Hi Folks,
   It's May already, and soon the summer (and associated heat) will be upon us. As many of you know, I've recently decided to explore powered gliders, and I'm hoping for some thermals to ride.
   Because of the recent conflicts with frequency pins and transmitters being turned on inadvertently, at the request of the club membership we have installed a new large transmitter impound area.  My thanks to Ray Beck and Doyle Varbel for their hard work. Now folks, in order for the liability issue to be negated, we will all need to observe some important rules.
   1. When you arrive at the field, put your transmitter in the impound area, and make sure that it is off.
   2. Get the frequency pin when you are ready to fly, and put it back after flying, and the transmitter back into impound.
   3. It goes without saying that if you don't have the pin, don't turn on the transmitter. If you do, you will assume full financial and legal responsibility for damages you cause.
   4. Please be very sure that your transmitters are turned off before you put them into impound.
   5. And last, but not least, don't pick up some one elses transmitter from the impound area FOR ANY REASON. If you pick it up, and drop it, you bought it, and there are at least five pilots out there that have transmitters that cost upwards of $1,000.
   I expect the Arizona State Corporation Commission to inform us any day now that we are fully incorporated. Our corporation name will be (to the best of my knowledge) Mesquite Modelers Radio Control Club Inc. My thanks to Tom Fenn and his daughter and her employer for making the incorporation happen, at a price far below the estimate.
   Last, but not least, my sincere apologies for all the hard work the members did for the Mall Show, which did not happen. I will ask the members to do another Mall Show later this year, but I think we all learned that we need to give our folks at AMA in Muncie more time to provide   insurance coverage. I have no doubt that they tried, and I'm reasonably certain they faxed the coverage to the Mall folks. However, something went wrong, and the Mall folks said "no insurance proof, no show". We need to accept that; it's their rule, and their Mall. Let's not hold any ill feelings, but rather do our best to reach the community and all those folks who have a genuine interest in our hobby.
   Until next month, keep 'em flying!      Bill

   The next meeting of the MMRCC is scheduled for May 6, 2004 at 7:00 P.M. The meeting will be held at the Northrop Grumman facility Personnel are required to sign-in and sign out for security purposes.