It was for participant/aircraft in an event at Nrm airport.
www.vintaglidersaustralia.org.au From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Wednesday, 6 July 2011 9:28 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] No Event Fee for Narromine Airport Was the "event fee" $55 for the event or per competitor or what? Mike At 08:59 AM 6/07/2011, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0035_01CC3BBA.F9C1DF50" Content-Language: en-au As a resident of Narromine I would like to set the record straight ... up to July 1 Ewen held two positions with Narromine Shire Council: airport groundsman and shire ranger. As the latter become more and more demanding it was decided that he be relieved of his airport role to concentrate more on his ranger duties. For those of you who have enjoyed flying at Narromine and commented on the wonderful airport facility, it is all thanks to Ewen and his staff. One of his roles at the airport was to ensure all rules and regulations were adhered to which made him unpopular with some of the airport users who quite blatently felt they were a law unto themselves and could do whatever they wished. As one of the councillors commented at the recent budget meeting where the $55 participant fee was discussed: "Aerodrome users should work with council not against them." Ewen is our local Fire and Rescue NSW (Fire Brigade) Station Commander; and was a driving force in our Apex Club for many years, serving as president and board member over the years. His late father, Ewie Jones, was a highly respected aviation figure in this part of the state and served as Narromine Aero Club's CFI for many years before relocating to Parkes. During my 20+ years in the media industry in Narromine I have had many dealings with Ewen and feel that he should not be ridiculed as he has been in Ross McLean's email. ... Anne Elliott From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Ross McLean Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2011 4:37 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] No Event Fee for Narromine Airport Some very good news. The Narromine Council has voted unanimously to drop the proposed event fee for Narromine Airport. There will be no such fee imposed. Thank you to all who wrote directly to the Council opposing the imposition of this poorly thought out proposal. The Council has instead set up a stronger airport management committee who will work with the airport stakeholders towards positively promoting and encouraging all aviation events at Narromine Airport. The former airport groundsman has been reassigned to the role of dogcatcher (true). Those of us who knew Ewan will agree it is a role much better suited to his ability. Cheers, ROSS _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 email: [email protected] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/>
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