The Fountain Hills Cultural and Civic Association will hold its Annual Meeting and dinner on May 17 at the Lexington Hotel. Besides a short dramatic PowerPoint presentation on its eleven active committees, the main speaker, Larry Arbanas, will deliver his talk on the subject of drones, which will also include a live demonstration of a drone in action.

Arbanas, of Earthwhile Films and Photography in Fountain Hills, will be the main speaker. Some topics covered will be: what’s the public perception of drones; how are drones making our lives better; how does security come into play and what regulations will affect drone pilots; how drones provide unique security issues and drones for recreational and commercial use.

Besides his experience with drones, Arbanas’ expertise in filming and photography is exceptional. He has shot footage or produced films for Public Broadcasting System (PBS), New York Historical Society, The Canada Museum of Nature, Maya Lin (designer of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Audubon Society and The Humane Society.

Arbanas has taken several extended filming expeditions for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He has filmed nature projects throughout the U.S., Mexico, Central America and Northern Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. He has been a resident of Fountain Hills for five years.

The dinner and meeting is open to FHCCA members. Dinner is $25 per person. Cash bar starts at 5:30 p.m. with a live demonstration at 6 p.m. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Members can send a check made out to the FHCCA to: FHCCA, P.O. Box 18254, Fountain Hills, Az 85269; or they can go online at fhcultural-civic.org to register and pay online. The deadline for getting reservations in is Friday, May 6.

The Fountain Hills Cultural and Civic Association is a non-profit organization and has been active in Fountain Hills since 1978.