President's Message:
Hello everyone.
Wow, it's been quite a summer with some amazing weather! I hope that many of you have had a chance to take full advantage of it.
The annual Fly-In was quite a success thanks to all the volunteers that helped make it happen! Many visitors told me that they had a great time. Especially the first-timers who came in by car with the entire family. It was very nice to see all the smiles and hear all the great comments! Next year's 60th should be exceptional!
As the Fall sets in, we're reminded that winter preparations need to start. Amazingly, the list of things to do never seems to get any shorter .... hmmm. It also means that anyone flying during the cooler days needs to make sure that survival gear is updated appropriately.
Enjoy the gift of being part of the aviation community and fly with safety in mind.
Best regards,
Nick Papadopoli, President
EAA Chapter 245 Ottawa
Breaking News!
The elections have brought new members to join the executive:
Hello everyone.
A big Thank You to all the members who chose to take on roles in the executive!
A huge Thank You to those who served throughout the many years which has led to making the Chapter so successful!
The election had 21 members which is less than the 25% required. However, I (as President) determined that there was a sufficient cross-section of participants which was representative of the entire group. Consequently, I chose to go ahead with the elections.
After a brief interaction with the outgoing executive members and the nominees, the voting proceeded. Here are the results of the elections based on a unanimous show of hands:
1. Vice-President: Dwayne Price (Vice.President@eaa245.org)
2. Secretary: Russel Holmes (Secretary@eaa245.org)
3. Membership: Christian Indra (Membership@eaa245.org)
4. Young Eagles: Tom Weichert (No change) (YoungEagles@eaa245.org)
5. Newsletter: Adam Januszkiewicz (Newsletter@eaa245.org)
Congratulations to the winners! I look forward to serving alongside you all!
The new members will be added to the email group known as "Info@EAA245.org" which is made up of the executive members. Please note that when communicating on behalf of the Chapter, it is important to use the title associated with your role. This includes email addresses which are shown above. This is to make transitions easier and keep the records in order.
You will also have access to the Chapter's DropBox and Gmail using the same email addresses.
Don't forget to send along a mugshot for the Website and Newsletter.
Lastly, you will need to individually contact the outgoing member as soon as possible to coordinate the transition process. Remember to get any passwords and/or login info associated with the position.
Regards,
Nick Papadopoli, President
EAA Chapter 245 Ottawa
September 20th Fly-In breakfast: by Ken Potter.
I want to thank all of the EAA 245 members who came out yesterday to volunteer for setup and today for the Fly-In.
Wow, what a great day we had today. The WX was perfect. We sold approx. 220 meals. We had an interesting cross section of planes attending including a King Air from Lachute ($4,000 breakfast) and, on top of that the local community came out with many families with kids eager to learn about airplanes and of course have a great breakfast.
There are too many volunteers to list, but I'll call out a few. In the Canuck hangar running the food prep, Scott Miller... you Rock!!!!! On marshalling duty our stalwart keeping it safe, Phil Johnson, running Carp UNICOM for what is the most professional day of the year Carp experiences was of course Dwyane Price. And lastly, and not least, the volunteers who greeted all our guests, the servers; coordinated by my bride of 41 years Judy Potter.
To quote Forest Gump... "I'm really tired now"....
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