St. Lawrence AZM Pictures.

[bob forest]

Well the AZM is over. a real nice turn out of 72 members. The planes were incredible. A beautiful Gee Bee with a DA 50 but will be flying it with a DA 85. Paul Burage had his beautiful new Hanger 9 Extra 260. there was a real nice DC 3. The Flee market had lots of motors for sale and brand new kits that went for less that half of the new price. I bought two Midwest scale dashes that are just incredible. The two classes one on electronics and one on doing monokote was a winner. lots of questions and Paul did a great job. Anyone having problems on installing or doing monokote or any of the other makes would of had something to learn.
here are the pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.ca/bforest6/StLawranceMAACAZMMeetingOct242009?authkey=Gv1sRgCI 345bnR_rqLLA#

[Ronald Longtin]

Resume de St Lawrence Zone : J recap of meeting Oct 24/09

English follows

Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que la réunion annuelle de la zone Saint-Laurent AZM, qui s'est tenue à l'École des métiers de l'aérospatiale de Montréal (Merci à Yves Pilon pour nous avoir permis d'utiliser cette excellente installation une fois de plus) a été bien suivie par environ 75 membres présents MAAC et environ 75 procurations en sus.
Un merci spécial à Diane Chevalier, Richard Barlow et Claude Melbourne qui se chargeait du bureau d'inscription. Merci à Bob Forest, pour les photos
svp cliquez sur l'hyperlien ci-dessous pour voir des photos de la journée.



http://picasaweb.google.ca/bforest6/StLawranceMAACAZMMeetingOct242009?authkey=Gv1sRgCI 345bnR_rqLLA#



Tech séances présentées par
• Eric Girard: Simple Circuits électroniques
• Paul Burrage: finition des modeles et couvrant
Ont été très suivies et appréciées. Cela va régler une nouvelle tendance pour les prochaines réunions AZM. D'autres sujets à explorer sont le bruit et 2,4 GHz de programmation de radio.

Il y avait 8 nouveaux diplômés des ailes (voir tableau ci-joint)

De nouvelles personnes volontaires pour les comités, mais Toute personne désireuse d'aider est toujours la bienvenue.

Merci à de nombreux cadeaux offerts par nos commanditaires du secteur privé (voir bas de page sur présentation powerepoint de la réunion ci-joint) avec l'aide précieuse de Ken Starkey, nous avons pu recueillir environ 1000 $ dont la moitié ira aux dons charitable et le solde sera retourner à MAAC réservé aux «Sauvons nos terrains "

Pour les élections, Steve Woloz et Paul Burrage ont été réélu par acclamation en tant que Directeur de zone et le vice-directeur de zone pour une durée de deux ans.
Steve a ensuite nommé les personnes suivantes en tant que directeurs de zone adjoint, qui ont tous accepté.

· Bob Forest

· Ken Starkey

· Jean Chevalier

· Andre Frenette

· Eric Girard





We are pleased to report that the St Lawrence AZM, held at the École des métiers de l'aérospatiale de Montréal (Thanks to Yves Pilon for permitting us to use this excellent facility once again ) was well attended with approximately 75 MAAC members present and approximately 75 proxies in addition.

A special thanks to Diane Chevalier , Richard Barlow and Claude Melbourne who manned the registration desk. Thank you to Bob Forest, for the pics

plse click on the hyperlink below to see pictures of the day.



http://picasaweb.google.ca/bforest6/StLawranceMAACAZMMeetingOct242009?authkey=Gv1sRgCI 345bnR_rqLLA#



Tech sessions presented by

· ERIC Girard : Simple Electronic Circuits

· Paul Burrage: Model Finishing and Covering

Were well attended and appreciated. This will set a new trend for future AZM meetings. Further subjects to explore are NOISE and 2.4 GHz radio programming.



There were 8 new wings graduates ( see attached chart )



New persons volunteered for committees; but any one wishing to help out is always welcome.



Thanks to numerous gifts donated by our corporate sponsors ( see footer on powerepoint presentation of meeting attached ) With the able assistance of Ken Starkey, we were able to raise approximately $ 1,000 of which ½ will go to charitable donation and the balance will go back to MAAC earmarked for “ Save our Fields Fund “



For the elections, Steve Woloz and Paul Burrage were re elected by acclamation as Zone Director and Deputy zone director for a two year term.

Steve then appointed the following persons as assistant zone directors, all of who accepted.

· Bob Forest

· Ken Starkey

· Jean Chevalier

· Andre Frenette

· Eric Girard


Thank you

Steve Woloz

MAAC St-Laurent Zone Director

( Phone: (514) 944 8241

: Regular Email: s.woloz@swaassoc.com

: Wireless Email: s.woloz@rogers.blackberry.net

[Ronald Longtin]

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Photos courtesy of Steve Woloz

[Andrew Fernie]

WIMAC had five attendees at the AZM. Dwight, Denis, Jeremy, Ned, and I. This was the first AZM that I have attended, and I felt that it was well organized. On arrival your name is checked against a list of MAAC members for the zone. That was an issue for me - I didn't show up on the list. It turns out that I am registered in the Ottawa Valley zone rather than the St-Lawrence zone. You may want to check your MAAC card. If there is a "J" in the bottom right corner you are all set. If there is some other letter you are registered in another zone. Let the MAAC office know if there is a problem and they will correct it.

The raffle prizes were picked before the meeting started - the zone director, Steve Woloz, had a good system for the last three prizes. He pulled twelve tickets and those people went to the front. He then pulled one ticket at a time from the twelve, and these people were eliminated. Last three remaining got the prizes. Denis won a couple of CDs with photos from the Zone prepared by Diane Chevalier (I have one that I can pass around if you are interested). Dwight won the grand prize, a 1.20 size ARF - he is thinking of putting it together as an electric. As noted above, about $1000 was raised, half of which goes to charity, the other half to MAAC for the field defence fund.

The formal meeting started promptly at 13:30. Minutes from last year's meeting were approved, then elections for the zone director and assistant zone director. Steve Woloz and Paul Burrage were re-elected by acclamation. Made sense to me, particularly given the work they put into the CPTAQ issue with some fields in the zone.

You have probably seen some updates on CPTAQ. In essence, the current situation is that there is an atmosphere of co-operation between MAAC and the CPTAQ. They need to enforce the laws, but are giving pointers on what clubs need to do to get exemptions, where this is appropriate. The Brossair case is winding its way through the courts, so can't be treated as an administrative issue with the CPTAQ, the other two clubs have been doing their legwork to show that there are no reasonable alternatives fo their locations, so hope to get approval for exemptions.

Dwight gave a talk on noise - basic message is that for smaller modern engines you are O.K. as long as you have the muffler, don't remove the baffles, and keep the RPM down with a largish prop. Up to 50cc O.K. with good mufflers and props. For bigger engines you are better with twin cylinder than single cylinder, need cannisters or muffled tunes pipes, and need a three bladed prop.

Denis volunteered for the helicopter committee.

There are 35 clubs in the zone with about 1100 members. The number of clubs is up a bit, but the number of members is showing a slow decline.

The MAAC insurance had a good year. No claims against the policy following a few years in which we had claims. We need a few years like this to keep the policy costs under control. MAAC is taking the handling of the policy seriously - you can't just volunteer to be on the insurance committee. They are always looking for help, but you need to submit a resume showing that you have professional experience in the insurance or legal fields and they will only pick people who have such a background.

All in all a good meeting, and I am glad I attended. Try to make time next year.

Andrew

[bob forest]

Andrew,excellent report of the meeting. Too bad you were not there for the courses. Especially the one on Covering your plane with the different makes of film, and how to use vinyl decals. by Paul Burrage, that part was fantastic. The electrical I hear it was also very good. Next year they want to do the one on programing your 2.4 and also bring back the covering one. plus maybe one on noise reduction on mufflers. Like Andrew mentioned, you should all show up, it is only once a year. bring a plane or a Heli. Worth the day.

[zorba]

Very nice indeed. Sorry I had to miss the meeting this year work called first.
I am surprised to see that not one heli was on display. With Denis being there I was sure to see a couple of his.
Maybe next year.
Cheers

[Dwight Macdonald]

It was another well organized meeting ... a big thanks to the organizers! Nice report Andrew and nice pics guys! Thanks!