Secretary Minutes – Motion to approve the minutes for the month of August as published in the latest issue of the Newsletter was approved.

Treasurer's Report – Total income: $42.98; total expenses: $192.60; ending balance: $1945.63. Report is approved .

Upcoming speakers – Bob Keith was the guest speaker, accompanied by his wife Nancy. He came to talk about his work as an aviation artist and his flying experiences with fixed wing and lighter than air aircraft.

Membership report: No update.

Young Eagles Report – Only one Young Eagle scheduled to fly this Saturday.

Newsletter Report – No update.

Professional Pilot Series – Next meeting will be on October 6th at 9:30. The topic will be changes to FAR’s and how they apply to 9B1.

Mail in – AOPA Safety Seminar at 7PM in Windham.

News around 9B1 – The Bridgeport FSS is moving to Ashburn, VA, effective September 24 at 0400Z. The 866 numbers will not be transferred. The number to call for IFR flying is 888-766-8267.

On October 3 Representative Steve LeDuc and Don Humason will hold the Aviation Caucus at the Radisson Hotel in Plymouth to promote support of aviation in the Commonwealth and House Bills 3556, 3557, 3558 and 3559. Please contact your representatives and ask them to attend.

Sandy Stetson’s surgery was successful and Sandy is with us today to tell us the good news.

I learned about flying from that – Cross-wind landings were the topics of last month’s trailer meeting. The topic was very relevant because somebody unsuccessfully tried to land in Marlboro that day in cross-wind conditions and had to abort. Jim warned us not to rely too much on the procedures and limitations described on the manuals. They do not apply to every situation and do not always make sense. Rich observed that the loss of Bridgeport and the FSS centralization, as negative as it may be, might improve some of the communication problems we experienced lately.

Old Business – Air Rally will be on October 20th. Bring a stopwatch with you. Air Day has been rescheduled for Oct. 7th.

Yard Sale: postponed to Spring or Fall

New Business – No update.

50/50 Raffle. The winner tonight is Maurizio Izzi. He donates his win to the Chapter ($17).

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35PM.