NORG -2018 Reminder Invitation!
REMINDER INVITATION: The only two Events of the year are approaching! Next month at The Gallows Hill Park in Salem, MA September 8th* from 5:30 to 8:30 PM and the following month of October 20th* 4:30 to 7:30 PM and a Special Joint Launch at CMASS' Amesbury, MA on Nov. 17th at Sunset (their last field event of year featuring a Night Launch!). NORG incites CMASS Members (and others to participate in these Night Launch activities! Please see the official NORG website for details as these dates approach for field information, what to bring/know, and weather decisions.
*-- All rain dates are Sunday the Next Day (except Special Joint Launch). Notice for cancellations at The Gallows Hill Park due to weather can be found at the official NORG website:
www.niteowlrocketrygild.wordpress.com or here at the CMASS site at least 3 days in advance or as forecasts allow.
NORG CLUB BUSINESS: As before the 1st NORG Event of the year will be free to attend and membership will be free (a "membership drive") for those who sign the Member List. In order to defray costs, starting with the 2nd NORG Event, we must ask for a nominal Launch fee and Membership dues. It will be $5 to join with $1 fee for for field launch per event (just October 2018 for now) and $2 fee for non-members (those who chose not to sign the member list). THESE FEES DO NOT APPLY TO CMASS FIELD EVENTS!
For those familiar with 2017's events, we did not institute the signing of the Launch List or the use of Flight Cards due to low turnout. Going forward we shall institute a mandatory usage of a Launch List and Flight Cards (just like the original 2007 1st non-NAR NORG Events -- for those who remember). This will aid in Flight Director control of event, identification of rockets to owners (should they be lost), create a post of the order of event (rocket name, owner 1st name and last initial, and approximate time of the launch and performance -- just like NORG 2007!) and provide numbers in terms of flights and attendance to better help in the permit process with the City of Salem. Any contact information will solely be for club use unless there is a compelling reason to release such information due to an incident.
Lastly, it's been two years since NORG became an Official NAR Section (#799) and it is time that we have a vote for legitimacy of yours truly (Joe Majahad) as the officer of "Representative". I propose that we conduct a field vote at the CMASS Amesbury event among the attending NORG members (some are CMASS members) present. A simple voice count of yeas and nays will suffice. At some point we must ratify a charter and vote on what our final membership dues and field use fees should be.
Have fun and enjoy the events we have planned!