Our annual membership meeting was a huge success. We had 8 pilots take advantage of the free CFI thrice around the pattern with an incredible aircraft rental fee of only $24. We heard a great presentation on noise abatement here at OAK, had a clever preflight contest set up by our mechanic Mark Baird which was won by 2 pre-private student pilots: Erik Klavon and Jim Lutz. We then heard a great ATC presentation by our very own member and membership officer, Will Golden. We signed on one new member and had two other prospective members attend. As the front moved through we tried to stay warm with the BBQ dinner and beverages. Numerous door prizes were awarded after we had our annual membership meeting. Erik Klavon won the door prize of an aerobatic flight, donated by club member and board member Aaron Dwyer.

Many thanks to Will Golden who coordinated this, Mark Baird for all his work in the preflight contest, loaning us his furniture, and giving numerous explanations on the Piper's engine to a number of pilots throughout the day. Thanks to Ben Barron and Judy Barron for also helping set up, get the planes in position, running people back and forth, and shopping. Thanks to CFIs Drew Kemp and Christian Goetz who donated their time and expertise for the touch and goes on 33.

As our new board has been elected, we will be meeting in the near future to determine the positions on the board. The board looks forward to serving the club for another year, and we hope to continually improve what we do as a club to make it a great place to fly.

Liz Sommers
Chief Pilot

Annual Membership Meeting & BBQ 2010
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Schedule of Events

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 3 Times Around the Pattern

You pay for the plane and the instructor is free! This is a great opportunity to brush up on your skills, grease a few touch and go's or get club or FAA current. One can always learn something from a little time with a CFI! For more information – contact Liz Sommers at chiefpilot at alameda-aero dot com

3 p.m. Speakers and Sessions
Noise Abatement-- Are you flying friendly? We'll have a representative from the Port of Oakland to share the latest on be a good neighbor.

Ask a Mechanic -- Get under the hood with Mark and Ben, as they remove the cowling off one of the Cessnas and take questions.

Ask the Controller -- Our very own Will Golden, retired controller will be available to answer everything you've ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask. Tally ho!

4:30 p.m. General Membership and Board of Directors Meeting -- General club business and an abbreviated board meeting. Candidates will be presented to the general membership for next year's board and elections to be held.

BBQ (after the meeting) -- Food and fun!

Directions to Alameda Aero Club Hangar:
From Earhart, turn left on Grumman, an immediate right onto Earhart, then before you get to the fence, turn into the gravel parking lot on the left. You can see the new "t" hangars (3 rows of yellow), as you enter the badged turnstile, and walk toward the runway, it is the third hangar on the left. The large hangar, immediately across from you as you enter, is where 9UL will be with the open cowling. If you don’t have a badge, just wave one of us down. We can be seen from the turnstile or call 510 331-4608 and someone will come get you.

1700 Grumman St
Oakland, CA 94621