This happened under "my administration", and it came about because David Douglass asked the BLM people about permits for using the Salome Airfield for the All-Arizona parties. None of us expected an issue, but BLM said we had to have a permit to do such a thing (large group) on BLM land. So to be in compliance, we voted to co-op the cost with EVAC since both clubs use the sites (Antennas, Airfield). I don't know whether the east valley sites are on BLM land or not, nor do I know if one permit covers all BLM land (it probably does not because our Antennas/Airfield permit states a particular parcel or zone of BLM land). If you want to check about Picket Post, Vekol, etc. I suggest you do it stealthily, or EVAC (and possibly SAC) could be hit with multiple permits at $150 a pop. The BLM office did tell us that individuals or small groups (and they never defined "small") did not need a permit to use BLM land. Go figure. Richard Harshaw The Arizona Star Splitter -----Original Message----- From: sac-board-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-board-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:52 PM To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sac-board] Re: Board meeting, 08-16 The vote to join EVAC in paying a fee to the BLM passed at a SAC board by majority vote, with one Board member voting nay. I need to dig up the Dilbert cartoon whose last frame has him saying, "there's such a think as being too proactive." Tom ---- Jennifer Polakis <m24@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Regarding the $150, we can just have Dwight write a check to EVAC and > I can get it to Claude Haynes. I didn't realize that any of that BLM > stuff happened--and am a little miffed about it. Hey! Lets see if we > should be paying to use Picket Post--I bet we could even give some > money retroactively--and all those years on Vekol--I think we should > just go ahead and pay for those too. Ughhh. > > So...no board meeting for August. > > Jenn. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Collins > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:30 AM > To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sac-board] Re: Board meeting, 08-16 > > On 08/15/13 01:11, Jennifer Polakis wrote: > > > Yikes, I forgot about this--We'll be driving the speaker out to the > > meeting from our house. If we can postpone this until Sept. meeting > > or at the very least move it up to 7:00, I'd appreciate it. I don't > > have an agenda yet, but would like to bring up getting an astronaut > > or someone extra great for > > 2014 like Alex Filipanko or Wendy Freeman--I need time to figure the > > cost of a larger venue at GCU and cost and logistics on hiring such > > a speaker. > > Let me know about hopefully postponing this meeting until Sept 20th. > > I have no objection to delaying the board meeting until September. > The only item I had for the agenda concerns payment for the BOM permit > covering the Hovatter Road sites. EVAC has covered payment for the > next three years, so we need to approve reimbursement of $150 to EVAC > to cover our half. I've not reviewed to the constitution to determine > if that requires approval from the board, a vote of the membership or > neither. In any case, I don't see this as a serious issue. > > -- Mike -- > -- > cal_donley@xxxxxxx > >