RFC Dallas, Incorporated

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2010

A meeting of the RFC Dallas, Inc. Board of Directors was convened on Thursday, June 17, 2010.

Present – John Rousseau, Robert Coppotelli, Mike Howle, Surry Schaffer, Ken Lott and Mike Major. Charles Hansen was present via telephone connection.

Call to Order – 7:15 p.m.

Minutes of Last Meeting – Motion to accept the minutes of the May 28, meeting was made by Mike Howle and seconded by Ken Lott. Approved.

There was a request to publish the BOD meeting minutes on the RFC website. Mike Howle made a motion to place the BOD meeting minutes in a members only section of the RFC website. Seconded by Mike Major. Approved.

Officer Elections:

President – John Rousseau

Vice President – Membership – Surry Shaffer

Treasurer – Ken Lott

Secretary – Robert Coppotelli

Operations Officer – Charles Hansen

Safety and Training – Mike Howle

Maintenance Officer – Michael Major

Flight Instructor Coordinator – Tom Johnson

Newsletter Editor – open

Webmaster – Ed Wagner

Motion to accept the officer slate was made by Mike Howle and seconded by Ken Lott. Approved.

Maintenance – Robert Botts will have his avionics technician check the number 1 comm in the Cardinal. Nothing active on the Cherokee. Struts are okay. The turn & bank needs to be looked at. Mike Costallos has agreed to assist Stuart Thompson on the repair of the Bonanzas.

Safety & Training – Nothing new in safety and training. John suggested that Mike ask a few safety/training related questions during the monthly membership meeting.

Membership – We have 95 members as of the May general membership meeting. We had four potential members at the May meeting and six potential members at the June meeting.

Treasurer – Robert Coppotelli described the excel spreadsheet ‘RFC Profit by Airplane 2010’. Our current profit for the year to date through May 2010 is $1,676. Net worth is $17,869. The non-flying loss is $6,300. This could be recouped by raising dues or increasing membership (by 10 net additional members).

Fuel price at Addison is currently 4.02 per gallon.

Five accounts are delinquent – Preston Hendrix $5330, Clay Kehrer $3520, Russell Miller $3930, Tim Poole $10740, and Don Rohmer $2090.

Jim Leverett is learning the function of the treasurer. Ken would like to transition the position over to Jim. Ken will work with Jim to move the function over to Jim.

Operations – Insurance forms have been sent out and half have been returned. Our broker suggests that there are more underwriters in the market. But they are more aware of loss histories. The broker said that he doesn’t expect a problem with the renewal nor does he expect an increase in rates.

Surry has made a motion to allow John Rousseau the ability to accept an insurance renewal or agree to a change in carrier. Seconded by Mike Howle. Approved.

New Business – Tom Allen, a standby member, has a website that could host the aircraft questionnaires. The quizzes could be graded through this website (non-essay questions).

Stuart has requested a lease rate increase on 4416W (from $84 to $90) and 550L (from $96 to $102). There has not been a lease rate increase for more than six years on 16W. 550L is at the same rate as when it was entered into the club. Surry made a motion to increase the lease rate and the rental rate by the same amount to equal $6 for 4416W and $6 for 550L. The lease rates would be $90 for 4416W and $102 for 550L . The rental rates would be $156 (from $150) for 4416W and $164 (from $158) for 550L. Seconded by Robert Coppotelli. Approved.

Steve Morton suggested that our Bylaws are not up to date. There is not language for indemnification of officers. John wants to establish a committee to review the bylaws. John Rousseau has created a committee to review the club bylaws and appointed the following members – John Rousseau, Surry Shaffer, and Mike Howle.

Roy Reeves would like to include a bounce-house for the children at Kaboomtown. Roy’s firm would pay for the entertainment. Roy would arrange to include RFC Flying Club as an insured.

Meeting Programs –

The RFC club will have a picnic at Dave Siciliano’s hangar for Kaboomtown.

Nothing formal for July.

Nothing currently for August either.

Next meeting will be sometime in September, possibly the 16th.

Robert Coppotelli made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by John Rousseau.

The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Robert C. Coppotelli

Secretary, RFC Dallas, Incorporated