Is it AYSO or Club?
AYSO is a non-profit, volunteer driven organization. Its difficult to
work against but as its volunteer driven it tends to be easier to talk to
Club soccer is a moneymaking business (its gone from "competitive youth
sports" to "pay big fees to get your kid a scholarship") It
superficially resembles youth sports.
You may not be able to stop the soccer juggernaut but there's a big
difference between a field that's got removable goals on it and one
that's got permanent hardware and lighting poles. You could fly on the
former, the latter's an obstacle course. Lights are usually fairly easy
to deal with -- local homeowners hate the things so if you're lucky
there will be at least one part of the field that can't be lit.
Our local AYSO fields already coexist with a small club of electric
fliers. They don't interfere with soccer, they fly from an old parking
lot. I have a foot in both camps so I'm interested in promoting
co-existence -- with the best will in the world you can't play soccer on
those fields 24/7, the turf won't stand it, and its a pity to waste all
that nice flat grass...
Martin Usher
PS -- In retrospect a Turd Plant on part of the property wouldn't have
been a bad thing (unless you missed your landing, that is)....it would
have kept other users at bay.
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Sport Fans,
Many of you know that The Seattle Area Soaring Society sued the local
county over the county efforts to place more soccer fields on the
field where we fly. (60 Acres South).
Unfortunately, the judge ruled in the county's favor.
So, now we are considering an appeal. In the meantime, we are still
trying to work out a political solution. The political solution has
potential, but we need your help.
Back in 2002 we asked for letters from the soaring community. We
thought we were going to loose the field to a sewage treatment
facility. The help from you guys was nothing short of amazing and we
beat the dreaded Turd Plant.
We need that kind of help again. Below are the email addresses of the
current council members in King County. Please send in a letter. I
does not need to be a long letter, just a couple of paragraphs. It
worked again and it can work again.
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The soccer association we are dealing with has an operating budget of
2.4 million with a million in the bank. All of its fields are on
county property and the association has never paid a dime in rent. We
are asking the county to force the Soccer association to mitigate
their impacts on the current users groups and pay for the rent on a
new property. Pretty simple really. After all, the county makes all
developers pay million in mitigation fees, we just want a new piece of
dirt. In the instant case the soccer association has stated in a
declaration it wants the additional field space so it can put on
larger tournaments so it can make more money. Amazing.
Please do not be afraid to spread this post around to other list
serves. The more the better. Some will want to know how much time do
we have? Well, about a week. Our goal is 1400 letters. Every single
letter makes a difference.
Thanks in advanced for your help.
The Seattle Area Soaring Society
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