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MINUTES OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
HOLLEY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER – AR01
UNITED STATES PILOTS ASSOCIATION
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Meeting convened: 1:15pm, Saturday, November
2, 2002
Collom Hangar, Holley Mountain Airpark, Clinton, Arkansas
Jim Collom, acting/temporary president (present)
Timothy Posey, acting/temporary vice president (present)
Joe Marshall, acting/temporary treasurer (absent)
Christine Weiss, acting/temporary secretary (present)
Approximately 30 (potential) members and guests present.
Jim Collom opened the meeting with welcoming comments and introduced Paul
Hough, immediate past president of the United States Pilots Association (USPA),
Inc.
Paul introduced Jan Hoynacki, USPA executive director, and both gave a
brief overview of USPA, its general practices, and the benefits of
membership, including:
• inclusive “locally driven” organizational
structure
• nationwide networking among pilots
• annual and quarterly business meetings
• support of grassroots activism
•
sharing information about important safety and legislative issues
• peer-based camaraderie (aka: “fun”)
• eligibility for certain tax deductions
• monthly magazine
Paul said USPA is affiliated with 9
state-wide aviation organizations and has roughly 5000 individual members
in 27 states; that membership dues are $35 per year ($27 for
associate/spouse member). He noted that the now forming Holley Mountain
Chapter of USPA (to be designated AR01) is “the first” localized chapter
to have formed anywhere. That is: A number of “state wide” pilot’s
associations, such as the Missouri Pilots Association, do already exist
and in some cases are USPA affiliates, however
the forming of actual USPA “chapters” to serve specific geographic regions
is a “new” endeavor for USPA and Holley Mountain is the first such Chapter
to formally organize.
Paul also explained that USPA was founded by Arnold Zimmerman and has been
modeled after the Missouri Pilots Association.
Responding to a question from Keith Wingad, Paul explained that $5 of each
membership fee is “returned to the local chapter” and $8 of each
membership is paid toward publication and distribution of the USPA monthly
magazine (which operates independently of USPA and accepts paid
advertising).
There being no further questions regarding USPA membership, the floor was
opened for “member sign-up” and approximately 24 individuals chose to
register and tender dues.
After a short break (during which a photo of the assembly was taken), the
meeting resumed, continuing the business agenda:
Election by acclamation of temporary officers of USPA AR01 (results
reported above).
Jim Collom posed an example of the type of action he believes the Chapter
should consider, addressing the lopsided regulations in Arkansas which
make the “private seller” of an aircraft the party responsible to collect
and convey sales tax to the state.
General discussion forwarded a consensus that
it would be beneficial to petition appropriate officials for the revision
of this procedure and it was agreed that the proper means of redressing
this issue would be looked into. Jerry Conner(?) volunteered to do this.
Jim also raised the subject of “planning for Holleyfest.” John Hallman(?)
said he is looking into the possibility of getting folks associated with
the “Flying Tiger” airshow to handle this important aspect of the event.
Mike Ramirez, President of the Ozarks Chapter of the Missouri Pilots
Association, announced that his group is hosting Col. Charles McGee,
President of the Tuskegee Airmen and holder of the record for the highest
three-war total of fighter combat missions in US Air Force history, as a
guest speaker at their 6:00pm, Thursday, November 7, 2002, meeting at the
College of the Ozarks.
Additional conversation encompassed the proposed meeting schedule for the
newly formed Holley Mountain USPA Chapter AR01 and Jim Collom identified
one regular meeting date to be coincidental with the annual Holleyfest
event, however a date, time and place for the next regular meeting was not
set.
The meeting adjourned at 2:35pm
Respectfully submitted,
Christine Weiss,
acting/temporary secretary
February 15, 2003 |
