Please read the statement on our COVID-19 precautions below
Our chapter did not meet in March, April, nor May due to
restrictions placed on all South Carolinians by Governor
McMaster's Executive Orders. Also, EAA provided COVID-19
guidance to all EAA chapters; click here to view the
EAA guidance. Fortunately, the governor's
restrictions have recently been eased to a great extent. Most SC
businesses and organizations can now open/operate as long as
certain PRECAUTIONS are taken. Consequently, we will do our best
to abide by those precautions. The Governor's Executive Orders
are full of legal terms and hard to follow, but SCDHEC has published a
simplified list of recommended precautions
on their website. Click here to see view the
SCDHEC guidelines. Here's
where you can find the
CDC guidelines. Those guidelines are constantly changing, so
please keep abreast of them.
As you know, COVID-19 is a very serious disease,
so your attendance at this meeting is ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. If you are fearful of
catching the virus, then we'll understand if you decide not to come.
If you are sick in any way, we request that you please DO NOT COME.
If you have any type of underlying health condition(s), we
suggest that you consider whether or not you really should come. However, if you are tired of
being stuck at home, this is an excellent opportunity to
socialize with your like-minded aviation friends. If you do
come, I am requesting that you bring and wear a
MASK, AT LEAST THROUGH THE SERVING LINE. Also, it's very
important to practice SOCIAL DISTANCING and WASH YOUR HANDS
often. Those safety measures are intended as much, if not
moreso, for the protection of others as for yourself. At least 6
feet is the recommended social distance between individuals.
Thank you all for for your cooperation and
understanding of our predicament during these challenging times.
It's the only way we can reasonably and safely resume our
chapter activities. State and local regulations are constantly
changing, so if there are further restrictions, we may have to
curtail our chapter meetings.
Next Meeting - Ron's Hangar - Gilbert
International Airpark (SC45) - December 13th - 1:00 to 3:00pm
Although our last chapter meeting is
normally the November meeting each year, the chapter voted at the November
15th to have a meeting this year in December. Therefore, our
next meeting is planned for Sunday, December 13th from 1:00pm to
3:00pm at Ron Angerman's hangar at Gilbert International Airpark
(SC45) from 1:00pm until 3:00pm. We do not plan an alternate
date for this meeting because it would be too near or after
Christmas.
This meeting will primarily be a SOCIAL
gathering for FUN. Therefore, we'll have a limited business
meeting or perhaps no business meeting at all. Further, we plan
to play a game named "Dirty Santa". You do not have to
participate directly in the game, but please do come,
even if you do NOT wish to
participate in the game. For those of you who DO wish to participate, please bring a
wrapped gift worth around $5 in value. It can be a gag gift or a
serious gift, your preference. Even if you do not participate in
the game directly, you may certainly stick around to observe and
enjoy the fun we'll have playing the game.
Essentially, here's the basic idea of the "Dirty Santa" game.
All
of the gifts will be placed in one location, perhaps under/around a
Christmas tree, and then counted. Then, a corresponding number
of tags will be placed in a hat and each person who
brought a gift will reach in and pull out a number. That number
determines your order of participation in the game. The person
with tag #1 starts the game by selecting a gift and opening it.
Then, person number #2 has two choices, to either (1) select a
gift out of the remaining gift pile or (2) STEAL the other person's gift.
That's where the "dirty santa" part of the game and the fun
begins. LOL! The person whose gift was stolen gets to select a
gift from under the tree, so that person could end up getting a
better gift than the one stolen. Then, person #3 and each consecutive person can
either select a gift from the gift pile or steal one of the
former participants' gifts. The game continues
until all the gifts are gone and everyone who brought a gift ends up with a gift.
Incidentally, you may NOT select your own gift.
CLICK HERE to find out more about the game and different
variations of it. If
one of you can provide a lighted Christmas tree for the event,
it will help to make it more festive. If so, let me know.
The theme for this month's meal will be "Soups
On!", featuring a variety of soups, complementary dishes,
desserts and beverages provided by members. We depend on members
to bring food items for our meals, so If you care to bring a
"covered" dish, dessert, some tea, or other beverage, let Randy
know, and he'll add it to the menu below. You can be reimbursed for your food items,
if you wish. Just see our treasurer, Libby, at the end of the
meeting. Any donations will be appreciated and will go directly
for food reimbursements. Any
overages will go into our chapter treasury.
As a reminder, please remember to bring and wear your masks around
others (at least through the food line), maintain a social distance
of at least 6 feet,
and wash your hands often. Those precautions are recommended by
the CDC, SCDHEC, and our governor (see statement above)
NOTE: Does anyone have an artificial Christmas tree
that we could place atop a table to put the gifts under and
around? If so, let Randy know. It will add to the festive
atmosphere.
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Menu
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Vegetable Beef
Soup - Libby/Randy Berry
Oyster Crackers - Libby/Randy Berry
Chicken Enchilada Soup - Debbie/Larry Philbin
Tortilla Chips & Salsa - Debbie/Larry Philbin
Cornbread - Debbie/Larry Philbin
Diet Coke, Coke, Sprite, Unsweetened Tea - Debbie/Larry Philbin
Tea (1 gallon, diet sweet) - Randy/Libby Berry
Mixed Berry Cobbler - Debbie/Larry Philbin
Ice (40 lbs) - Randy Berry
Ice (1 Bag) - Debbie/Larry Philbin
Need More Soups & Other Dishes - Who?
Breads, Crackers, or Similar - Who?
More
Desserts - who?
More Beverages (Tea, Colas, Sodas) - Who?
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Legend
Green - Agreed to
provide
Gray - Unconfirmed, but probably
Red - Need volunteers
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