BOD that there are personal/business ad banners that we have been discussing in the forums. These ad banners can be personalized per pilot, region, or team. An individual cost $25, a business is $100, and an AMA club is $50. The business ads will have a link back to their website on a different page. We could blast out to the team managers to get the information spread out for these.
Adi will post to the International and Doug will post to the states.
We are currently averaging 3,000 hits a week on the World’s website.
World Practice Sites – Mike Karnes
Mike has finalized the World practice sites. The information is posted on the World’s website. Steve can send out a link with this information. Mike has spoken with Ray Morton, manager of Team USA, to inform him of these sites.
Sponsored Pilots in Your Region – Mike Karnes
Any RDs that know your sponsored pilots, have them talk to their sponsors to get some donations.
International Issues – Adi Kochav
Manrico flew to Turkey and now we have IMAC in Turkey. Adi has spoken with them through FaceTime. A boot camp will be held in Istanbul. Overseas, there is an issue with weather this year. Many pilots are only registering one to two weeks out because of the weather. Adi was wondering if a contest is scheduled and cancelled due to weather, if they can reschedule this contest within 30 days of its original date.
Treasurer’s Report – Phil Vance
At the end of March, the financials is as follows:
Checking: $21,598.14
PayPal: $30,128.02
Total: $51,726.16
As of today, April 16, the financials is as follows:
Checking: $40,114.49
PayPal: $10,105.98
Total: $50,220.47
We are currently are on track to where we were before the 2014 Worlds.
Regional Issues – All RDs
The Northwest region is also having issue with weather. Their first contest was cancelled due to weather. Now, the first contest is in about two weeks.
The Southwest region is doing well.
The South Central’s first contest was rained out. It has been rescheduled.
The Northeast is getting ready to kickoff their season. The season opener is the last weekend in April. The online judging school is currently in progress. There are 5 in attendance. Another judging school is the Saturday before Mother’s Day in May.
The Southeast currently has four contest in the books. Another contest is this coming weekend.
The North Central region has their judging school this coming weekend at Muncie, Indiana. They are expecting around 25 guys in attendance.
Meeting adjourned at 10:29 pm. EST.
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- Written by: Doug Pilcher
- Category: Club Business
Present: Mike Karnes, Phil Vance, Samantha McKinney, Doug Pilcher, Steve Sides, Alex Dreiling, Jeff Marsuchek, Adi Kochav, Brad Davy, and Clark Hymas
Absent: Gil Major
Meeting began at 9:01 p.m. EST.
World Sponsorship – Doug Pilcher
Doug has emailed out the sponsor list to the BOD. The sponsors marked in green are the ones that have been contacted. Doug would like the BOD to make contact with vendors who they have personal contacts with. Mike is going to ask Tom Wheeler to walk around with him at Toledo to speak with vendors. For sponsorship, the vendors will be on the World’s website and the IMAC website. Some sponsors had commented that they felt like they weren’t appreciated very much at the 2014 Worlds.
The sponsors that have already committed need to be contacted to see if they can send us a sponsor banner. These banners can be directly shipped to AMA. AMA has the maintenance crew put them along the road.
When contacting sponsors, we need to know what they will be donating, such as monetary donation, or product. We then will need to start deciding what we will use as auction items, and for pilot prizes, etc. We will need to know how many tables to setup and if we auction items, we need to begin selling tickets.
Advertising on the World Website – Mike Karnes
We have begun to sell some banners at the top of the page. The personal banners we are selling for $25. These banners can be for a specific pilot or for the whole team. Mike can put these banners together pretty quickly and add these to the Worlds website. We all need to start promoting these personal banners in our regions. They can buy an ad, instead of just a donation. This is a very good way to help out the Worlds. The banners repeat themselves in the same order, but Mike can add multiple banners. He can also put different banners on different web pages. Most of the web pages now have our current committed sponsors.
The cost for a banner for companies would be $100. If individuals click on this ad, it will open a separate webpage to the sponsoring companies’ website.
We currently have received $95 in just strictly donations and have $5,500 in sponsorships.
Steve believes that we will have around 100 pilots for this year’s worlds.
World Practice Sites – Mike Karnes
We currently have the same fields for practice as 2014, the Morristown field and the Converse Field. This club doesn’t start having meetings until May, so Mike will confirm in May. This field is where the pattern guys practice. Yolanda says that AMA has events the weekend before the Worlds, so she cannot guarantee sites available for practice. There are some participants who are wanting to come early to practice. When Mike gets all the information, he will get these advertised.
Yolanda has blocked off the camping sites for the weekend prior to the Worlds for the event staff to ensure the staff have their spots.
Doug mentioned that we haven’t gotten a submission form for the 2022 Worlds yet. The deadline for the submission is the end of June.
World Hats and Shirts are for Sale - Mike Karnes
We are currently selling hats and shirts now on the Worlds website. We are almost out of hats, so Mike is getting ready to place another order. These items can be ordered online and a minimal shipping charge.
RCP’s Update – Mike Karnes
All the RCPs were submitted to AMA. They are all posted to be reviewed. Mike advised the BOD that once they are voted on, we need to review for cross proposals to make sure that we have enough time. There were some RCPs that were not BOD approved, so we need to watch them.
International Teams and other issues – Adi Kochav
Adi has contact Aerographics and has sent them a brochure. He would love to see them be a sponsor of the IMAC Worlds. He will get back with Adi in due time.
Currently, Austria, Italy, Belgium, and France has registered IMAC members. We currently have an Italian judge for the Worlds. The only teams that haven’t registered is Norway and Sweden. Japan will also be in attendance, along with Mexico. Other countries that are coming are Australia, Columbia, India, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Uruguay.
Treasurer Report – Phil Vance
Samantha has sent the incorporation papers to Phil and he has sent off the paperwork along with the filing fee.
The current balance in the IMAC account is as follows:
Checking - $22,304.30
PayPal - $27,893.49
Total - $50,197.79
The current balance in the IWC account is $9,439.25.
The Challenge coins will be discussed at the next World’s meeting. Phil has the menu for the Horizon Center for the banquet. He will get at least Rhonda and Rosie to review it. The Horizon Center can prepare a special plate for food allergies, ethnicity, etc. We can have a prepared meal served to us or we can order buffet-style. The meat offered is beef, pork, and chicken.
The NATS may be changing their vendor for the banquet. Doug’s wife, Rosie, will be making some calls to see if we can get a different meal option. The vendor needs to be able to furnish everything, including plates, silverware, etc. and clean up of their workspace.
Regional Reports – All RDs
The NE region has their online judging school scheduled for the first Wednesday in April. This online class is limited to 20 participants. There is still plenty of room left to sign up. The time will not be moved to accommodate the western regions.
The SE region had 37 pilots at their Ocala contest. The judging school is this coming weekend. This will be the last judging school for the region.
The SC region had 20 participants at their judging school. They had a great day for practicals. The season opens on April 7th in Wrightsville. Currently, they have 24 pilots registered for this contest.
The NC region has a nice schedule for 2018. The Muncie Judging School is in about a month and the first contest is May 19th. Mike will be attending the Toledo Weak Signals R/C Trade Show, April 6-8.
The NW region had their judging school a few weeks ago, with 31 participants in attendance. Their season starts in 2 more weeks.
The SW region is doing well. There is 43 pilots coming for this weekend’s contest. The SW is starting a fundraiser to help their pilots attend the Worlds.
The International Region has most of their contests in Australia. They have 4 contests this coming weekend. Primo Rivera from the SE region is currently in India and is going to host a judging school there. Italy is having an IMAC open, which is a contest before the Worlds. Manrico is going to fly to Turkey and put on a judging school. Luiz went to Mexico and Argentina to host judging schools.
Meeting adjourned 10:29 p.m. EST
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- Written by: Doug Pilcher
- Category: Club Business
Present: Mike Karnes, Gil Major, Phil Vance, Samantha McKinney, Brad Davy, Adi Kochav, Alex Dreiling, Steve Sides, Jeff Marsuchek, Clark Hymas, and Doug Pilcher
Meeting began 9:01 p.m. EST.
Rule Change Proposals – Mike Karnes
Mike presented the following RCPs to the BOD for approval.
1. With the Freestyle RCP, there were only 13 votes from the membership, with 11 votes agreeing with the RCP as written. The 2 votes that didn’t like this RCP did not like the K factors. Currently, no one sees any issues with the K factors. A motion was made to accept the RCP as written by Gil Major and seconded by Adi Kochav. With a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.
2. With the RCP for Single Sequence Rounds, there were a total of 23 votes from the membership, with 12 members agreed as written and 11 members did not care. This RCP would allow the CD to fly single sequence rounds, as long as it is announced prior to the contest. The CD wouldn’t have to request a deviation from AMA to change the contest format. The only difference with this RCP versus the current rule is that a deviation is not required. The downside to this RCP is that the CD is committed to single sequence rounds. Adi mentioned that it could be published that there is a potential of dual sequence rounds. This RCP was created to potentially increase electric participation. This would make it to where single sequences would become the normal and it didn’t get wrote that way. Steve does not like single sequence rounds. A motion was made to call for the vote by Doug Pilcher and seconded by Brad Davy. With a roll call vote, a vote of 4 (yes) – 7 (no), the RCP is rejected by the BOD.
3. With the RCP for Resumption of Scored Flight, there were only 12 votes from the members with 11 members in agreement and 1 didn’t like the wording, but changed his vote. This has moved them into a single section and single procedure for resumption of scored flight, which is section 10.13.1. A motion was made to call for vote by Gil Major and seconded by Brad Davy. With a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.
4. With the RCP for Snap Rolls, this was the RCP that was rewritten and posted. The original RCP was not accepted, so it was rewritten. This is the RCP that everyone was in agreement with. Pitch departure was removed and it was posted without the word “rapidly.” The judges may now start saying that it wasn’t fast enough. There is no speed to set pitch departure. The definition of autorotation has the word “autorotation” in it. Clark would prefer what Ty wrote up on the Redbook review and believes that this should be used as the definition of “autorotation.” A motion was made to approve this RCP by Gil Major and seconded by Brad Davy. With a roll call vote, motion passes unanimously.
5. The RCP on Turn-Around and Positioning Maneuvers was rewritten. There were 17 members who voted on this RCP, 15 approved, 1 member rejected, and 1 member doesn’t agree with the proposal. Brad questioned the statement: “comment about the once pilot is inverted that they have to enter.” The problem with that is we make a statement about excluding mechanical issue or safety issue. They can come back to upright and resolve the issue. Brad is recommending that we remove “excluding the mechanical or safety interruptions.” Then, this will become the CD decision. Mike agrees. This will also eliminate the vertical line. A motion was made to approve this RCP with eliminating “excluding mechanical or safety interruptions” by Gil Major and seconded by Doug Pilcher. By roll call vote, motion passes unanimously.
6. With the RCP for Break-in-Sequence, there were 9 members that voted. Six members didn’t agree and 3 rejected and wanted to keep the Rule as written. This doesn’t distinguish between break and break-in-sequence. There were 2 elements in this change. The first one is trying to clarify on what constituents as a break-in-sequence. The rule book said that it may occur. The second part was to add the option of the pilot to make a verbal call at any point and now they are automatically constituted in where the break-in-sequence occurred. This isn’t eliminating the corrective maneuver criteria. A motion was made to call for vote by Gil Major and seconded by Doug Pilcher. With a roll call vote, with a 3 (yes) – 8 (no) vote, this RCP was rejected by the BOD.
Challenge Coin – Adi Kochav
Adi presented the quotes for the challenge coins. He sent an email with the new quote and design with the new slogan to the BOD. The new design has the diamond-cut edges and the velvet case. Adi things the acrylic case looks too cheap, and the velvet case would look more presentable. The coin is about 2.5 inches. The BOD loves the new design and slogan. Adi is working with Blake Stewart with Signature Coins in Orlando, Florida.
With the current quote, if we order 200, we must pay the mold fee twice. If we order 300, we don’t pay for the mold fee. If we order another 100 coins, the cost would be around $700. The cost for each coin if we ordered 400 would be around $10.10. Adi believes that every contestant should receive a coin for free and the extras we can sell at Muncie or on the website. Adi will ask Blake what the lead time would be for another order if we sold out.
Steve believes that we will have around 100 pilots participating. if the contestant receives one, the caller will buy one. They also believe that the event staff should also receive a coin. These coins would not be available to the public until the contestants receive their coins.
Treasurer Report – Phil Vance
As of January 18, the account balances were:
Checking - $22,334.62
Pay Pal - $22,621.23
Total - $44,955.85
As of February 19, 2018, the account balances are:
Checking - $22,597.38
PayPal - $25,467.60
Total - $48,064.98
The current balance in the IWC fund is $7,673.10.
Regional Issues – All RDs
The NW region is two weeks from their judging school. They are looking at 23-25 participants in attendance. The SW region just had a contest. Alex is currently working on their judging school in Colorado.
The SC judging school is next weekend. Doug is looking at an attendance of around 25 participants. Their schedule starts the first weekend in April. The NC has scheduled another contest. Mike’s judging school is coming up in April and before that, is the Toledo Show.
The NE has their judging school set for May 12. They will also be having a basic-only contest in early May. The regular contests start the last weekend in April. The SE just had their first contest in Miami.
Adi reported that there will be a judging school in Israel. There should be around 16 members in Israel. The Czech Republic and Turkey are joining IMAC and are having their boot camps. France is having a boot camp and will be signing up members. Luiz signed up 6 members in Mexico. He will also be flying to Argentina. Currently, there are 94 members in the International Community.
Meeting adjourned 11:03 p.m. EST.
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- Written by: Doug Pilcher
- Category: Club Business
Present: Mike Karnes, Gil Major, Phil Vance, Samantha McKinney, Doug Pilcher, Brad Davy, Clark Hymas, Steve Sides, Alex Dreiling, Adi Kochav, and Jeff Marsuchek
Meeting began 9:00 p.m. EST.
Rules Change – Brad Davy
There were 3 RFAs that members sent to the BOD and the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee reviewed each RFA and submitted their recommendations for Brad to present to the BOD.
RFA 10 was intended to promote electrics in IMAC competition. With this RFA, electric pilots would be able to choose between a 1-sequence and a 2-sequence round. The committee recommended rejecting this RFA due to the fact that there should bot be differing standards on propulsion. Another RFA has been presented to the committee that would allow a CD to choose between 1-sequence or a 2-sequence round, but must be published 30 days in advance.
RFA 11 is where there are three judges in the round. If one judge gave a zero and the other two judges scored the maneuver, the judge who gave the zero, would be overruled. The judge that gave the zeroed score would be changed to an average of the other judges’ scored maneuver. If a judge gave a zero, they might simply resort into giving a 0.5, instead of a zero. The committee believed that this RFA isn’t fair to others in the competition, assuming some judges may not understand the rules completely and believed this RFA would be too easy to work around. They believed that judging needed to be kept as an independent act.
RFA 12 was proposed a rewording of the snap rule criteria, by removing references to the word “autorotation.” This would create issues for pilots that did received zeroes. If a judge was having difficulty with the current wording, then the new wording would be more complicated.
President Karnes called for the vote on these RFAs. A motion is made to reject all RFAs presented to the BOD, RFA 10, 11, and 12, by Brad Davy and seconded by Doug Pilcher. For RFA 10, with a 10-1 vote, it is rejected by the BOD. For RFA 11, with a 10-1 vote, it is rejected by the BOD. For RFA 12, with a 10-1 vote, it is rejected by the BOD.
The RCPs are not ready to be posted to the BOD for review. There is a couple more that need to be written out and then they can be posted. The RCPs will be posted on the BOD forum for review. Once completed, the Rules Committee will post to the BOD forum for review. The Rules Committee will have these completed by Wednesday or Thursday. Steve is in disagreement with 13.5, turnaround figures. Currently, 13.5 state that turnaround figures are positive in nature and must initiate in upright flight. Steve believes that we don’t need to do this. A motion is made for Mike to present the RCPs to the membership as written was made by Brad Davy and seconded by Doug Pilcher. With a vote of 10-1, the RCPs will be presented to the membership as written.
World Ranking Tab – Clark Hymas
Clark addressed concerns that he had with the “PP Data” tab that showed up on the IMAC website. It was agreed on by the BOD that “PP” was only being set up for the International region. This was also an option on the score program that could be turned on/off if needed. Clark is concerned what the end game is.
Right now, this tab means nothing. This is just information that members can compare themselves to different pilots in different regions, and currently the members really like it. “PP Data” is based only off the known rounds. Unknown rounds are not considered. Every contest is not hosted/directed the same way. The unknowns cannot be compared because not everyone flies the same unknowns each weekend; the knowns are the same for everyone. This tab has absolutely nothing to do with regional points. Adi believes that this was a good idea.
Clark’s point is that the BOD did not have a discussion about this issue before it was posted to the IMAC website. Brad believes that is misleading with the World Ranking Tab name. It was also mentioned that we will lose confidence in judging. All the pilots in the SW love this new tab that was added.
The webmaster implemented this feature because we have many pilots who wanted to see it. He simply added that panel for the guys who want to see how they compare to the other pilots in their class.
Jeff likes the tab, but believed that the BOD should have voted on it before it was posted. Brad wanted to be able to discuss the method being used. Brad would like the name of the tab changed from “ranking.” It needs a better title to explain what the data is trying to present. Gil believes that this will affect sponsorships for the pilots. He also mentioned about adding normalization scores as well, but International does not use normalization. Gil moves to table this discussion and move it to the BOD forum for further discussion. This would give the BOD more time to discuss the methodology. It was in agreement of the BOD to change the name of the tab.
2018 Worlds Update – Steve Sides
Steve has been contacting sponsors after the emails he initially sent. There are mixed results. Power Box systems are on board. The issues on Facebook are hitting our sponsors. One sponsor is providing less stuff than was initially talked about. Steve is wondering if sponsors are being contacted from, and being told not to sponsor. All sponsors are from the U.S. Adi is speaking with some potential sponsors overseas. There are some negative comments from the sponsors there as well. It is currently an uphill battle. Jeff has been in Contact with Extreme Flight.
Update on Splash Video - Doug Pilcher
The Splash video was submitted to Red Bull. Red Bull rejected funding the World’s event as they don’t sponsor events unless they create them. They did mention to get back with them 5-6 weeks before the event and they would possibly provide product for the event. It was mentioned to possibly contact Pepsi or Coca-Cola on potential advertising or sponsorship. Jeff will reach out to a friend who works for Coca-Cola. Steve hasn’t contacted anyone that is non-aircraft related.
ISC Librarian – Mike Karnes
Mike has currently taken over being ISC librarian. He has contacted a few people who he thought would be interested and hasn’t received a response yet. If any issues arise with the unknowns, please contact Mike. If Mike flies a contest on a particular weekend, Jerry Haley or Ty Lyman will send out the unknowns.
On-line Scoring School – Samantha McKinney
Many members and non-members have requested an online score training. Samantha will get with Mike and get a weekend day and a weeknight scheduled before the end of February.
Brad will be hosting online judging school starting in April.. There will be 6 sessions, which will be around an hour and a half. Anyone can schedule to attend these sessions, but NE members will take precedence. There is a limit to the number of members who can join, due to the limitations of the meeting software.
Treasurer Report – Phil Vance
As of December 31, 2017, the current balance is:
Checking – $26,474.32
PayPal - $17,408.90
Total - $43,883.22
As of January 15, 2018, the current balance is:
Checking - $24,012.80
PayPal - $20,564.11
Total - $44,576.91
Phil will email out the 2017 year-end financials to the BOD for review. He will also send out the RDs financial reports.
Other Regional Issues – All RDs
In the SW region, Alex is adding contests to the schedule. The first contest has 37 pilots. There is a contest in Arizona that might have close to 50 pilots.
The NW region is doing well. Their judging school is in 6 weeks. As of now, there are 15 guys signed up to attend.
In the NC region, Jeff is working on the schedule with the contest directors. As of right now, he has lost 2 contests from a club in Southern Indiana. Ray Morton had to move his contest, so he reserved one of the open dates available. The regional championships are scheduled for September 15 at AMA.
The SC region currently has 10 contests on it’s schedule and they are working on 2 more. They also have a judging school on the calendar.
The SE region currently has 3 judging schools scheduled. He is waiting on CDs to confirm dates of contests.
The NE is still working on their schedule.
The International region now has an IMAC member in France. Manrico is going to fly to France and Spain and help with the IMAC boot camps. Luiz is flying to Paraguay and Mexico to do a judging school.
Meeting adjourned 11:04 p.m. EST.