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The 2008 section meeting was held on January 12, 2008, at the Twinsburg Public Library. We reviewed the club's membership and financial status, revised our club's range fee structure, discussed the club's inventory of ground support equipment and the status of current and new fields, planned a launch schedule for the year, discussed outreach and publicity activities, discussed last year's launches and special launches for 2008, and elected new officers. The MTMA officers for 2008 are:

	Bruce Levison	President
	Mark Recktenwald	V.P./Advisor
	Daniel Cutlip	Treasurer
	Michael Nowak	Secretary

For 2008, annual membership dues remain $5. Members who have paid their annual dues get a reduction in range fees. Range fees are no longer ''stepped'' based on engine size. Member range fees are $1. Non-member range fees are $5. Dues and fees are all ''per-family''. Range fees are ''once-per-day'', not ''once-per-flight''.

The 2007 section meeting was held on January 13, 2007, at the Twinsburg Public Library. We reviewed the club's membership and financial status, discussed the club's inventory of ground support equipment and the status of current and new fields, planned a launch schedule for the year, discussed outreach and publicity activities, discussed last year's launches and special launches for 2007, and elected new officers. The MTMA officers for 2007 are:

	Bruce Levison	President
	Mark Recktenwald	V.P./Advisor
	Jim Hartman	Treasurer
	Ben Levison	Secretary

MTMA published its first newsletter, MTMA Flyer, on March 3, 2006. A recap of 2005 launch activities and other club news can be found in the newsletter. A color PDF copy of the MTMA Flyer (670 KB file) may be found in the File Cabinet.

MTMA Flyer #1

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The 2006 section meeting was held on January 14, 2006, at the Twinsburg Public Library. We reviewed the club's membership and financial status, discussed the status of current and new fields, planned a launch schedule for the year, discussed outreach and publicity activities, discussed contest launches, and elected new officers. Member Ben Levison gave us an update on the status of the launch pad that he is building for the club as his Eagle Project for Boy Scouts. A PDF copy of the meeting minutes may be found in the File Cabinet. The MTMA officers for 2006 were:

	Mark Recktenwald	President
	Todd Hilty	Advisor
	Jim Hartman	Treasurer
	Bruce Levison	Secretary

On August 6, 2005, MTMA held its first launch of 2005 at the Summit County Fairgrounds (SCFG) field. A beautiful summer day was enjoyed by several old members, a handful of new members (including a local TARC team), and an "army" of Scouts (with friendly and helpful parents). A- through G-power flights were logged and a good time was had by all. It's great to be flying again!

On July 6, 2005, the Summit County Agricultural Society approved eleven additional launch weekends at the SCFG field. A PDF copy of the notification letter may be found in the File Cabinet.

On July 1, 2005, the new web home of MTMA on X3Fusion.com was announced to the membership and RMR. Our free domain name of nar606.tk was redirected to point to X3Fusion.

On June 22, 2005, our application for free web hosting at X3Fusion was accepted. All content from our temporary free hosting at atspace.com will be migrated to X3Fusion and some long-lost pages will be updated and brought back online.

On June 20, 2005, insurance certificates for MTMA and the SCFG field were received. PDF copies of the 2005 MTMA insurance certificate and SCFG insurance certificate may be found in the File Cabinet.

On June 16, 2005, the new Section Charter was received from the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). A PDF copy of the 2005 Charter certificate may be found in the File Cabinet.

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On June 15, 2005, the Summit County Agricultural Society gave permission for one launch weekend at the SCFG field. We will receive notification of additional dates pending further approvals.

On June 10, 2005, an application was sent to the NAR for renewal of the MTMA Section Charter and payment for landowner insurance for our SCFG field. On that same date, a request was sent to the Summit County Agricultural Society for approval of our 2005 schedule of launch dates at SCFG. PDF copies of the section charter application and permission request letter may be found in the File Cabinet.

On June 4, 2005, a section meeting was held at the Twinsburg Public Library. Three members attended the meeting and two past officers were contacted by telephone during the meeting. We discussed the possibility of folding the group and merging with the Tri-City Sky Busters, but decided we would see what level of participation we would get at launches this year before calling it quits. Dues and range fees were kept the same, while contests and group projects were tabled pending more active participation at future events and meetings. The meeting minutes have been posted to the MTMA group at Yahoo! Groups. The MTMA officers for 2005 were:

	Mark Recktenwald	President/Advisor
	Jim Hartman	Treasurer
	Bruce Levison	Secretary

After a nearly-silent 2004, Mark and Bruce met at a Boy Scouts' Space Exploration Merit Badge Launch on May 21, 2005 and planned a meeting to re-start the MTMA as an active NAR section.

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May 16, 2005 - MTMA turns 6 years old!

On May 7, 2005, pending Mark's ISP change, the MTMA's web pages (long a part of Mark's free personal space) were temporarily moved to the free hosting provider atspace.com. A free domain name of nar606.tk was set up with a redirection to our pages at atspace.

The Ohio Open Rocket Tournament - 2 was held on one or more dates between September 13 and November 22 at the Montville Township field. Click here for a listing of events.

The NEO Local Meet was held on July 26, 2003, at the Montville Township field. Click here for a listing of events and results.

On April 19, 2003, insurance certificates for MTMA and the Summit County Fairgrounds (SCFG) field were received.

On April 13, 2003, Wolf announced that we had been granted access to a field in Montville.

On April 6, 2003, at the annual section meeting Mark stepped down from the Treasurer postition (took year off for knee surgery). The members present decided to table elections for a later date. No later meeting was ever held. By default, the MTMA officers for 2003 (and 2004) were:

	Wolfram v.Kiparski	President/Treasurer
	Tod Hilty	Advisor
	Larry Graceffo	Vice President
	Mike Leffler	Secretary

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The Ohio Open Rocket Tournament was held on July 14, 2002 at SCFG. Click here for a listing of events and results.

The 2002 section meeting was held on April 7, 2002 in the KSU Student Center. We discussed a club High Power Rocket project, planned a launch schedule, and elected new officers. Jeff Sugden agreed to be the Chair for the HPR Project Committee. The meeting minutes have been posted to the MTMA group at Yahoo! Groups. The MTMA officers for 2002 were:

	Wolfram v.Kiparski	President
	Tod Hilty	Advisor
	Larry Graceffo	Vice President
	Mark Recktenwald	Treasurer
	Mike Leffler	Secretary

On February 25, 2001, a section meeting and elections were held. We discussed a possible club project, elected new officers, established dues, planned a launch schedule, and created a new youth launch contest. The meeting minutes have been posted to the MTMA group at Yahoo! Groups. The MTMA officers for 2001 were:

	Tod Hilty	President
	Mark Recktenwald	Advisor
	Larry Graceffo	Vice President
	Chuck Straka	Treasurer
	Mike Leffler	Secretary

On December 10, 2000, (MTMA #15) at the Pioneer Trail launch site, MTMA member David Waner made his Level 1 certification flight with his LOC IV on an Aerotech H128W.

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On November 12, 2000, (MTMA #13) at the Pioneer Trail launch site, MTMA member Paul Bauer made his Level 1 certification flight with his LOC Expeditor on an Aerotech H128W-S.

On October 22, 2000, (MTMA #11) at the Summit County Fairgrounds, MTMA member Mike Leffler made his Level 1 certification flight with his PML Small Endeavour on an Aerotech H128W-S.

On September 20, 2000, the MTMA e-mail distribution list was moved to an automated system hosted by eGroups (now Yahoo! Groups). Click here to check out the MTMA group at Yahoo! Groups.

On July 30, 2000, (MTMA #9) at the Pioneer Trail launch site, new MTMA member Tim Zellers made his Level 1 certification flight with his LOC IV on an Aerotech H180W.

On June 16, 2000, (MTMA #8) at the Summit County Fairgrounds, MTMA member Mark Recktenwald made his Level 1 certification flight with his scratch CR4 on an Aerotech H97J-S reload in a Dr. Rockets 29/240 RMS casing. Photos from that flight can be accessed on Mark's CR4 Photo Album page.

MTMA held it's first launch as an official NAR Section on Sunday, April 30, 2000. This was also the first launch at our new Pioneer Trail site in Mantua Township, an as-yet unplanted farm field. The weather was excellent, summer-like and not too windy. A lot of great people showed up with a lot of great rockets for a great launch!

At our first bi-monthly meeting on March 27, 2000, the proposed MTMA Bylaws were ratified unanimously. Additional Section officers were chosen to round out the slate. The full list of officers was:

	Tod Hilty	President
	Randy Miller	Advisor
	Chuck Straka	V.P./Secretary
	Mark Recktenwald	V.P./Secretary
	Stan Mikush	Treasurer

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At an organizational meeting on March 13, 2000, we decided to hold bimonthly section meetings on the last Monday of odd-numbered months (JAN=1, MAR=3, etc.). It was also decided to hold monthly launches on the second Sunday of each month with rain dates of the fourth Sunday of each month. A less-frequent schedule for the winter months will be discussed at a future meeting. This schedule was chosen specifically to alternate with the Tri-City Sky Busters' launch dates of the first and third weekends of each month.

On February 29, 2000, The MTMA received notice from the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) that the MTMA has been chartered as NAR Section #606.

On January 26, 2000, The MTMA sent an application to the NAR for the Charter of MTMA as a NAR Section.

On January 23, 2000, (MTMA #6) at the Summit County Fairgrounds, MTMA member Dan Ledenican made his Level 1 certification flight with his PML Ariel on an H73J.

On November 28, 1999, (MTMA #5) at the Summit County Fairgrounds, MTMA member Randy Miller made his Level 1 certification flight with his Minie Magg on an H128.

The Mantua Township Missile Agency (MTMA) was formed in the Spring of 1999, from a collection of rocketeers who met through the Usenet Newsgroup rec.models.rockets (RMR). Many of us post there on a regular basis. Our first launch was held on May 16, 1999, at a former sod farm in Mantua Township, Ohio. Old launch reports, announcements, and other ''nonsensical bs [sic] that . . . does not pertain to anything of importance'' can be found on RMR with the acronym "MTMA" in the subject header. Expired posts can be retrieved by performing a search on Google. The text of old launch reports can also be accessed on Mark's Launch Reports page.

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Created: January 31, 2000.
Last updated: June 24, 2008.
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