MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING - SA MODEL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION,
HELD AT ACUITY ON WEDNESDAY  7TH FEBRUARY 2001

PRESENT		Bob Skinner			
Chairman, Aerobatics, Secretary
		Lesley Roberts			Treasurer
		Johan Ehlers			Vice chairman, Scale
		Dave Armitage			Fun flying & Proficiency 
		Russell van der Westhuizen	Pylon Racing
		John Godwin			Communications & SAMAA News
		Ian Edwards			Large aircraft & Scale Aerobatics
		Trevor Austin			Soaring/MGA (for Joe Coetzer)
		Lance Levin 			Helicopters

APOLOGY		Marc Quesnel			Public relations
		Joe Coetzer			Soaring/MGA		
		Bruno Schroeven			Display co-ordinator

ABSENT		Roston Dugmore			Control line
		

WELCOME	Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies for late issue of minutes.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Minutes taken as read. Accepted without alterations.

FINANCES
LR presented comparison of income/expense figures with budget. No major. Subs arriving steadily. Scale Masters budget of R1 200 approved.
 
SAFETY 	Manual of Procedures to CAA with necessary amendments. Immediate alteration of weight 
limit 30kg's. Safety rules from other associations as guide. Keith Nicolls offer accepted for 
looking at producing regulations. Unconfirmed use of 60MHz in KwaZulu Natal. DA to obtain 
details. ICASA promise of 4 extra spots end-April doubtful! Intense frustration at tardy 
implementation. Illegal crystals supplied by dealer north-Jhb. BS to investigate & write to 
ICASA. Report of flying activity at Muldersdrift, unregistered site.

ADMINISTRATION
Renewals arriving at steady rate. W/Cape joining rate high. Atlantic Flying Club members to 
join soon. Aero Club belly-up. More direct contact with CAA in future. Letter to Acting CEO 
to delegate person from CAA to aeromodelling affairs. BS to get all constitution docs together 
for Joe Coetzer.

NATIONALS
Complaints from certain quarters about format, entry fee, duration, expense. Organising 
committee? JE, RVDW, IA and DA to attend first meeting.
C/L Nats not finalised yet.
Soaring Nats - Silverton (F3B, Open, 2M). No F3J. 18/19/20 May.

SAMAA News
JG limited to 16-page issues, to contain postage. 

AEROBATICS
Successful North-West champs "at" Klerksdorp. Burt Botha nominated as F3A T/M. No objection 
from committee. Ratified.

LARGE AIRCRAFT AND SCALE AEROBATICS
Workshop on 21 Jan "at" Benoni RF vey successful. LSMAA keeping pace with IMAC. 
First comp = 18th Feb "at" Barnstormers. Interest from Nelspruit. Visit for Nats by TOC 
competitor Marco Benincasa (Italy) will further stimulate interest.
 
FUN FLYING & PROFICIENCY
First round posted. DA to re-look proficiency requirements (simplify, without downgrading 
status). Tests at Rosslyn.

SOARING
Postals for 2001 started. Soaring League also starting. Activity in other centres?

HELICOPTERS 
LL tracked missing trophies. Proficiency specs still in progress. Nats in November planned, 
but rules must be formulated before SAC in July, and tested prior to Nats. 
SCALE
Series for 2000/2001 finished. 11 qualifiers for Scale Masters. K Pretorius/G Roberts to 
organise. AMA (Stan Alexander) requested details of SA team selection, for US 
modification/adoption.

CONTROL LINE
No  report.

PYLON RACING
11 Feb meeting at Howick postponed to ¾ March. Interest in 2-pylon course in Natal. 
Practicality? Large scale races query. Spectacular but costly. Team selection provided 
two definite candidates. Third to be solicited, but not imperative.

DISPLAYS	
No  report.

COMMUNICATIONS
Stats show 600 unique visits per month, 400 new, 200 repeats. SAMAA to look at rules 
section on Web site, to be downloadable.

PUBLIC RELATIONS
No report

GENERAL	o Committee members to pursue idea of re-structuring SAMAA, for more representation 
in otherareas (like AMA, BMFA, and others). 
o Air Pageant for 2003. DA working on sponsorship proposal. Road shows "at" Ysterplaat, Swartkop. 
OC Swartkop approves, but skeptical about future of base.
		o Permission for float fly "at" Hartenbos river mouth
o 35Mhz sticker for back of transmitters  - design approved. To production.
		o Only one addition to FAI Judges register
o Advice that cheques marked "not neg" are inferior to "not transferable". Banks not accepting 
cheques with tape/foil on face. JG cautions about high rate of cheque fraud. Write with 
laundry marker.
		o Standard form required to report interference to SAMAA/ICASA.



NEXT MEETING - WEDNESDAY  7 MARCH 2001
AT ACUITY/SBBW, CEDARWOOD OFFICE PARK, WOODMEAD - 19:30 FOR 19:45