Up, Up, and Away:
Paula Rumbaugh and friend Dawn flew the Grumman to Manistee, Michigan, to visit the Historical Society Museum at Arcadia. The town is the birthplace of Harriet Quimby, and the museum has an entire room devoted to Harriet.

Constance and Ray Copeland flew to Wichita for Ray’s course and the River Festival. They missed the last 99s meeting, but enjoyed the fun along the river that night. They were home a few days and then flew to Walker, Minnesota, to spend a week along Leech Lake, plant their potato crop with son Matthew and family, and visit with friends in the area.

Teresa Freeman spend Saturday morning, June 6, as the safety pilot for her husband as he did his holds, tracking, and six approaches to stay IFR current. Her husband returned the favor on Sunday morning when he was her safety pilot for her holds, tracking, and three approaches. At about 7:30 a.m., the view over Pike County Airport (EOP) was beautiful as the fog was still in the valleys lifting into the air. Pike County has an NDB approach. They have stocked their FBO, and if you are interested in flying into Pike County, she can give you the electronic code for the door to get to the snacks and restroom.

Jann Bowne flew to St. Louis Downtown Airport for her week with her granddaughter. She and George also took Mary and Kevin Biller up to Port Clinton for Sunday brunch at Mon Ami.

Amy Yersavich has navigated the new eAPIS system (for international GA flight scheduling) successfully!! Ok, maybe a bit of colorful language and call to the AOPA hotline for guidance but it worked and customs was a breeze as a result! Amy’s and hubby Pete’s “big” international flight was all the way to Pelee Island (about 4 miles north of the Canadian border) the weekend of May 22-24 to do some birdwatching. The birding wasn’t as good as hoped for but they had so much fun on the island they’re going back the weekend of July 3-5. If anyone needs a little eAPIS navigation help, feel free to call Amy!

Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Jann Bowne.

Attendance: Charma Huddy, Dawn Valasco, Marjorie Anderson, Constance Copeland, Jo-Ann Prater, Myra Jamison, Mary Biller, Marilynn Miller, Paula Rumbaugh, Joan Mace, Lori Robishaw, Paula Hook, Teresa Freeman, Janie McIntire, and Jann Bowne.

Minutes of Previous Meeting: The minutes for May were approved as distributed.

Treasurer’s Report:   The treasurer’s report was presented by Paula Hook. She noted that some of the mugs the chapter is selling have turned out to be defective, (the ones with “I’d Rather Be Flying” written on the sides). If members have any of them, they can return them to Paula who will contact the distributor we worked with.

Report of Standing Committees: 

• Right Seat Companion:
  •  Paula Rumbaugh reported that the committee had met and things are coming along well. Janie McIntire has designed a flyer for publicity, which Ray Copeland will place on our website. Paula ordered new materials from AOPA and asked for reimbursement. Lori moved to approve the expense, Charma seconded the motion, and the motion passed.
  •  After discussion, consensus was to charge $99 for each participant, with funds to go to the instructors. The chapter will also provide instructors with a letter documenting the donation of their services.
  •  Our chapter will take responsibility for food, and EAA9 will be asked to split expenses.
• Airmarking:
  •  No updates.

Old Business:

• Since our time in the Med Flight building is coming to an end, Jann, Paula, and Meredith took a tour of the OSU Airport facilities. Given that there were no scheduling conflicts on the second Wednesday of every month, consensus of the group was to move our meetings to the OSU Airport Administrative Building’s classroom starting with the September meeting.

New Business:

• Website: Ray Copeland brought the website name renewal to the chapter’s attention. We have been using a server provided by Bob and Abby Rice for free, but need to pay the annual fee for the domain name, which is $34.99 a year. Ray will give the invoice to Paula.
• Signage for International Conference: Jann reported that she got the list from the conference committee and had all the signs made. The expenses for the signs came in under the projected budget of $300, and she will have the signs shipped to Chicago. At this point, Paula H., Jann, and Mary are planning on going to the conference with Jann and Mary likely staying only for the business meeting.
• July Meeting: The chapter determined that the July meeting will be held on Saturday, July 11, at the Lebanon Airport, starting at 10 a.m. Since Lori was sick and had to miss the May meeting at which she was scheduled to host, her hangar flying session will now be the program for the July meeting. At 11:30 a.m., the group will have lunch at the Golden Lamb restaurant. Jo-Ann will have her mini-van and will take those who fly in to the airport over to the Golden Lamb and back. Paula R. said she had two seats available in her airplane. Driving time from Columbus was thought to be about 2½ hours.
• Fundraising Idea: Connie brought in a sample of a paper tablet packet that can be designed with any photo or image. It was suggested that members look at their favorite aviation photos and consider this for an item to sell at the fall section meeting in Michigan.

Announcements:

• August Meeting: Janie reminded the group that the August meeting will be a potluck picnic at the Delaware Airport at the EAA shelterhouse. It is scheduled for Wednesday, August 12, at 6 p.m., and she will do a food sign-up in July.

• BY-LAWS REMINDER: There are a number of items on the agenda for the International Conference in Chicago at the end of July that the chapter must vote on. Please read them over carefully and be prepared to discuss them at the July meeting. Jann previously sent them out via e-mail.

• Dawn’s new e-mail address was announced.

Adjournment:  The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Lori Robishaw, Secretary

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