Page Revised January 18, 2007

January 18th

The REPA Board of Directors had the required January meeting on the 13th, at the Hampton Inn in Peachtree City, GA. This was the second year in a row that we met there and again it was for economical reasons as all but one member resides in the Atlanta area.

Among some of the actions taken was the decision to not have the usual Board Meeting in May. Rather than incur the expense of the entire BOD going to the Hyatt Regency in Savannah (the site of our 2007 Convention in August) we elected to have just President Aubrey Reed and Convention Chairman Jim Friday (along with their ladies) make the trip down to wrap up the arrangements for the convention. Of course the BOD will be meeting on August 16th (the day before the convention starts), both to handle any last minute matters relating to the convention and to prepare for the Business Meeting on the 18th.

Also the Board directed the Treasurer to invest a substantial amount of our REPA funds into interest bearing instruments. This was done promptly with the formation of a CD Ladder that will give us a stable return with the flexibility to meet our obligations.

After some discussion the Board concurred with REPA BOD Director Duane Gordon, who proposed a membership questionnaire, which will be included in the upcoming summer issue of REPArtee. This questionnaire, numbering about 10 items, will address various aspects of REPA and its future direction. We plan to have it on a perforated page that can be torn out and returned to Duane.

The Board accepted the Nominating Committee’s recommended slate of officers for 2008, as presented by Chairman George Smith in his written report. The slate is as follows:

President and Director
Captain Ross H. McCort

VP/President Elect and Director
Captain Duane A.Gordon

Secretary and Director
Captain Gary A. Deskin

Treasurer and Director
Captain Gerald V. Frost

Convention Chairman and Director
Captain James L. Friday

REPA Editor and Director
Captain James B. Holder

Director
Captain William T. Moore

The REPA BOD, in accordance with Article XIV of the REPA Bylaws, selected Jim Holder to be inducted into the REPA Hall of Fame, with the Award to be made at the Savannah Convention Banquet, the evening of August 19th.

August 14th

Folks......

Steve McDonald and others are hoping to start up a chapter of REPA Regionals at Gainesville, Florida (GNV)... They are planning the first lunch at 1130 AM on Monday, August 29. It is to be held at Chutney's Restaurant on the SW corner of exit 390 on I-75.

Below is the Email Steve sent to a few locals but is not sure he got everyone who might want to attend. His EM address is: stevemac65@earthlink.net

If you want to help organize a REPA Regionals group there, or just attend, we am sure Steve would like to hear from you!

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Hi Guys,
It seems to me that we have enough pilot retirees in our area that maybe we should start a monthly lunch centrally located in GNV. The Ocala group has apparently ceased.
Let me know your thoughts on this idea via return Email. And maybe suggest a convenient restaurant near I-75..... I think maybe the 4th Monday or Tuesday shouldn't conflict with other meetings?
And suggest names of those I have missed in our area. I have sent this note on a line from Tallahassee to Orlando. I'm sure there's some JAX-DAB people I missed.

Shall we plan to meet 1130 on Monday August 29 at Chutneys? Chutneys can be seen in the SW corner of the interchange. Easy Directions are: Exit west off I-75. Once off the interchange, take the 1st left. Then again take the first left. Chutneys is on that road.
Your input requested. attending? Don't want to come? Bad choice of day? whatever. If I don't hear from anybody, I'll post the cancellation.
I have invited a couple of NAL and AA pilots also.
One more thing, if you know of any other retired EAL pilots in the area, let them know
Steve

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DONATIONS Please don't throw away EAL "stuff." We would like to have it in the REPA archives. Members would like to see it at our conventions. We recently received Eastern memorabilia from a United Airlines retired Captain. Don't let this happen to you: A widow of one of our most beloved Captains donated all his collection to the Smithsonian. I told her it would be in a box and only made available should someone specifically ask for information regarding the material that was donated. It will not be on display. She regretted having sent it to the Smithsonian. Point! We have more folks who would be seeing this material than the Smithsonian. And, it could be donated to them at a later time. Call or email us and we will will make arrangements to have it added to the REPA Archives.