The minutes of the club meeting on September 8 have been posted. If you are registered with the SLRA website and logged in, you can see them at http://dmortproductions.com/stlrocketry/meeting-minutes.
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September 12 launch at Buder Park cancelled
Unfortunately, there are not enough club members available on September 12 to run a launch, so I am cancelling the event. Please check back with us for future activities.
Launch Status for Saturday, September 12
At tonight's meeting, the upcoming Buder Park launch was discussed. Of all of the members present, no one had plans to attend (except for me, since I'm the one who needs to bring the launch equipment to the park).
Therefore - if you are receiving this email or seeing this post via the SLRA website or Facebook page and you DO want to fly rockets at Buder Park, please email me as soon as possible at danno@danno.org. Please also include the time you are planning to attend. If we have at least a few people who want to fly rockets, and can get everyone there at the same time, we will go ahead with the launch, but if there is no interest, we will cancel.
Thanks,
Dan Crank
NAR NAtional events handbook
For reference, NAR's guide on how run a national event.
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NARAM 58 website
NARAM 58 website is up and running!
http://www.nar.org/site/naram-58/
I visited the launch site and met with Corky Borgmann, took a few pictures, here:
http://www.nar.org/site/naram-58/launch-site/pictures-from-the-walnut-grove-launch-site/
John Buckley
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 General Membership Meeting Announcement
SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, September 8th, at our meeting location: Google Map Link
Bandana's Bbq Sunset Hills
11750 Gravois Road
Sunset Hills, Missouri, 63127
We are continuing to meet at Bandana’s BBQ Sunset Hills. Even though Bandana’s Sunset Hills doesn’t have a minimum food purchase, we are encouraging members to purchase something to support the use of the room. We have the room from 6:30 to 9:00 and we’ll need to leave promptly since 9 pm is the closing time.
The room will be available at 6:30 PM and the business meeting will start at about 7:00PM. We'll need to be out of the room by 9:00 PM (closing).
If you're a member of SLRA and are registered on the website, you can view minutes of previous meetings here: Meeting Minutes Page, The meeting minutes will be the basis of our "old business" discussion.
The standard agenda for all meetings is as follows:
1. Treasury Status.
2. Recognition of Achievements
3. Recognition of Contributions
4. Members expenses.
5. Old Business - please review minutes for last month's meeting for topics
6. New Business
Online and paper membership forms with payments received by mail to be processed by treasurer and president.
Please comment on this post or email danno@danno.org if you have new business for the meeting.
NARAM 2015 “State of the NAR” Presentation
Sorry it took so long - but I finally scanned and uploaded the Powerpoint slides from NARAM that John Buckley discussed at the last meeting. They are available here:
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October Fly, 2015
I have to look at my records to be sure but this fall we will host the 14th or 15th October Fly on October 17,18 at Buder Park. Here is a proposed list of events.
Event WF
A RG 20
1/2 A BG 17
1/2 A HD 19
1/2 A SRA 14
Random Duration 10
total WF=80
This list is posted as tentative, if you want to make suggestion, please do. I would like to finalize the list in a week or so. We had discussed partnering with the Science Center and running this on central field in Forest Park but I do not know if we have time to pull that off.
Please note that I do have a small supply of Pnut altimeters that I will allow people to use, on condition that if you damage or lose it you replace it!
John Buckley
NARAM 58
In case you have not been in a club meeting recently (like this month) I have proposed stepping in as the Contest Director for NARAM 58 next year in late July. That's one whole week of competition rockets
I have identified a site in SW Missouri that is 3000 acres of pasture near Springfield. It is M capable with an existing 15000 ft waiver. I am currently in the process of developing a bid for the event. I would like to have the organization's help and support behind me on this project as there will be a lot of work involved. A few have given me offers of support but the more people I can count on the better.
What do you think?
If you like this and want to be involved send me an e-mail or give me a call.
John Buckley
Today’s Buder Park launch is GO
The weather forecast for Buder Park continues to look nearly ideal - moderate temperatures and very low wind - so our launch today is still GO and I will be leaving for the park shortly. Please see the previous post for details.
What wind we do have is expected to be out of the east, so I expect to set up the range on the north side of the park, opposite the R/C flyers' pavilion. However, that can always change based on wind direction and other occupants of the park, so if you don't see us at first, please take a loop all the way around the park to look for us. Our launch pad looks like a large red-and-white sawhorse, and there should also be an orange wind sock nearby, so you can look for those landmarks.
One other note - as previously mentioned, launch fees are $3 per person or family. If you are planning to pay with cash rather than PayPal, it would help us out if you can bring singles as I do not have many to make change. Thanks!