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
Nats / BBQ
Kenny Cooper
Winner of tasks set during the weekend
Chairman's Trophy
Kevin McGrath
Exceptional job of site officer
Holfly WIind talker project
Airspace agreements and ATC liaison
Putting forward a case against Wind Farm plans
Distance record (from a Tinto site)
Iain Kennedy
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.