eaa chapter 237 feb 2016 newsletter

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BIG Screen Movie Night Next video/movie night

is Sunday, Mar. 13th

, 2016

5pm - 7pm Videos and EAA HQ videos7pm - 9pm MAIN FEATURE Movie

Tasty pizza, ice cold pop, hot coffee & other goodies are fre

Take a moment and return to the golden days of the theater on big screen. Come and enjoy choosing from some great mchoices along with plenty of aviation related videos to watch fore hand. We also show EAA’s monthly videos at this timeyou would like to bring a lawn chair to relax in you may. If would like to bring an some food or beverages you may certado so. If you just want to enjoy a movie without bringing anyththat’s fine as well.

February: ——————————————

Feb. 20th - EAA 237 Fly-in / Drive-in Cow

boy Breakfast Social at the chapter hanga

Kick off our monthly event starting at

7:30am. Volunteers will be needed! Setup starts at

6:30am

Feb. 22nd

- EAA 237 Chapter Meeting 6PM Social and

7PM meeting. With a presentation by Chris Henry,

EAA’s own resident aircraft expert. DON’T MISS THIFeb. 23

rd - Standing B-25 Work party at 7PM

Feb. 24th - Standing B-25 Work party at 1PM

March: —————————————————————

Mar. 3rd – Mar. 6th - Chapter 237 Work Party to Weeks H

gar in Oshkosh

Mar. 2nd

, 9th

, 16th

, 23rd

, 30th

- Standing B-25 Work party at

1PM

Mar. 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st - Standing B-25 Work party at

7PM

March. 28th

- EAA 237 Chapter Meeting 6PM Social and

7PM meeting.

THE PRESIDENT’STHE PRESIDENT’STHE PRESIDENT’STHE PRESIDENT’S

FLIGHT DECKFLIGHT DECKFLIGHT DECKFLIGHT DECK

“It is up to us to live up to the leg-

cy that was left for us, and to leave

a legacy that is worthy of our children and of

future generations. ”

he EAA Young Eagles program does exactly that because theung are the Future of Aviation! Unfortunately, the recent

mplementation of EAA’s Youth Protection Policy has many

estioning their participation and that there are some volunteersho would like to see the entire policy scrapped. Due to thelitically correct and litigious world we now live in, the Youthotection Policy is here to stay. EAA is committed to doing allcan to keep kids safe and protect us, the Young Eagles pilotsd volunteers.

here was a major concern voiced about releasing your socialcurity number, and EAA worked with their vendor to makeat optional . They also worked with that same vendor to clarifye language describing the criminal background check to bettermmunicate that EAA is NOT looking for financial informa-n.

riginally EAA felt it would be easiest if there was a single,mprehensive policy that covered all of the things EAA and

AA volunteers do with youth. This approach led to confusion,people have tried to understand the impact in areas where

ey are involved. That often resulted in assumptions that weret intended. An example is the confusion about flying Young

agles in a four-place aircraft. People came away with an under-anding that you would need a second adult in that aircraft tomply with two-deep leadership. This is not the case and wasver the intention, but within the comprehensive policy it couldmisinterpreted.

AA will be revising and splitting the policy to create documen-ion that is cleaner, easier to understand, and less burden-me. There will be a policy that covers ongoing youth activitieschapters, a policy specific to Young Eagles flights and rallies,d a third policy that is specific to EAA youth activities atrVenture. These updated documents will be available soon.

LUE SKIES AND TAILWINDS

rk E. Fjetland, USN (Ret.)

resident - EAA Chapter 237 (ANE)

Please consider submitting an article for next month. To do so please contact, your newsletter editor, Josh and Lyle at [email protected]

CHAPTER MEETING - 6 PM

Monday, Feb 22

nd

2016

Located at:

8891 Airport Rd NE

Blaine, MN 55449

We hope to see you there!



OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4OSHKOSH WORK PARTY MARCH 4THTHTHTH

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Our next scheduled work party will be coming up the first weekend in March. The Weeks hangar crew is

still desperate for our help!! The B-17, B-25, and Ford Tri-Motor still need work, and many other projects are on

going. As last time, most volunteers will depart for OSH on Thursday (3rd) and some on Friday (4th). We will

work Friday & Saturday with Sunday a free day to explore EAA, Oshkosh, and/or head home.

EAA’s Hops & Props premier beer-tasting event is back for the 12th year in a row and is being held at the

AirVenture Museum that Saturday evening 7-10 p.m.! Wet your whistle with some of the finest beers in the

world as you enjoy delicious food and live music that will keep you on your feet all night long. Spend an eveningsampling more than 300 extraordinary beverages from around the world while the master brewers you love are on

hand to answer any and all questions you have about their craft. For those that are interested: $75 General Admis

sion ($65 EAA Members) | $125 VIP Dining Experience ($115 EAA Members). You can purchase tickets online

at: http://www.eaa.org/en/eaa-museum/eaa-museum-events/eaa-hops-and-props-beer-festival-2016 EAA recom-

mends getting them in advance as the event has sold out in the past.

Please let me know, at your earliest convenience, if you're interested in volunteering with this March work

party. Other EAA MN chapter members are also invited. You will have until February 21st to make your deci-

sion. EAA will need to be notified of the numbers by then so preparations can be made. There will be plenty of

work to do and no experience is necessary. Women are also encouraged to provide their efforts and a separatehousing facility will be available. EAA supplies us with free lodging and prepared meals at the Air Academy

Lodge!

Kirk E. Fjetland, USN (Ret.)

President - EAA Chapter 237 (ANE)

[email protected] Discover Aviation Days (ANE) Board MemberEAA #867374, AOPA #03396989



EAA’s Chris Henry to speak at our Chapter Meeting

WWII Bomber Expert from EAAheadquarters, Chris Henry is makinga special trip from Oshkosh to do a presentation at our Feb 22nd Chap-ter Meeting. As an added bonus,

237’s Culinary Coordinators (Al &Deb Patchin) will be preparing adelicious mouth watering dinner ofSlow Roasted (homemade) PulledBeef Sandwiches, Sauces (BBQ &Horseradish), Cole Slaw, Dill Pick-les and Chips.

Bring your appetite for food and planes for this Once In a LifetimeEvent.!



Leadership AcademyFive members of our Board of Directors attended the Leadership Academy hosted by EAA headquarters to im prove chapter performance. Topics included Chapter Presentations, Fundraising, Media Relations and more othe course of 2 days. There were several chapters from across the USA. Members should keep an eye on theileaders, it was not all business as seen from the photo’s below. Look for changes that were learned coming so

You are already seeing them, remembe

our “Can’t Miss” event mentioned earlin this newsletter.



Skiplane Fly-in

The first weekend in February found members of the chapthe annual EAA Skiplane Fly-in. The fly-in hosted a chiland had about 30 planes show up. Members of the leaderteam stayed after the Leadership academy was over to atteand volunteer during this event. The previous year Randythere and was made famous with the photo on the left whe

is directing planes.



"To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appe-

tites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your ob-ligations to your fellow man." - John Updike.

Our dreams are often atodds with our realities, de-manding freedoms and re-sources we may not have.But this doesn't make them

impossible to achieve.

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