Meeting date: 8/9/11 (Go To Meeting)

Members in attendance: Craig Baker, Eddie Bernaldez, Will Berninger, Keith Bodeau, Curtis Cozier, Brian Foveaux, Wayne Matthews, Brian Sanik, Phil Vance

Guests: Gil Major

Members not in attendance: Tim Attaway

Welcome: Wayne Matthews started the meeting at 9:02 P.M.

Final 2011 NATS Report: Gil Major took control of the GO-TO-MEETING screen to present a NATS summary slide show. 36 pilots attended this year’s national competition in Muncie Indiana. Gil thanked the BOD for their support and wanted to give a special thanks to those who gave their time and energy to make this year’s NATS competition run smoothly: specifically, Curtis Cozier, Mark Jorgenson, Bill James, Tim Attaway, Ray Fulks, Randy Foster, Frank Ford, Dave Langridge, Terry Foster, Rhonda Vance, Tina Schroder, Cheryl Jorgenson, Phil Vance, Chris Hockaday, Marian Berninger, and Kent Porter. Wayne Matthews wanted to give a special thanks to Kent Porter who stepped in and fixed scoring errors before they became an issue. Gil stated the banquet on-site was a great decision and was well attended. Gil recommended looking for a larger on-site room for future events. Members of the BOD who attended stated the only issue they would recommend changing was the communication regarding pilots meetings. The BOD thanked Gil for all his efforts in making this year’s NATS a success.

IMAC World Championships (2014): Wayne Matthews started a discussion about hosting a 2014 IMAC world championship. The discussion focused on questions regarding logistics, locations, number of pilots in each class, IMAC membership, and cost. Having national teams represent and fund their individual countries similar to other SIG’s was discussed. Wayne stated 7 countries have confirmed interest in participating in a World Championship. IMAC BOD agreed to continue the discussion towards hosting a 2014 World Championship. Wayne will gather more information regarding budget, venue, time, and will report his findings to the BOD.

Financial Report: Phil Vance presented the July and August expense reports. The current August financial report is attached below. IMAC’s total cash on hand (PayPal and checking account) is $ 16,062.76 as of August 9, 2011.

Phil also presented the current IMAC National summary (see below). As of 8/9/11 IMAC has not received funds from the AMA, however, when the final expenses are tallied the cost for running this year’s National competition should meet the budgeted amount approved earlier in the year.

Other Business:

1. 2013 RCP’s: Wayne advised that some of the RCP's have already been published for over the required month and it was now time to act on any response from members input. Craig suggested leaving all RCP's on-line although the time has passed.
The BOD will discuss any further refinements in the BOD forum prior to sending them up to the AMA. Wayne also brought up an additional RCP which should be made to coincide the start of the Unknown attempt as was done for the Known.

2. Flying Giants Scenario: A discussion regarding the threads on the Flying Giants forum was started by Curtis Cozier. Curtis stated IMAC should have a sound rule, but the current rule can be improved. Craig Baker stated the discussions on the Flying Giants forums should be used to drive improvement in IMAC, and not be looked at in a negative light. As leaders in IMAC, threads where members and nonmembers discuss issues and speak out passionately can create outstanding ideas to drive change. Craig stated he agreed with some of the issues brought up in these threads, i.e., removing sound from the scorecard and creating judge-able criteria for ACS. Curtis stated he could not support the suggestion to allow the CD to decide whether to have sound or not. IMAC has worked hard to have consistent rules and sequences throughout the Country and internationally; as such, he doesn't feel it is in the best interest of IMAC to have unique rules at each contest. No matter where the contest is, the pilots should be flying by the same rules. BOD members discussed adding a link on the home page of the IMAC website to the rules process explanation created by Roy Barrow (Why we Now Have to Fly Pink Airplanes). Members who blame the SACB for pushing their own agenda may not realize the SACB does not create RCP’s. The SACB can only vote on RCP’s sent to the AMA by members and the IMAC BOD. Wayne Matthews and Craig Baker will create a link and post to advertise Roy’s article to members. The IMAC BOD will continue to listen and discuss the issues brought up by members via email, forum posts, and discussions at the field, in order to drive improvement in IMAC.

3. Regional Directors Issues: Brian Sanik asked about the process for updating scores on the IMAC website. Wayne Matthews agreed to look into the process for Brian and get back to him so scores from his region would be posted as soon as possible.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 11:34 P.M.

Next Meeting: A BOD conference call is scheduled for (a date to be decided) at 9:00 PM EST

CRAIG W. BAKER

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Secretary: Craig W. Baker Date of approval (8/22/11 online vote)

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