I have always wondered why Gliding is one of the very few sports I can think of where we insist on providing free or near free tuition. I am pretty sure that generational social change has setup a 'minimum deliverables' expectation amongst those who might be new members.
Perhaps if a 'customer' could book and arrive at, for example 10:00am, for a short briefing and a series of flights over the next 90 minutes, he/she would be more than happy to pay. And......please pay instructors....something....anything................. People pay for lessons hang-gliding, paragliding, Ultralight, GA, Golf, Surfing, Skydiving, the lsit goes on......................why are we so different......or should i say 'Special' ? Perhaps the GFA could sponsor a club to trial such a system, as a pilot study, to try real change. Mark On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Jarek Mosiejewski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > As a positive note, look how much good publicity could on AEF generate. > The flight was just two days ago (28 Jan 2017) and the video has already > been viewed over 1.2K times with lots of comments. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtNCJkK_A-M > > Regards > Jarek > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." < > [email protected]> > > To: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." < > [email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:14:18 +1100 > Subject: > Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship? > > > > > > after 3 years of trying the positive path and not seeing engagement, he > has just got the shits with the whole thing and feels like giving the > community a wake up call. i doubt there is much viewing of any of the > social pages beyond existing community and in any case no one externally > would give a crap. > > > > > > On 30 Jan 2017, at 10:50 AM, Ulrich Stauss <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From the GFA Facebook page: “Due to complaints from a vocal few who > oppose the facts the last post had been deleted at their request. It's s > sad day when the noise of a few drown out the facts however unpalatable > they maybe. We cannot move forward until we accept where we are and > recognize the need for change in the way we see the current situation and > change can only happen with hardwork, burying our heads on the sand because > we don't like what we are hearing will achieve nothing.” > > Do we really need the dirty washing of one (or more?) frustrated > individuals displayed on the public shopfront window of the GFA? How is > that going to come across to (prospective) members and the general public? > How embarrassing for the organisation and insulting to the volunteers who > carry it. > > > > This is stuff that needs to be sorted out in the board room, not in > public. Just floating ideas (in such a negative tone at that) and expecting > the membership to jump to it is a public display of bad leadership (and in > my view as good as a resignation letter). Putting meat to those ideas and > implementing change in an enthusiastic manner is what is needed instead. > > > > Ulrich > > > > *From:* Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Ulrich Stauss > *Sent:* Sunday, 29 January 2017 22:55 > *To:* 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [Aus-soaring] GFA Negative Advertising and Censorship? > > > > Has somebody in GFA Marketing and Development lost their marbles? > > The attached post essentially blaming the membership for “not getting off > their collective butts” continues a string of similarly negative posts > mainly on Facebook and has prompted quite a few comments from upset > members, several of which - including mine - were removed and at least in > my case I am now blocked from the GFA page. > > The same happened to me in response to my remark/question I posted in the > thread below which I had initially posed in an FB comment on the WGC2017 > Benalla page: the comment was deleted and I was blocked from the page. > > > > Rather than blaming the general membership for not magically implementing > ideas that somebody may have floated at some stage how about some effective > leadership and change management from whoever posted these rants and > blocked me from the pages (I am assuming “they” are both the same person). > > > > It would also be a good idea to add the name of the person responsible to > anything they post on behalf of the GFA. > > > > Just my thoughts. > > > > Ulrich > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Ulrich Stauss > Sent: Friday, 20 January 2017 13:36 > To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' < > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Worlds coverage > > > > Does anyone know why the live streaming comes online at the end and not > already for the Opening Ceremony? > > Also, what were the problems initially? The organisers seem to think that > it was "Due to technical issues, Australia's ancient Internet system" > (which I think is not good form to post on a public and official web forum) > and offered another link. > > Both streams now seem to work well though at least for me: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLmdBix3H_E > > http://player.5stream.com/16094 > > > > Ulrich > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Casey Jay Lewis > > Sent: Wednesday, 18 January 2017 13:06 > > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Worlds coverage > > > > Another John Styles rant I suspect. > > > > Carries a lot of anger that one. > > > > CJ > > > > iPhone Transmission > > > > > On 18 Jan 2017, at 10:33, Richard Hatch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Can anyone enlighten me to the comments posted from the GFA and the > > > WGC in > > relation to the sponsors yesterday. Seemed pretty weird and childish. They > have been deleted now I see. > > > > > > Ritch > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > ------------------------------ > Email sent using Optus Webmail > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > -- Mark Fisher Managing Director Swift Performance Equipment Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd Wacol 4076 Australia Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 Fax: +61 7 36076277 www.spe.com.au
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