MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING - SA MODEL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, 
HELD AT SBBW ON WEDNESDAY 3rd MAY 2000.

PRESENT:
	Bob Skinner			Chairman, Aerobatics, Secretary
	Lesley Roberts			Treasurer
	Johan Ehlers			Vice-chairman, Scale
	Dave Armitage			Fun flying & Proficiency
	Roston Dugmore			Control Line
	Trevor Austin			Soaring
	Russell van der Westhuizen	Pylon Racing
	John Godwin			Communications & SAMAA News
	Ian Edwards			Large aircraft & Scale Aerobatics
	Lance Levin			Helicopters
	Bruno Schroeven			Display co-ordinator
	
APOLOGY:
	Marc Quesnel			Public relations
VISITORS
	Craig & Michelle Goodrum	Soaring/MGA

WELCOME
Chairman welcomed everyone present.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
No corrections - minutes taken as read.

FINANCES
LR produced Nats statement. Discussion by committee. Slight loss due to extraordinary expense 
of R8000. Satisfactory result otherwise. 
Audit to start soon, with draft statements in June. BS to meet with Aero Club on 9 May to 
determine affiliation fee. Reimbursement from F4 team after entry fees paid.

SAFETY
BS to include paragraph on frequency control in chairman's report for next issue of SAMAA News.
 Make members aware of updating own public liability, in case of frequency-related shoot-downs 
involving expensive equipment.
JE raised question of large aircraft exceeding current SAMAA specs. IE to check AMA and BMFA 
legislation. RAM off-shoot establishing flying site very close to provincial road. BS to action.
Voice communication causing problems on 35MHz band. DA to contact and report to SATRA 
for action. Vryheid registration of flying site - no request received to date.

ADMINISTRATION
Invoices generated for July. Mailing labels to be printed for next SAMAA News. 
Club registrations for several sites apparently being ignored by CAA. BS to take up 
with Aero Club. However, St Blaize (Mossel Bay) approved. Situation could improve with 
Peter Lott re-joining CAA. Member of F3J team (Dave Greer) not paid-up SAMAA member. 
TA to action. (oversight by D Greer). 

NATIONALS
Control line - Combat at R/C Nats very successful. 
Power - Good Nats - sporting results in all disciplines. Barnstormers offer to host 
Nats next 3 years.
Soaring - All in hand for September. 

SAMAA NEWS
May/June issue 24 pages. SAMAA can afford bumper issues once in a while. JG offering 
¼ page ads to "cottage industry" dealers. Closing date for next issue = 20th JUNE 2000! 
ALL TO RESPOND WITH ARTICLES ON EACH PORTFOLIO. 

AEROBATICS
Nats very successful. Minor judging complaints. WP Championships 27/28 May - joint PR 
exercise to motivate W. Cape clubs to join members.

LARGE AIRCRAFT AND SCALE AEROBATICS
Nats had 15 entries. Larger aircraft appearing (40-43% of full-size, 140ccm engines). 
Safety and noise issues to receive attention at LSMAA AGM. New season starting with 
IMAC 2000 schedules.

FUN FLYING & PROFICIENCY
	Problem with scoring programme continues. Round two results in. Fun Fly Masters 28 and 
29 October (Aerobatic Invitational = 21/22 Oct.). Foreign participation possible. 
Talks with Andy van Eeden (Zim) - keen to join FF Series.
	Tests at RAM on Sunday 7 May. Patches received ex-Compass Crafts. Outstanding badges 
posted to D Parry (South Coast ARF).

SOARING
No formal events in April. G2K in May. Informal slope activity at Volksrust. F3J team 
finalising arrangements for W/C in Greece. 

HELICOPTERS
No fun-fly due to poor weather. Meeting at Vaal RF showed plenty support & spectators.
 Next event at Vaal on 28/5. Two heli sites identified - Walkerville and Midrand (Noordwyk). 
Second site has good prospects (only 8 km from Grand Central) but strictly only heli's. 
BS given coordinates. LL to continue with landowners. Chicken Hawk Fliers may have two 
sites eventually.

SCALE
13 Entries at Nats - good result. F4C team selected. Ratified by committee (J Ehlers, first 
reserve = TM, Glen Roberts, Humphrey le Grice, Koos Pretorius). Very competitive team. 
Arrangements for W/C at Interlaken in hand. Team selection procedures for 2002 slightly
 modified in weighting. Series Scale round 1 starting in May.
   
CONTROL LINE
Preparations for F2B team going well. 10+ supporters to France. Comments on noise of SAMAA 
combat models. FAI combat even noisier!

PYLON RACING
Good Nats. Article for publication to follow. Kits becoming available for Quickie models. 
Next meet scheduled for Durban mid-July. Gauteng meeting in June to maintain enthusiasm. 
Negative attitude towards pylon racing at certain clubs discussed. Basically a safety concern. 
Nats proved safety is of paramount importance. Pylon no more at risk than jets, 
or large scale, etc.

DISPLAYS 
Public display at East Rand Mall very successful. EAA display at Klerksdorp rained 
out/low cloud base, resulting in only static display. Kittyhawk display on 3 June. 
Bruno to contact Roy Vermaak.

COMMUNICATIONS
1000 hits maintained, but 80% visits are local. Index by Alta Vista included.

GENERAL
· BS to book venue for SAC. Notice of AGM in next issue of SAMAA News.
· CIAM documents to committee members for F2, F3A, F3C, F3D, F4C, F3B/J.

NEXT MEETING - WEDNESDAY 8th JUNE  2000 AT SBBW, CEDARWOOD OFFICE PARK, 
WOODMEAD - 19:30 for 19:45. 

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