Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality

2009-04-29 Thread Mike Borgelt
Al Borowski, Don't forget that in RAAus you don't need to join a club either and someone with a motorglider operating out of his farm strip or local airport won't get any benefit out of a club many hundreds of kilometers away. Richard is just floundering. The 2nd inspection after rigging

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality

2009-04-28 Thread McLean Richard
Thanks for that Al   =)   Cheers,   Richard --- On Tue, 28/4/09, Al Borowski al.borow...@gmail.com wrote: From: Al Borowski al.borow...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. aus-soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality

2009-04-27 Thread Alan Wilson
Richard, We/you don't elect the Prime Minister, Deputy PM, or Treasurer in Australian democracy. You only get to vote for your local member. Is that not so different to GFA arrangements. Indeed at many ''meetings' I have attended most avoid being nominated to avoid being elected. Almost to

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality

2009-04-27 Thread McLean Richard
, 27/4/09, Alan Wilson a...@ozemail.com.au wrote: From: Alan Wilson a...@ozemail.com.au Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality To: ha...@interweft.com.au, Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Received: Monday, 27 April

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality

2009-04-27 Thread Jim Staniforth
Mail box overload this morning!   The gripes seem no different to those about other governing bodies anywhere in the World. Possibly, the BGA - British Gliding Association - receives the fewest complaints. SSA - Soaring Society of America - (now seems a microcosm of the entire USA debacle)

Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA matters. Democracy vs. reality

2009-04-27 Thread Al Borowski
Hi Richard, [...] In my experience glider pilots just want to go flying really, and are just very apathetic when it comes to the necessary administration rule-making that allows us to operate in a relatively low-cost non-onerous way. Yes non-onerous (relatively) when you look at the big