[NRV Rocketry] Want To Become A Founding Member of NRV Rocketry?

[Thomas Weeks]

Also, here's a really nice flyer that Bob put together for us:
	http://nrvr.org/files/nrvrposter_2013-01-29.pdf

Feel free to tack them up around town and campus! :)

Tweeks

On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:17:26 am Thomas Weeks wrote:
> Hi fellow rocketeers!
> 
> New River Valley Rocketry is holding our first ever "membership meeting" on
> Tuesday, Jan 29th from 6-9pm!  That is.. we're inviting everyone in and
> around the area to come check out what's going on with high power rocketry
> here in the New River Valley and VT Aerospace!  In short, we want to meet,
> greet and eat with you all without having to watch out for falling
> rockets... AND share some details about how we're planning on building
> something great right here in the NRV! :)
> 
> Meeting Info:
> ===============
>   Tuesday January 29 from 6pm-9pm,
>      hosted by VT Aerospace Student Rocketry group.
>   Location: 1901 Innovation Dr., Suite 1000,  Blacksburg, VA 24061
>   Map: http://goo.gl/maps/xcngx (in the CRC next to the VT airport)
> 
> If you've been to a few of our launches, we DEFINITELY want to meet you,
> share a slice of pizza and shake your hand!  YOU ALL have helped us come
> this far, and we're now ready to make it more official.  We've also made
> some good friends within the Virginia Tech Aerospace group, and thought
> you might like to meet some of them and see what they're doing too!
> 
> 
> Meeting Details:
> ====================
> As Bob previously said, the meeting is going to encompass a lot. This first
> NRV Rocketry/VT meeting will include:
> 
>  -Cool & REALLY Cool high power rocketry flight videos from around the
> country -Informal meet and greet time with pizza (during a rocketry slide
> show) -Brief overview of the current state of hobby rocketry regarding:
> -Model vs. high power
>    -Safety codes, insurance and regulations,
>  -Overview of model/high power rocket technologies, hardware, electronics
>  -Hands on high power rocket displays & related Q&A
>  -Vote of NRV Rocketry officers by new club members
>  -Upcoming launch details for February and April
>  -Free "door prizes" raffle for "valuable rocketry prizes"
> 
> 
> Membership Costs and Benefits:
> ==================================
> Leveling with you, we really didn't want to charge membership fees at
> first, but our wives were getting upset with us spending all this money on
> the club and not them. :) Port-a-potties alone are $100/weekend (don't
> tell my wife!:) That being said, we also didn't want to have to charge
> launch fees as most rocket groups regularly do.  So we settled on
> membership dues, figuring that those of us who love the hobby the most are
> the ones who are most likely to pitch in to ensure that dads and kids can
> ALWAYS come out and fly with us for free.  Nice idea eh? :)
> 
> The annual membership fee is just $15 for individuals, $20 for families,
> and free for students*! As indicated, the collected fees are to ensure
> that we can continue launching in the New River Valley as they pay for
> necessities such as our launch insurance and prefecture dues with the TRA,
> much needed big-launch port-a-potties, launch signs, club banners,
> advertising, fire and safety gear and other misc out of pocket club
> expenses.
> 
> 
> NRVR Membership Benefits:
> ==========================
> Since this is our first ever meeting (that's not in the middle of a field
> somewhere;), this is your chance to become a "Founding NRVR Member"! 
> Annual NRVR membership will get you:
> -A very special "Founding Member" NRV Rocketry membership card
> -A personalized forwarding email address (first.last at nrvr.org)
> -Useful Rocket vendor discounts (can pay for your membership in 1yr!)
> -"Cool-kid" flight card "scan-in" with your membership card at launches!
>  (Monta's idea. tweeks is still working on the technology.. but stay
> tuned!)
> 
> Other plans for members could include:
> -Input on out first club shirt and hat designs :)
> -Group convoy trips to BIG national launches  (LDRS, BALLS, etc)
> -Future web-site wiki page access
> 
> 
> Q1 of 2013:
> =============
> We're still ironing our the 2013 launch and meeting schedule, but right now
> it's looking like an first three months! Just in Q1 of 2013, NRVR will have
> two local launches and our big inaugural membership meeting!
> 
> 
> So come on out to the NRV Rocketry meeting, hosted by VT Aerospace, and
> join in on building something great here in the New River Valley!
> 
>                     Your NRV Rocketry Officers,
>  ___
> \ __\_________________________________________________________
> 
>  |                  Your NRV Rocketry Officers,                \
> 
> _|Bob Schoner - Dr. Kevin Schinpaugh - "Tweeks" - Monta Elkins   >
> 
>  |_____________________________________________________________/
> 
> /___/
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