AGM 2021/22 Minutes

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Ben Johnson

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Mar 12, 2022, 6:30:48 AM3/12/22
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Hello all,

Please see below minutes from the AGM just passed. Any issues please let me know. Hope you are all well and getting excited for the coming season.

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Cheers,

Ben.

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Minutes


Chairman Ben Johnson

  • Ben Welcomed 13 attendees onto the zoom meeting.

  • Minutes from 2021 were approved

  • Committee rolls were renewed with no changes from previous year.

  • Sites : land access / airspace is our shared responsibility as pilots to deal with landowners and members of the public in a positive manner and with respect.

  • Whenever we plan to go flying, please post an Airspace (CANP) for ANY possible flying sites you plan to go too. The more notice you give, the more effective the notice becomes to OTHER air users.

  • BGA are trialling masts to broadcast flarm

  • Low club activity/member engagement for club events

  • New Telegram group for social/beer nights

  • In hope of more flying in 2022 than previous years 


Forestry/SHPF Alastair Bowman 

  • £74k  paid so far and climbing

  • Work going well

  • Completion end of March

  • Slower due to current issues

  • Farmer happy and being kept in the loop

  • Plans to keep the forestry going as recurring “crop” to be taken every 10 years or so

  • No plans to buy more land (Angus asked if we plan to buy more land)

  • Hills being bought for forestry- land prices are rising

  • New register of  Controlling Interests in land, which comes into effect 1st April 2022

  • Scottish government is introducing the “Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (“RCI”)” making landowner registers potentially more complicated

  • Need to notify these guys of any committee roll changes

  • Applies to trustees also 

 

 

Treasurer - Ian Kennedy (accounts were approved)

LLSC SUMMARY ACCOUNTS 2021


    £

OPENING BALANCE 5971


INCOME

  £

Membership   240

SHPF   100

Events   249

Forestry VAT refund   273

  INCOME TOTAL    862



EXPENDITURE


Tinto farms       1185

Christmas Scotch         148

SHPF annual subscription         395

Weather stations and windsocks           51

Events         341

Loan to forestry fund       3000

Others         202

    EXPENDITURE

        TOTAL 5322


Net Balance this year          -4660


BALANCE


BANK RECONCILIATION  FOR 2020


  £

Opening Balance 5971

Income   862

Expenditure 5322

Current Bank Balance 1511

Cash       0


CLOSING BALANCE       £1511


NOTE £5641 will be recovered from the proceeds of Forestry work in 2022  to cover the loan needed to advance the current felling works and various projects that should have been financed from forestry in previous years

MY NOTES


Recovery from Forestry account



Largest expenditure in the year is for the goodwill payments to the farmers at Tinto £1180


Membership was rolled over from 2020 so income under that heading is for new members only.


We made a few £ profit on the Tinto bbq and Nats after taking the SHPF support payment into account.


Subs can remain at £20 to cover basic annual ongoing cost




MEMBERSHIP 2021 - Ian Kennedy


We had 80 members by the end of the year.


The highest membership in my tenure as Treasurer is 92 in 2015.


The lowest record I have found is 30 back in 2008.


As of today we have 57 so far for 2022.


As an aside in 2019 our members flew on average 23 hours each.

(0-140).



Secretary - NA

  • No nominations. No volunteers



Sites (Kevin Mcgrath)

  • Glasgow airspace

  • Open up sites in greenock area if airspace changes go ahead

  • Przemek discussing moving the Tinto talker to holgate hill in the hope it will give better readings.

  • Notices to be put up for Tinto gate to stop folk leaving gate open

  • Wind turbine project in progress to counter project

  • Wind turbines make flying an issue for us due to concerns of lee side wake and if flying over wind turbine site, lack of landing options.

  • Abington shut due to Famer turbulence with non club pilots. Please contact Peter Shields ONLY to discuss this further.

  • Lots of flying sites under threat of future development with wind turbines

Przemek added the below

  • 8giga gigawatts onshore wind to be added from the Scottish government as their target.

  • Plans to add many turbine projects to achieve this.

  • Flying Sites and related information on the internet need updating however, data from many sources feed this so trying to change it is an undefined quantity.

  • Alastair sitting in on days for the airport to discuss airspace changes and how this could impact our flying sites, possibly for the better.

  • Record flight of 136k hang glider from moorfoots Mike Armstrong


Safety Chris Sangwin

  • Re-pack short notice but went well

  • If anyone missed the event, small events can be arranged, on demand

  • Agree Jan date for 2023 and coordinate with SHPF re-pack event

  • Was the fee a reason for low attendance? Probably not and free events have lower attendance in general.

  • No zip wire at Ratho due to new bouldering towers. Outdoor zipwire is not a good idea: wet, wind damage and so on with expensive optimised reserves.

  • Try Glasgow climbing centre for zip wire?

  • Spring is coming, be safe! Lack of currency in strong thermic conditions. Some on new equipment. 


Website Mark Bradley

  • Good for booking repack

  • Webcam “database” to be thought about on the web site

  • Xc league has the write up facility to supplement the "flight report" on the web site.

  • Any suggestions for the web welcome.

 


Chief Coach Fred Robinson

  • Apologies for being unable to attend the AGM.

  • Nothing to report.

  • New pilots engaging with our community and getting out flying where possible.

 

HG Liaison NA


Club Nights Mike Jardine

  • One club night so far

  • Low attendance

  • Topics lined up but little time to spend on organising club nights

  • Hybrid attempt with meeting in March

  • Steve to speak about SIV and Przemek to speak about weather

  • Hay market could be a good venue

  • Any suggestions for club nights and how to boost attendance are welcome.


Powered Paragliding Bruce Barrack

  • Nothing to report

 

Committee member/s

  • David Thomson

 

NON Committee Members

Neil Craig - Trophies & BBQ


NEWS


Funds available (Me)

  • The LLSC has gained funds from the forestry at Tinto which we are making available to help improve Scottish Paragliding.

  • Any suggestions will require a proposal to be submitted to the Committee for consideration.

  • Any proposal must contain how the fundees will implement the proposal along with details of the project, time frame etc.


LLSC Club BBQ

  • Neil Craig

  • Wiston Campsite 25th / 26th June 22


Prizegiving


  1. Nats / BBQ

    1. Kenny Cooper

    2. Winner of tasks set during the weekend


  1. Chairman's Trophy

    1. Kevin McGrath

    2. Exceptional job of site officer 

    3. Holfly WIind talker project

    4. Airspace agreements and ATC liaison

    5. Putting forward a case against Wind Farm plans


  1. Distance record (from a Tinto site)

    1. Iain Kennedy

    2. 28km flight from Tinto South on the 1st of June 2021



AOB ?


Angus added a reminder of the CAA conspicuity device grant ending at the end of March.


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