<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>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.</P>
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<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "James Carlson" <carlsonj@workingcode.com><BR>To: "Eagle East Flying Club Core Team" <eefc-core@workingcode.com><BR>Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 1:52:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: straw poll update and reminder<BR><BR>We're still looking for responses to the straw poll that I sent out on<BR>Thursday:<BR><BR> http://www.workingcode.com/pipermail/eefc-core/2009-May/000243.html<BR><BR>Please don't forget to weigh in as soon as possible, even if you're<BR>not planning to join at this time. A simple "yes" or "no" will do.<BR>I'd like to wrap this up early next week so that we can get a message<BR>out to the rest of the prospective members -- and so that we can start<BR>moving on that nice airplane. It might not last!<BR><BR>So far, we've got two "yes" and one "maybe" vote. I was talking<BR>off-list with one of the participants who suggested a slightly<BR>different plan to offer. It includes a non-refundable[1] buy-in of<BR>$400, and uses low-side estimates to get the monthly dues down to<BR>$110, relying on that buy-in to provide a cushion in case the low-side<BR>numbers are wrong. It also turns that "maybe" into a "yes." The<BR>updated spreadsheet (showing both options) is here:<BR><BR> http://www.workingcode.com/eefc/spreadsheet-jdc.xls<BR><BR>If that change (from $175 to $110 per month) makes a difference in how<BR>you'd vote, please do comment on that in your reply. (The total<BR>savings in the first year for each member would be $380, primarily<BR>coming out of those lower cost estimates.)<BR><BR>Either way, the plan would be to run the club for one year under this<BR>scheme, and then re-evaluate the financial situation based on actual<BR>expenses and reserves required in a member's meeting. We would then<BR>have to agree to modify dues up or down as needed to maintain a<BR>solvent club. (The spreadsheet should be helpful in doing "what if"<BR>tests to see how those changes might come out.)<BR><BR>1. The "non-refundable" part is probably something that could be<BR> dealt with on a case-by-case basis if members must leave the<BR> club. We may need to deal with contingency plans later.<BR><BR>-- <BR>James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj@workingcode.com><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>eefc-core mailing list<BR>eefc-core@workingcode.com<BR>https://www.workingcode.com/mailman/listinfo/eefc-core<BR></P></div></body></html>