The gliding movement should count itself extremely fortunate to have a magnificent faciity such as Narromine A/F availabe at little or no cost. At Lake Keepit, probably in common with other clubs, we pay a substantial annual lease costs and all airfield improvements and maintenace are a cost to members. Not sure of actual ammount, but it would be in excess of $20,000 per annum, even with members doing the actual mowing and numerous other tasks themselves, yet through hard work by our members and despite having a site 5 hours drive from Sydney we have a membership of over 100 and a full time club operation. The complaints about a relatively small activity fee makes one wonder.
Harry Medlicott ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Elliott To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] No Event Fee for Narromine Airport 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]] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3744 - Release Date: 07/04/11
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