Our next model rocket launch at Buder Park is scheduled for this coming Sunday, July 16th. We are trying out a new schedule this year which alternates between Saturdays and Sundays to try to accommodate more peoples' schedules and also to hopefully have a less crowded park on Sundays.

There appears to be no real chance of rain in the forecast, but it will continue to be quite hot. Please remember to bring sunscreen and something to drink.

Setup time will be 8:00 am, with the goal of having the range open by 8:30. We will fly rockets for as long as people are there with rockets to fly, but as always, the length of the event depends on how many people attend. With the hot weather, I do not expect we will be there much past 11:00 unless we have a big turnout.

If you have any questions, please email me at admin@stlouisrocketry.com. If you need to reach me on Sunday, you can call or text me at (314) 630-7619.

Dan

SLRA's annual election of directors and officers was held at last night's club meeting, which also served as the annual meeting for our corporation. The election results are as follows:

Board of Directors: John Buckley, Dan Crank, Don Hanson, David Kovar, Jack Oney, Rodney Riederer, Dan Welling

President: David Kovar

Vice President: Jack Oney

Secretary: Dan Crank

Treasurer: Don Hanson

It was also announced that Rob Chapie is stepping down both as an SLRA Director and as Tripoli Prefect for Prefecture #56, although he plans to remain active with the club. We would like to thank Rob for all of his work in support of SLRA and our Prefecture, particularly in building and maintaining our excellent relationship with the FAA and obtaining our high-altitude waivers in Elsberry and Addieville.

In an informal election, Dan Welling was selected as the new Tripoli Prefect and Dan Crank as the new Tripoli Secretary. I will also take this opportunity to mention that Dan Welling has recently been named to the Tripoli Technical Advisor Panel (TAP).

SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, July 11th. At this meeting we will also be holding our annual election for club officers. If you are currently a paid SLRA member, you should have received a separate email with additional information about the election.

The meeting will be held at our regular 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 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 on the Minutes and Bylaws 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

7. Officer Election

Online and paper membership forms with payments received by mail to be processed by treasurer and president.

Please comment on this post or email admin@stlouisrocketry.com if you have new business for the meeting.

It appears to be raining at Buder right now, but the rain should be ending by 8:00 am. I believe we will still be able to launch, but one thing I wanted people to keep in mind is that it may be muddy. The park did flood last month, and although I have not seen the field since then, past floods deposited mud and silt that took a while to wash away.

Dan

My mistake: the model rocket launch at Buder Park is Saturday, June 17.

Dan Crank
Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

We have our next model rocket launch scheduled for Saturday, June 16th, at Buder Park. The current weather forecast has about a 50% chance of thunderstorms, so please watch your email and/or the website for a cancellation, should it be necessary.

If it doesn't rain, it will be hot and humid, so we will be on our hot-weather schedule (range setup beginning at 8:00 am). We'll probably be ready to fly by about 8:30 am, and will likely be done by noon if not earlier (depending on how large a turnout we have). If you will be arriving after about 10:30 am, please call me at (314) 630-7619 to find out whether the range will still be open when you arrive.

As always, please prepare for the weather and bring sunscreen and something to drink.

If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

**Note** Don Hanson would like to consider a change to the meeting location and schedule. He writes,

I have a connection with the owner of Fallon's bar up at Olive and 170. He has a meeting room that we could use. But we would have to change our meetings to Wednesday. I just thought we might consider discussing this at the next meeting. It is a more Central location for all the guys who live up north.

We will discuss this suggestion at the upcoming meeting and possibly put it to a vote. If you would like input on this but will not be able to join us at the meeting, please email me at admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

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SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, June 13th, 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 email admin@stlouisrocketry.com if you have new business for the meeting.

HEAVY Metal-II Regional Competition and High Power launch

June 10-11 2017
Walnut Grove MO
Regional competition and high power sport launch.
Set up will be begin at 8AM with flying beginning ASAP after that, 10AM probably
Competition flying will end promptly at 3PM Sunday
Launch will be held on the NARAM 58 field.

Hotel Information- We have a block of rooms at the Best Western Plus on North Glenstone in Springfield. Rate is $82 per night. Use code HEAVY METAL for the rate. (417)862-0701.

Launch Announcement
Heavy Metal II Regional Competition
June 10-11, 2017
What: Regional competition and High power launch
Contest events
G HD, C-Alt (Altimeter tracked) A BG , A SD, A PD, A BG, Set duration (t=55 seconds)
Contest Director: John Buckley
Jbuckley1996@gmail.com, 636-734-0762
High Power launch:
Waiver- 12,500 ft maximum AGL For more information, for projects going over 6,000 ft, a current simulation will be needed prior to flight. Gary Cole will coordinate, gary.cole@att.net
http://teeniemunde.org/index.html
Location: Walnut Grove MO on the NARAM 58 field, Sponsored by the Teeniemundie Rocket club, Tripoli Prefecture #101 (Tripoli Mo-Kan), and Saint Louis Rocketry Association, NAR section #551. This launch site is the current Teeniemundie club launch site.
Field location: Launch Site Lat/long - 37.4486N, 93.61565W
Directions to the field (From I-44 exit 75)
Take exit 75 for US-160 toward Willard
Turn right onto MO-123 N
Turn left on E. 550th Rd
Turn left on S 10th Rd, and continue to launch site at 5600-5612 S 10th Rd
Set up for contest and High power will begin Saturday morning at 8AM. We hope to begin contest flying by around 10AM. Sunday Hours will be 9AM with contest activity scheduled to end by 3PM.

The St. Louis County Parks web page has been updated again today, and still shows Lower Buder Park as closed. Therefore, we are going to go ahead and cancel the May launch. We are hopeful that the park will be cleaned up in time for our next launch, scheduled for June 17.

Thanks,
Dan Crank,
Secretary, SLRA

Summary:

• Buder Park launch tentatively rescheduled to Sunday May 21 due to flooding
• Our regular monthly meeting is Tuesday May 9 at Bandana's in Sunset Hills

Due to flood conditions in Valley Park, we are going to postpone our Buder Park launch which was scheduled for next Saturday, May 13. Once the park re-opens, I will go take a look at the field and see what shape it's in. If conditions permit, we will hold the May launch on Sunday, May 21 - look for another announcement next week with a go / no-go for that.

SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, May 9th, 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 email admin@stlouisrocketry.com if you have new business for the meeting.