Arnold Air Society

AAS Squadron Minutes – 04 March 2009

Webmaster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:03:14 +0000

Attendance:

Ditton

McReynolds

Koenig

Hufford

Buehler

Mecadon

Ramos B.

Ramos C.

Sittenauer

Breth

Popp

Barnes

Sadowski

Eye

Not in Attendance:

Wappelhorst

Langley

· 1730 – meeting in session

· Overview of the rest of the semester

· Discussed the various Cure for Cancer service projects we could partake in

· Narrowed event down to a big poker night

o $10 buy in

o Prizes for 1^st and/or 2^nd and 3^rd place

o Profits go to cancer

· Date we’re shooting for: Wed 29 April 2009

· Looking for places that could host this event

· Highway clean up set for Sat 28 March 2009

· Other events scheduled for the rest of the semester will be emailed to everyone

· 1802 – meeting adjourned

AAS Squadron Minutes – 11 Feb 2009

Webmaster — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:34:37 +0000

Attendance:

Ditton

McReynolds

Koenig

Hufford

Buehler

Mecadon

Ramos B.

Ramos C.

Sittenauer

Breth

Wappelhorst

Not in Attendance:

Langley

Popp

Barnes

Sadowski

Eye

· Suspense tracker

o 50% to stay an active member

o 90% to be eligible for NATCON

· Accountability – if you’re going to miss a meeting, email must be sent to C/Popp and C/Ditton by

COB Monday before the meeting

· Valentine’s Day for Vets

o Meet in the TAR at 1245 on Sunday UOD-Service Dress

o Bingo with the Vets at 1400 in Topeka

· Sat. 07 March 09 – 5k run/volunteer at Johnson County Community College

· NATCON – $225; Cpt Edmonds and Srgt Gomez will be driving

· Email sent to C/Ditton by COB Wednesday with one legit event that can serve as a JNP

· Expectation document signed and returned to C/Ditton by COB Wednesday

AAS Squadron Minutes – 28 January 2009

Webmaster — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:02:23 +0000

Attendance:

Ditton

McReynolds

Koenig

Hufford

Popp

Barnes

Buehler

Sadowski

Mecadon

Eye

Ramos B.

Sittenauer

Breth

Not in Attendance:

Langley

Ramos C.

Wappelhorst

· Briefly hit NATCON and show of hands who wants to go

· Fundraising ideas

o Memorial Day Run

o T-shirts

o DodgeBall Tournament

· Need more JNP hours – brainstormed ideas for JNP service projects

· Scholarship for cadet in both ROTC and AAS – $ goes toward NATCON

· Mr. Ditton will be sending out emails with more information

AAS Squadron Minutes – 29 October 2008

Webmaster — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:03:02 +0000

AAS Squadron Meeting

29 October 2008

Attendance:

Barnes

Breth

Ditton

Hobbs

Rogers

Schmidt

Wappelhorst

Wiggin

Hufford

Sadowski

Ramos

Popp

McReynolds – Excused

Koenig – Excused

Langley – Absent

O’Neill – Absent

Candidates:

Ramos

Sittenauer

Eye

Cain

Mecadon

Meeting Began at 5:15pm.
The meeting was a morale/professional development event.
- This included pizza and soda!
We watched an episode of “The Unit”
We took part in an AAS joint quiz session.
- Barnes gave out stickers to those who answered questions correctly.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:15pm.

AAS Squadron Minutes – 22 October 2008

Webmaster — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:21:04 +0000

AAS Squadron Meeting

22 October 2008

Attendance:

Barnes

Breth

Ditton

Hobbs

Koenig

Rogers

Schmidt

O’Neill

Wappelhorst

Wiggin

Hufford – Excused

Langley – Excused

McReynolds – Excused

Sadowski – Excused

Ramos – Absent

Popp – Absent

Meeting Began at 5:15pm.
Mr. Ditton applauded those who participated in the Jared Coones Run/Walk. It was very successful.
Veteran’s Day
- Ms. Koenig is still planning and has a meeting on Friday to finalize a few things.
- She will need some help with odds and ends of the ceremony.
  - Some of the members in the squadron have volunteered to help Ms. Koenig out.
AAS Class
- It’s going well so far.
- They now have 6 members.
New Projects
- 5K run for Ethiopian relief.
- Jubilee Café/ Lord’s Diner
  - Helps cook breakfast for those less fortunate.
- Ronald McDonald House.
  - While they don’t need us for decorations, they do need help with cooking and cleaning. Ms. Wappelhorst is gathering further information.
New motto voted on and selected
- New motto is “Helping those in need, serving those who serve, honoring those who fought.”
- Suspense tracker (Tractor) is up and running. Meet your deadlines!
Operation Squadron Pride
- We would like a squadron seal.
  - Barnes and Ditton are going to look into creating one.
Next week’s meeting
- It’s going to be a morale /professional development event.
  - There will be food and drink, along with a video.
  - It’s going to be a good time!

AAS Squadron Minutes – 8 October 2008

Webmaster — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:51:16 +0000

AAS Squadron Meeting

8 October 2008

Attendance:

Barnes

Wiggin

Breth

Ditton

Hufford

Koenig

Popp

Rogers

Sadowski

Schmidt

Wappelhorst

Langley – Excused

Ramos – Absent

O’Neill – Excused

McReynolds – Excused

Hobbs – Excused

Meeting Began at 5:17pm.
The squadron discussed sending 4 people to ARCON
- No final verdict was reached.
- Mr. Ditton is going to talk to Area CC about the situation.
Jared Coones Pumpkin Run/Walk
- The registration is now $30, and must be done before the race. (7:30am)
- We are planning on leaving at 6:30am on Saturday morning (Oct. 11^th)
- We are currently collecting names for those interesting in participating. It is completely open to the Detachment.
- Mr. Ditton plans on being back to Lawrence by 11:00am at the latest.
Squadron Motto
- The squadron motto deadline has been extended one week.
- We have decided that it needs to be professional.
Christmas Present Project
- All are in agreement to do this service project.
Suggestions for other projects
- Mr. Hufford mentioned a possible canned food drive through KU, and donating the proceeds to a cancer oriented organization.
- He is finding out more information in regards to the project, and will inform the squadron if it’s possible at a later date.
Mr. Hufford discussed wanting at least 5 candidates in order to have a class.
- No final decisions have been made.
Meeting adjourned at 5:53pm.

AAS Squadron Minutes – 24 September 2008

Webmaster — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:40:57 +0000

AAS Squadron Meeting

24 September 2008

Attendance:

Barnes

Wiggin

Breth

Ditton

Hobbs

Hufford

Koenig

Popp

Rogers

Schmidt

Wappelhorst

Langley

Ramos – Excused

O’Neill – Excused

Sadowski – Excused

McReynolds – Absent

Meeting began at 5:15pm.
We began discussing the travel details for attending “Race for the Cure”.
Mr. Ditton discussed his expectations for AAS members in the squadron due to a lack of accountability.
- We are expected to be involved, meet suspenses, and communicate.
- An expectation agreement form was passed out and signed by all, confirming their understanding of Mr. Ditton’s expectations.
- If you were absent from the meeting, (excused or unexcused) you will need to read and sign the form. They will be in the absent members’ boxes. The suspense for signing the sheet is Tuesday, September 30^th. Please place them in Mr. Schmidt’s box.
OSP (Operation Squadron Pride)
- We have decided that as Ennis C. Whitehead Squadron, we need to be proud of who we are.
- We are creating a motto, a shield, a pennant, t-shirts, and holding morale events in order to boost the pride of our organization.
- Each member is responsible for coming up with a squadron motto, and emailing it Mr. Ditton. The suspense for this is the 3^rd of October, 2008.
- We voted on a name for the Ennis C. Whitehead Squadron due to the full accountability of the meeting.
  - We are now the Ennis C. Whitehead Squadron Peg legs!
- We are also beginning to work on an AAS corner in the TAR. This will include a group photo, along with our shield, and pennant.
Bylaws
- 4 resolutions were proposed to amend the bylaws.
  - Resolution 1: Formal amendments must be written in order to change the bylaws. – Passed
  - Resolution 2: Veteran’s Day will no longer be a requirement to be fulfilled by AAS, as stated in the original bylaws. – Passed
  - Resolution 3: Throughout the bylaws, the Director of Operations title will now be changed to Operations Officer. – Passed
  - Resolution 4: Continuity will now be mandatory and standardized, and can be reviewed by the Information Manager at any time, as long as 2 weeks notice has been given. – Passed
We discussed our expectations for the upcoming candidate class. Mr. Hufford conveyed some of his thoughts and plans for this semester’s class.
ARCON is going to be $100 per person, excluding travel.
- Veteran’s Day is the same weekend as ARCON.
- We tabled the discussion, and will attend to it at a later date.
Jared Coones RunWalk.
- AAS is opening up the event to the entire detachment.
- It is going to be a $20 sign up fee.
Meeting adjourned at 6:00pm.

AAS Squadron Minutes – 10 Sept. 08

Webmaster — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:02:43 +0000

AAS Squadron Meeting

10 September 2008

Attendance:

Hufford

Ramos

Wappelhorst

Ditton

Rogers

Keonig

Breth

Wiggin

Schmidt

Popp – Excused

Capt. Edmonds

Meeting began at 5:15pm.
ARCON will be held on the weekend of September 7th-9th. Details for registration and costs are still being finalized.
All members discussed their ideas for the JNP.
- C/Rogers: Walk for Ovarian Cancer.
- C/Wiggin: Relay for life, Dream factory.
- C/Koenig: Race for the Cure.
- C/Wappelhorst: Ronald McDonald House.
- Capt. Edmonds: Cancer Action
- C/Ditton: Jared Coones Pumpkin Run/walk.
We voted and narrowed it down to four options.
Jared Coones Pumpkin Run/walk.
- October 11, 2008. It is a 5K run in which profits go to cancer research and helping families affected by the disease.
Race for the Cure.
- We will be volunteering in Wichita on Friday September 26^th, and Saturday, September 27^th. Our squadron will be working with the operational side of the race in possibly handing out water bottles, guarding roads, and helping with the finish line.
- We will most likely be staying at C/Wappelhorst’s home, and will discuss details as the date gets closer.
Cancer Action
- This is a website offering many volunteer opportunities to help fight cancer.
Ronald McDonald House.
- Miscellaneous tasks at the Ronald McDonald House will be opportunistic for volunteer hours.
- We are beginning to collect the tabs from cans in order to raise money towards combating cancer.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:55pm.

AAS Squadron Minutes – 3 Sept. 08

Webmaster — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:37:09 +0000

AAS Squadron Meeting

3 September 2008

Attendance:

Keonig

McReynolds

Ditton

Rogers

Schmidt

Hufford

Eye (observing)

Wappelhorst

O’neill

Popp

Breth

Capt. Edmonds

Wiggin – Excused

Hobbs – Excused

Fry – Came Late

Meeting Started at 5:07pm.
All officers discussed their continuity and how they were feeling with their new positions.
C/Ditton brought up the Veteran’s Day activity.
- We are going to start planning soon.
We assigned a new financial manager due to C/Krogmann leaving the Squadron.
- Barnes is taking on the position as a part of his Director of Support job.
We discussed each person’s goals for AAS
- Some of the goals were: more candidates, more activities, win more awards, an increase in JNP and service hours, better attendance, more public exposure, a greater focus on service, and better communication.
C/Keonig brought up the issue of updating the bylaws.
- We are going to hold a specific meeting for updating them.
We began to brainstorm some ideas for the JNP.
- Some of the ideas include: Cancer run, help other cancer organizations, and Ronald McDonald house.
C/Ditton brought up an idea to have a joint project with Mizzou, possibly a competition to raise money.
C/Schmidt and C/Hufford discussed the paperwork for the newly initiated members.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:44pm.

New Squadron Commander

Webmaster — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:24:07 +0000

Congratulations to C/Ditton who is the new AAS Squadron Commander for 2008-2009! At the last meeting, 5 March, C/Ditton, C/Koenig, and C/Hufford made presentations to run for squadron commander. The actives voted and C/Ditton was the winner. Make sure to congratulate him when you see him!