Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 General Membership Meeting Announcement

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SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, February 23rd.

It will be held at Bandana's Bar-B-Q, 11750 Gravois Road, Sunset Hills, MO 63127-1804.

There is a $100 total food/drink order minimum for the group. So we need at least 10 people to be in attendance.

Please email us at admin@stlouisrocketry.com to let us know if you will attend this meeting in person.

Due to COVID-19, this meeting will also be held on Zoom:

Topic: SLRA February Business Meeting
Time: Feb 23, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 857 2871 2199
Passcode: 188671

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. Minutes from the January 26th, 2021 Meeting
  2. Treasury Status.
  3. Recognition of Achievements
  4. Recognition of Contributions
  5. Members expenses.
  6. Old Business –
    1. Launch Report / Schedule,
    2. Trailer Status,
    3. GLSMA Report,
    4. TRA Annual Dues, Secretary and Prefect Elections
  7. 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.

In-Person Meeting at Bandana’s confirmed for Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Our SLRA President, Dave Kovar, confirmed that we will have an in-person SLRA General membership meeting at Bandana's Bar-B-Q (11750 Gravois Road, Sunset Hills, MO 63127-1804), Tuesday night at 7:00 pm.

The meeting will also be on Zoom.

Topic: SLRA January Business Meeting
Time: Jan 26, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 876 9645 8830
Passcode: 746246

In-Person Meeting at Bandana’s for Tuesday, January 26, 2021 General Membership Meeting

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Our SLRA President, Dave Kovar, found out that Bandana's Bar-B-Q (11750 Gravois Road, Sunset Hills, MO 63127-1804) is now open for indoor dining. We need at least 5 in order to reserve the basement room. If you will show up in person then contact Dave Kovar:

e-mail him at: kovardad@gmail.com

or call him at: (575 312-2893

The meeting will also be on Zoom.

Topic: SLRA January Business Meeting
Time: Jan 26, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87696458830?pwd=czFXVThFbDBhbjc1VnhES3dLOTEwZz09

Meeting ID: 876 9645 8830
Passcode: 746246

Time to Renew / Join SLRA Reminder

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Our membership forms are now updated for the new year - if you're a current member and would like to renew, or if you'd like to join for the first time, please head to our website (https://www.stlouisrocketry.com) and select "Join SLRA."

Note: SLRA members do not pay the $3 launch fee for Buder Park Low-to-Mid-Power (Class 1, 1/4 A to G engines). and receive a $2 discount at High-Power (Class 2, H and higher engines) launches. Plus you get to support the really cool activities of our St. Louis Rocket Association.

If you have questions about renewing or joining SLRA, please email me at admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

Darrell Weber - Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 General Membership Meeting Announcement

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SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, November 24th. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Bandana's cannot accommodate our group, so this month's meeting will be on Zoom only.

Topic: SLRA January Business Meeting
Time: Jan 26, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87696458830?pwd=czFXVThFbDBhbjc1VnhES3dLOTEwZz09

Meeting ID: 876 9645 8830
Passcode: 746246

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.

TRA Mentors Needed

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TRA is getting more deeply involved with IREC / Spaceport America Cup.  Part of this means they are soliciting flyers with mad skills who are able to help teams and potentially travel to New Mexico for the event.  NASA SLI offers a stipend to mentors travelling to Huntsville - $1000.  While there was talk of trying to come up with something similar for Spaceport, so far there is nothing available.  It is between a team (and their school) and the volunteer mentor to decide who is paying for what.  BTW, for those traveling to Las Cruces, it is far cheaper to fly to El Paso, rent a car and drive the rest of the way than it is to fly in Las Cruces.  Besides The Spaceport America Cup, there is the Argonia cup and other competitions (or there were before the pandemic and likely will be again).

Elaine RussellPosted:21 Dec 2020 03:19 AM Subject: Mentors for High Power Student Teams 

The Tripoli Outreach Committee is looking for mentors for college, university, and high school student competition teams. The primary responsibility would be to ensure that students have the basic understanding of high-power rocket construction with emphasis on a safe flight and recovery. We would prefer that mentors be TRA L3 and will consider very experienced TRA L2 flyers for this. 

Please reach out to flyers that you feel would be interested and have the skills for this opportunity and ask them if they would mind if a member of the Outreach Committee contacted them to discuss further. 

Warm regards in the holiday season! 
Elaine Russell 
Outreach Committee Chair 
TRA 4679 L3, TAP

Thanks,Dan WellingTRA 10016, L3, TAP

Time to Renew / Join SLRA

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Our membership forms are now updated for the new year - if you're a current member and would like to renew, or if you'd like to join for the first time, please head to our website (https://www.stlouisrocketry.com) and select "Join SLRA."

Note: SLRA members do not pay the $3 launch fee for Buder Park Low-to-Mid-Power (Class 1, 1/4 A to G engines). and receive a $2 discount at High-Power (Class 2, H and higher engines) launches. Plus you get to support the really cool activities of our St. Louis Rocket Association.

If you have questions about renewing or joining SLRA, please email me at admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

Darrell Weber - Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

St. Louis Rocketry Association Forums

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Good afternoon everyone.

At our last general meeting it was brought up by a few members that we should have our own local club forums for discussions that is not in a blog type format. We listened.


Introducing The St. Louis Rocketry Association Forums. We are using single sign on from the website to make it easy. Once you log into the website, click on the Forums tab in the menu bar to be taken to the forums.


There are both Public Forums, open to all registered users, club members or not, and private forums only for club members. If you are a club member and do not see the private forums, please let us know and we will resolve the issue quickly.


There is already activity on the forums and an offer of help from a follow member so be sure to check them out soon.

http://www.stlouisrocketry.com

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 General Membership Meeting Announcement

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SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, November 24th. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Bandana's cannot accommodate our group, so this month's meeting will be on Zoom only.

Topic: SLRA November Business Meeting
Time: Nov 24, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 882 0969 8589
Passcode: 615062

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.

SLRA High Powered Rocket Launch Sunday, November 8th, 2020

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St. Louis Rocketry Association (SLRA) is hosting a high powered rocket launch Sunday, November 8th, 2020 in Elsberry, MO.

If you are planning to attend and fly please email jay.draper@dmortproductions.com so we can have a proper count of attendees and let us know if you need any special requirements for your flight. 

While this is an outdoor event where social distancing requirements are easily maintained most of the time, there may be instances at the RSO table and pads where a mask would be appropriate. Please BYOM (bring your own mask). If you are unable to maintain 6’ distance from others outside of your own personal group, please be kind and wear a mask. If you are feeling ill or have a fever, please stay home. There will be other high power launches you can attend.

  • LCO will photograph your flight card so please write legibly. The LCO will work from the digital copy and that will be retained by the club for flyer of record purpose.
  • Our waiver will be open from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. The range may or may not remain open until 4:30 pm, depending on how many people attend and how many rockets we want to fly.
  • Our waiver altitude is 6,500 feet AGL, with call-in windows to 14,500 feet AGL.
  • The club equipment trailer should arrive at the field around 9:00 am for us to begin setup. We would greatly appreciate as much help as possible with setup and cleanup, so please plan to arrive early if you can.
  • There will be neither food concessions nor restroom facilities at this site, but it is a very short drive into town for those needs.
  • Launch fees will be $0 for Low-Power Rockets (also called Model Rockets and class 1 rockets, with 1/4 A up to G80 engines) if you're a PAID SLRA member, and $3 if you're not a paid SLRA member; and $10 for High-Power Rockets (also called class 2 rockets) up to M.
  • We plan to have various sizes of launch pads set up, from the 1/8" model rocket rods up to 1515 rails. If you have any special needs, please reply to this email and we will see if we can accommodate you. In particular, if you need the "Monster Pad," please let us know ahead of time.
  • As always, please be courteous to our hosts and respectful of their property, including driving slowly on all farm roads. Once we get on site, we will clarify where it is okay to drive and park.

Location and directions to field:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1616154,-90.7682789,2917m/data=!3m1!1e3
Take MO-79 to Highway JJ, the first intersection south of the town of Elsberry.From this point, we should have signs up to guide you - but head east onto Old Missouri 79 (if you were coming north from the St. Louis area, this is a right turn) and continue straight onto the farm road where the main road takes another right turn.