Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Richard Frawley
very true. tim was asking for months. > On 24 Jul 2016, at 2:41 PM, Reg Moore wrote: > > The probable reason that Nigel wasn't considered for an award was that he was > not nominated. The GFA Executive and Board can only issue awards to persons > nominated they are not

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Christopher McDonnell
Hear hear EP. From: emillis prelgauskas Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:52 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission This is indicative of the dilemma about corporate knowledge, as each generation succeeding the one before

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread emillis prelgauskas
This is indicative of the dilemma about corporate knowledge, as each generation succeeding the one before only knows what they know, and records that for posterity. Like the re-imagining of the history of the sport’s formation and early growth by the late Maurice Little when the current magazine

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Noel Roediger
Well said Bob. Noel. From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf Of Bob Ward Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 7:17 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission I seldom post on this site

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Harry
Hi Bob, I truly believe that overlooking Nigel’s contribution was an unintentional oversight. The first I heard of the award was today and I immediately phoned Nigel with my concern as to him not being given credit for what he had done. I then also emailed an appropriate GFA official

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Peter Champness
GFA could award Nigel next year. Maybe no one nominated him! On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Bob Ward wrote: > > > > I seldom post on this site but feel strongly that Nigel Andrews has > essentially been insulted by Harry’s award. As Harry pointed out, the >

Re: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Christopher McDonnell
From: Bob Ward Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 7:46 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission I seldom post on this site but feel strongly that Nigel Andrews has essentially been insulted by Harry’s award. As Harry pointed out,

[Aus-soaring] Fw: Nigel's omission

2016-07-23 Thread Bob Ward
I seldom post on this site but feel strongly that Nigel Andrews has essentially been insulted by Harry’s award. As Harry pointed out, the associated comments in the announcement were correct. Harry did finance the development of Aus Flarm when he had confidence that Nigel was on to something

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA award

2016-07-23 Thread Ian Mc Phee
And while going Nigel he was also responsible for the beep back that you hear at every certified airport in Australia. I think there was confusion over frequency at Bundaberg and in this case Dick Smith kicked off the need for such device and Nigel came to the rescue. Ian McPhee 0428847642 Box