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HVFF Club Meeting – Jan. 25, 2020

HVFF Club Meeting – Jan. 25, 2020
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Treasurers report

  • Current available funds: $1008.79
  • HVFF Website and domain payments for 2020 have been paid.

2020 Club Meeting Dates

  • Club meeting dates for 2020 were distributed at the meeting. All meetings will be at the White Wolf.
    • 2/29/2020
    • 3/28/2020
    • 4/25/2020
    • 5/20/2020
    • 6/27/2020
    • 7/25/2020
    • 8/22/2020
    • 9/26/2020
    • 10/24/2020
    • 11/21/2020
    • 12/19/2020

HVFF Organization Status

  • Draft of HVFF bylaws available for review. Copies were handed out to meeting attendees. When the bylaws are finalized, we will update on the new website.

What is the situation with HVFF’s not for profit status?

  • We have to be a “B” or “C” to be non-profit at state and federal level.
  • We are going for “B” which is educational.
  • State non-profit filing will be this week.
  • If everything goes through, we should be able to launch new website in 2-4 weeks (before the next club meeting in Feb. 2020).
  • 5013c
  • IRS 1023 form

New/Revised Board Roles Discussed

In 2020 will increase the directors to 8. We can increase or decrease the roles at any time.

Director/non-director roles proposed/discussed during the meeting:

Board of Directors

  • President – Wayne Neckles
  • Vice President – Brian Herbert
  • Treasurer – Paul Voight
  • Secretary – Brian Van Hull
  • Safety Director
  • Activities Director
  • Training & Education Director – Greg Black
  • Construction Director – Ken Foldvary

Other Positions

  • Webmaster – Mike Strother
  • Techmaster – Paul Blood
  • Content Writers- Monthly newsletter
  • Editor- Monthly news letter
  • Writers- Monthly news letter
  • Artist – Jane McCarty
  • Store Manager-Online
  • Out reach Manager
  • Apparel / storemaster

Work Parties

  • Brace mountain work party discussed… keep access road clear for HG vehicles and minimize the hike in.
  • Resurrection of unused NY sites
  • Establishment of new NY sites

Website

  • Monthly newsletter
    • Anyone can be a contributor
    • Formatting and publishing

Club Mergers

  • SNYHGPA will be dissolved
  • NeASA:
    • Disposition of current treasure (NeASA) was discussed. E.g. donations/earmarks for purposes within HVFF. To be discussed further.
    • ~15 members; we plan to roll these members into the new website membership roster.
    • Wayne will discuss in more detail with NeASA club directors in the next week or so.

Social media

We don’t need to set anything up now. But we can do something after HVFF becomes official.

  • Instagram: use to increase awareness of club activities
  • Facebook & twitter: use to drive current site participants to the new HVFF website, as well as promote beyond.
  • Facebook: update existing FB page(s) from SNYHGPA to HVFF rather than creating new pages.

Resnick Airport

  • We may be getting a tug pilot operating out of Resnick.
  • Also, Greg may start using his static winch at Resnick.
Wayne is ready to get 2020 kicked off.