Oh dear. Nobody respects those who stoop to personal attacks Mike. Maybe you need some counselling for that anger.
No hard feelings, Richard --- On Fri, 24/4/09, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Board members: TERM OF OFFICE - proposed > change to 8 years service limit from 5 years > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Received: Friday, 24 April, 2009, 3:35 PM > A quick drive by shooting followed by > unwillingness to discuss the issues raised. Class act, > Richard. > > Your tiny brain might like to contemplate the growth and > success of other branches of sport aviation since 1984. A > goodly part of that can be ascribed to getting regulation > off people's backs. > > My "problem" with the GFA is that it wants to be a monopoly > and write and enforce the rules for all glider pilots in > Australia. > > Mike > > > At 09:59 AM 24/04/2009, you wrote: > > > OK Mike we'll have to agree to disagree. You can't > ignore the bigger picture - so many times the cry of 'you're > making excuses' is the only retort. Doesn't seem very > constructive to me. > > > > I haven't got time to address all your issues with the > GFA Mike! > > > > Take it easy & cheers, > > > > Richard > > > > --- On Fri, 24/4/09, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > From: Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA Board members: > TERM OF OFFICE - proposed change to 8 years service limit > from 5 years > > > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in > Australia." <[email protected]> > > > Received: Friday, 24 April, 2009, 6:43 AM > > > At 07:29 PM 23/04/2009, you wrote: > > > > "The current mob have halved the membership > numbers > > > while the population of Australia has gone up by > 25%" > > > > > > > > Doesn't this part of the rant totally ignore > every > > > other possible factor? A clear worldwide decline > due to > > > increased competition for leisure time & > decreased > > > tolerance of the time/effort commitment both > immediately > > > spring to mind. I guess they are just convenient > excuses? If > > > so it must be the GFA - I just didn't realise > "the current > > > mob" ran giding in nearly every other country > too! > > > > > > > > It's going to be a long winter ... > > > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > Apparently they do but their results aren't quite > a bad as > > > ours: > > > > > > Heard from a couple of German glider pilots at > > > Tocumwal about 5 years ago after a little > discussion > > > of the problem: "The current mob in Germany would > rather > > > drive gliding into the ground than let go > control." > > > > > > One of them had started running a commercial > soaring > > > operation in Canada not long before, the other > was the > > > business manager of a major glider manufacturer. > > > > > > Keep making excuses Richard. How about addressing > the other > > > issues I raised? > > > > > > I was in WA recently and was told at one club > that "if > > > people aren't prepared to drive 3 hours each way > they aren't > > > dedicated enough to go gliding." Makes a mockery > of attempts > > > to provide cheaper to run towplanes to make > training > > > cheaper. > > > > > > I'm sure the sport will get plenty of recruits > who'll stay > > > with that attitude. What was the turnover again? > 40% of the > > > membership each year I read on this group. > > > > > > Only 8 year terms! What pikers. How about > selecting the GFA > > > Pope for life? Then the College of Cardinals can > select a > > > new one when the old one dies. > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality > soaring > > > instruments > > > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > > > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > > > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > > > > Int'l + 61 429 355784 > > > email: [email protected] > > > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > > > > > > Enjoy a better web > experience. Upgrade to the new Internet Explorer 8 optimised > for Yahoo!7. 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