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

Tue Jan 15 09:00:53 CST 2013

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the email\update.  

We'd love to join, but will be out of town in late January.  Can we mail the dues someplace?  We'd like the family membership.

Please advise.

Thanks!

Z. Jakoubek

> To: nrvr-launches at nrvr.org
> From: tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:18:55 -0500
> Subject: [NRVR-Launches] Want To Become A Founding Member of NRV Rocketry?
> 
> Hi fellow rocketeers! (replies, Q&A are on mail list nrvr at nrvr.org)
> 
> 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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