May Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 20, 2021
WAI-Bluegrass Chapter Membership Meeting-Minutes from
meeting in purple
Welcome Back old and new members! Thank you very much for coming
tonight!- We had 11 members attend
- Introductions…if needed:) New officers: Christina-Treasurer, Lauren-Social Media Chair, Liz-
Outreach Chair. Thank you for volunteering your time!! - Board meeting discussions-Board met on 4/17/21
• adding more social events to our chapter calendar
• every other month meetings with social gatherings in between- Yes! the members in
attendance seemed to like this idea.
• scholarships (GIAD)- We will be having a GIAD Committee meeting soon to discuss this.
• mentor meetings- Yes, there was a lot of interest in having mentors group. Leah Golden
volunteered to be the Director of this group. If you are looking for a mentor, please email
me and I will get you connected with Leah.
• subjects for meeting topics- a lot of topics were discussed. Internships with Ameriflight/
UPS, Lift Academy. Drone/flight forward (UPS), career days at schools, having Frequent
Flyer Sims come to a meeting, A&P night, Tower controller (ATC) night, Atlas tour, UPS
tour.
• in person GIAD 9/25/21 (12-4pm) Bowman Field- ideas for sponsors??- we all agreed we
need to change the date to a Saturday in October. This will be discussed more at the
GIAD planning meeting. - Ideas for social events/ meeting topics:
• yew dell concert series
• oldham gardens/ 3rd turn
• norton commons
• glass blowing-fire off westport rd.
• Hermitage farms- thoroughbred farm tour
• ice cream social (July?)
• LifeLine pilot presentation(email)
• Aviation Management roles for women
• Pottery paint night
Thursday, May 20, 2021
• Bowling - Fundraisers?-We NEED help here! anyone want to help us out and plan/set up some
fundraisers?
• Fundraising committee…anyone want to join? - Emails/news/etc..
• Brooke Owens Fellowship Program-if you are interested this, please contact me and I will
forward you all the information I have.
• Nelson County Carbon Cub-High school class project
• Our own member, Terri Donner, to be inducted into the KY Aviation Hall of Fame, date tbd
for ceremony.
• Lastly….ideas for June’s social event? Where? When? (3rd Thursday is June 17th)-Meeting
Cancelled…….See you in July:)