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• December 2025 SARA Board Meeting

  • When
    9 Dec 2025
  •  
    19:30 - 21:00
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    9 registrants

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  Monthly gathering of the SARA Board to discuss the business of the club. 

  Meetings held via Zoom, 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:30 - 9:00pm (19:30 - 21:00).

  Typical Agenda (email agenda items to board@sararocketry.org):

  • Treasurer's report
  • Old business
  • Follow up on action items from previous month's meeting minutes
  • New business: TBD, typically the week before meeting
  • Committee Updates
  • Bylaws/Incorporation: (Matt)
  • Range Ops
  • Safety/Training
  • Themed launches
  • Membership
  • Comms/Public Relations/Outreach

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  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84860572874

  Dial in number:

  1-669-900-9128

  Meeting ID: 848 6057 2874

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• December 2025 Launch at Udall Park

  • When
    13 Dec 2025
  •  
    09:00 - 12:00
  • Location
    Udall Park's Southern Undeveloped Area (See Description for Details)
  • Spaces left
    38
  • Registered
    7 registrants

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  SARA has received permission from the City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department to host low power launches at Udall Park on the 2nd Saturday of the month, from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. 

  These launches are generally limited to flights up to D motors, up to 1000 feet above ground level, and excluding clustered or staged rockets.

  This is not a blanket authorization for anyone to launch rockets in Udall Park or any other City of Tucson Park, and these activities are prohibited without written permission from the City of Tucson Parks and Recreation.

  The site is open desert, with some cactus and debris throughout the recovery area. But it's a good area for rocket flights, with few tall trees and generally walkable terrain.

  Public health precautions in effect include:

  • If you or anyone in your family are sick or may have been exposed to someone who's sick, stay home.

  Parking for the launch site is off of Sabino Canyon Road, South of Tanque Verde Road.

  For driving directions, refer to this Google map: https://goo.gl/maps/CQtzYgrvHiyU5BDT7. From the overflow parking across from Ramada # 9 and southern baseball fields, follow the dirt trail 250 yards to the southeast. You can park near the softball fields or in the overflow parking lot during SARA launches at Udall Park. Park staff usually open the gates to the black gravel overflow parking area, and if it is open, you are welcome to drive directly to the launch site; the route and range head area are shown below in yellow, and is marked by SARA signs during launches.

  
  

  SARA will provide launch equipment, including 1/8, 3/16, and 1/4 inch launch rods and a 1010 launch rail.

  
  

  
  

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• SARA 2025 Annual Member Meeting

  • When
    13 Dec 2025
  •  
    13:00 - 16:00
  • Location
    Udall Park Meeting Room
  • Registered
    13 registrants

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  YOU ARE INVITED... To the SARA 2025 Annual Member Meeting!

  Saturday, December 13, 2025, 1-3pm at a Udall Park meeting room (not on the launch field). 

  This meeting will follow the December 13th Udall Park launch and will feature:

  • A review of 2025 club activity aka "The Year of Fire Restrictions!"
  • A general discussion about the direction of the club
  • 2026 Launch Schedule
  • Nominations and confirmations of the 2026 Board of Directors
  • Your ideas and feedback
  • LUNCH WILL BE SERVED to all attendees!

  Our always popular Club Garage Sale will take place during the Udall Park launch from 10-12 noon in the parking area. Please consider making a donation to the sale and/or making a purchase. All proceeds go to SARA as this is a fundraising event!

  Please register for this meeting and we'll  see you December 13th!

  
  

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• December 2025 TIMPA Launch

  • When
    20 Dec 2025
  •  
    09:00 - 12:00
  • Location
    3580 N Reservation Rd Marana, AZ 85653
  • Spaces left
    41

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  SARA's DECEMBER 2025 Tucson International Modelplex Park Association (TIMPA) launch is scheduled for Saturday, DECEMBER 20th from 9 am - 12 noon at the SARA launch site near Picture Rocks.

  Pre-registration is required.

  • ALL FLYERS Must be individually registered!
  • ALL High Power FLYERS Must show proof of Currently Paid NAR or Tripoli membership and certification level!

  • Attendance will be granted on a first come, first served basis, so sign up as soon as you can.
  • There is a waitlist available, so if you make a reservation and can't attend, please cancel your reservation up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund so someone else can use your spot.
  • Please consider volunteering to work for an hour during the launch to help keep our launch running smoothly.
  • You must be qualified to serve as LCO or RSO, but the other positions are available to anyone.
  • Launch operations will cease, if
  • • There are not sufficient volunteers!
    • Weather conditions (such as sustained high wind speeds, fire danger) prohibit safe launching.
    • Red flag fire warnings cancel the launch.

  • Public Health precaution: If you or anyone in your family are sick or may have been exposed to someone who's sick, please do not attend the launch
  • As always, while a specific waiver altitude and motor limit is expected, field and sky conditions at flight time may dictate restricted operations. 
  • Be sure to wear sunscreen, a hat, long pants and long sleeves, closed toe shoes, bring plenty of water, and always recover rockets with a partner. 
  • Watch out for animal burrows, snakes, and other desert hazards when recovering rockets.

  
  

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