Polaris Composite Squadron Meeting Notes  
February 5, 2008 

• Sue Drummond volunteered to contact Wal Mart for potential grants for CAP.
  
  
• May 3 and 4, 2008 is the Alaska Airman's Trade Show at the FedEx hanger at Anchorage International. CAP will have a booth at the show. Wing is seeking volunteers to set up the booth on Friday, man the booth Saturday and Sunday, and take down the booth on Sunday afternoon. Call Leah at Wing if you are able to help.

   

• Wing encampment is scheduled for late June to mid July, the exact dates are not set. Wing is looking for Staff.

   

• June 28 and 29 is scheduled for the Elmendorf Air Show.
  
  
• For more detail on the above information and upcoming Cadet Activities, review this document from Karen Hursh --> Cadet Activities 

   

• Alaska Wing received a Congressional appropriation for survival gear and training. We are supposed to get 100 cold water immersion suits, flotation devices, survival vests, nomex flight suits, and some life rafts. Supply will collect sizes of pilots and observers for the nomex flight suits.

   

• The CAP Sentinel newsletter is posted on e-services. A copy will be posted on the bulletin board. Just go to our home page and click on e-services.

   

• The members whose memberships are expiring is posted.
  (Membership expiration dates)

   

• Mission numbers are available for February for A and B missions.

   

• A commanders conference will be held on April 13. Training for commanders will take place April 9-13.

   

• Kevin has a printout of awards that you can nominate other deserving members or possibly nominate yourself.

   

• The Arctic Care mission in Kodiak is open to all pilots and observers.Initially the request was for IFR qualified pilots only.

   

• National Check Pilot Clinic has flyoff money to be spent by the end of February.

   

• C-185 may have a battery or charging problem. Maintenance is checking on it.

   

• SAREX – Thank you for inputting the missions into WMIRS.

   

• Angie - we are all responsible for our own specialty track. As we travel, we need to promote CAP.

   

• Chuck needed to remind the membership about some safety forms – CAP Form 26 Safety Improvement and Hazard Report; FAA 8740-5 Hazard Report; and NASA ASRS. Use these forms to report safety or hazard issues, or use the NASA report to voluntarily report a violation of a regulation or rule as a way to provide immunity from prosecution.

   

• Lou – offered thanks for the SAREX photos. The SAREX photos have been posted to our website.

   

• Cadets are going on an outing with the boy scouts this Saturday.

   

• Skip provided the Safety Spiel.
  • At uncontrolled airports CAP wants us to overfly the airport 500 feet above pattern altitude, fly out and descend, and enter 45 degrees to the end of the downwind for good visibility of others in the pattern.