straw poll update and reminder

[williammccann@comcast.net]

If anyone is interested the N# for the Cessna 172 @ Four Star is 1324U. Some of the info is on the FAA web site , assigned N #"s. 



Bill 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Carlson" <carlsonj at workingcode.com> 
To: "Eagle East Flying Club Core Team" <eefc-core at workingcode.com> 
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:52:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: straw poll update and reminder 

We're still looking for responses to the straw poll that I sent out on 
Thursday: 

  http://www.workingcode.com/pipermail/eefc-core/2009-May/000243.html 

Please don't forget to weigh in as soon as possible, even if you're 
not planning to join at this time.  A simple "yes" or "no" will do. 
I'd like to wrap this up early next week so that we can get a message 
out to the rest of the prospective members -- and so that we can start 
moving on that nice airplane.  It might not last! 

So far, we've got two "yes" and one "maybe" vote.  I was talking 
off-list with one of the participants who suggested a slightly 
different plan to offer.  It includes a non-refundable[1] buy-in of 
$400, and uses low-side estimates to get the monthly dues down to 
$110, relying on that buy-in to provide a cushion in case the low-side 
numbers are wrong.  It also turns that "maybe" into a "yes."  The 
updated spreadsheet (showing both options) is here: 

  http://www.workingcode.com/eefc/spreadsheet-jdc.xls 

If that change (from $175 to $110 per month) makes a difference in how 
you'd vote, please do comment on that in your reply.  (The total 
savings in the first year for each member would be $380, primarily 
coming out of those lower cost estimates.) 

Either way, the plan would be to run the club for one year under this 
scheme, and then re-evaluate the financial situation based on actual 
expenses and reserves required in a member's meeting.  We would then 
have to agree to modify dues up or down as needed to maintain a 
solvent club.  (The spreadsheet should be helpful in doing "what if" 
tests to see how those changes might come out.) 

1.  The "non-refundable" part is probably something that could be 
    dealt with on a case-by-case basis if members must leave the 
    club.  We may need to deal with contingency plans later. 

-- 
James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com> 
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