RAF Meeting Minutes April 2022 - Sorry they are so late

[Glauber, Leo]

RAF Meeting Minutes April 2022

 

Participants:

In person – None

On Zoom - Moritz Wagner, Rick Brown, Karl Link, Katrin Parsiegla, Lon McClure, Jim Black, Tim Lewis, Chris Toomey, Marty Hughes, Tim DuBois, Brent Viau, Ron Wolff

 

Focus:

Student Recruitment, Training Readiness, Italy Update, RAF Bylaws, Major Club Investments

Recruitment of New Students (Ron Wolff):

• We have 3 confirmed students.
• Daniel Welch was a student from last year who may return.
• A few more possible contacts
• Ron will send out an email to list of interested contacts and ask for a response.
• Moritz will handle the event on Facebook with the correct date.
• Chris Toomey will assist Ron Wolff with recruitment activity
• Ron Wolff will send out link to share spreadsheet with Lon McClure, Jim Black, Chris Toomey, and Tim Lewis.
• Going forward, we need to add the spreadsheet to the shared area on RAF website

Check it out Readiness

• Presentation is ready to go.
• Handouts are now done online, access will be obtained through a QR (Quick Response) code setup by Lon.
• Karl F., Rick, Jim will do waivers and presentation
• Materials and Equipment all set
• Saturday 4/9

Training Readiness (Tim Lewis, Rick Brown, Chris Toomey, Jim Black):

• Instructor and Assistants (Tim Lewis) – Everyone confirmed availability and assigned day of week.
• Materials
  • Chris Toomey purchased 6 large helmets, everything else is all set.
  • Lon setting up second QR code for the electronic version of ground school handouts, presentations, etc.
  • “Resources” tab on RochesterAreaFlyers.com website has links to:
    • Check-It-Out Material
    • Ground School Material
    • Training Portal which contains “Required Reading”, and “Study Guide” sections.
  • Training videos will be added. Members, please send in links to training videos if you have good ones.
  • Lon will move the website to new hosting provider by July.
• Integration of towing (Jim Black)
  • Jim purchased 2 Wills Wing Alpha’s from Brian Estes, 180 and 210.
  • Towing for students planned for every Sunday, weather permitting.
• Storage at Geneseo (Jim Black)
  • Leave trailer at Geneseo with motorcycle cover for storage of scooter outdoors
  • Possibly obtain PVC tubing for glider storage, corrugated outside, smooth inside water sealed with ventilation for glider storage at Geneseo.

Italy Valley (Marty Hughes):

• No official progress
• Things being worked on:
  • Need someone who can sign for the Flap
  • Need someone who can sign for the RAF
  • Make sure the deed is clean

 

Major Club Investments: 

• Long term outlook, should the club consider using Alpha’s for both foot launch and winch towing? Jim would like to keep his 2 Alpha, so the club would need to purchase their own.
• Purchase an additional “Can” to increase storage capacity for mowing equipment.
• Purchase Tow Rope for scooter towing, have plenty of line for now cleaning up knots. Pulley and drum enhancements are being researched.
• Reimburse Rick Brown for Four-wheeler.

RAF Bylaws (Moritz Wagner): 

• Request to create a Bylaw subcommittee, small group of 3 or 4 people to propose additional changes to Bylaws when the signature authority change is proposed which is needed for the sale of Italy Valley property.
• Subcommittee members - Moritz Wagner, Karl Link, Marty Hughes, and Tim DuBois
• Use https://electionbuddy.com to handle valid anonymous electronic voting
• Jim Black will contact USHPA to see what they use for anonymous electronic voting

Insurance (Jim Black): 

• Have insurance coverage for training, towing. Check-It-Out participants will fill out correct waiver and student membership form. Continue to do what has been done in the past, including ACE forms.

Training Equipment (Moritz Wagner): 

• Have 3 gliders ready for the season and one part needs to be installed on the 4th glider.
• Need a list of repairs done yearly on each glider to provide to USHPA. We need maintenance logs for each glider.

Auction for Ron Kittredge Vario (Rick Brown): 

• Rick Brown is going to set up a blind auction for Ron Kittredge’s Flytec 4005 Vario. Keep it local and give proceeds to his club, Upstate NY Free Flyers.

Padghem Launches (Chris Toomey): 

• Chris Toomey is looking into the feasibility of clearing brush between West and Northwest launches on the training hill (Padghem).

Meetings and Events:

   Check it out April 9 / 16

   Ground School April 19

   Training Session April 23 - June 24

   Summer Party

 

 

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[Glauber, Leo]

RAF Meeting Minutes September 2022

 

Participants:

In person – Moritz Wagner, Karl Link

On Zoom - Rick Brown, Tim DuBois, Stefan Lucas, Brian Vogel, Louis Vasconcelos, Leo Glauber

 

Focus:

Club Status, Confirm Roles and Responsibilities

 

Club Officers:

• President:              Moritz Wagner will retire in November, we’ll need a new president
• Vice President:      Rick Brown
• Treasurer:             Brooks Lyon
• Secretary:             Leo Glauber
• Training:                Karl Fanghanel will retire next year to spend more time with his family,

Rick Brown

• Communications:  Brian Vogel, Lon McClure
• Activities:               Brian Vogel - “Fun Fly Day” in Nov, Christmas party in Dec
• Sites/Safety:         Tim Lewis
• Towing:                 Jim Black
• Insurance:             Jim Black
• Chute Clinic:         Chris Toomey

Site Coordinators:

• Bristol                                Tim DuBois
• Hammondsport                 Karl and Katrin
• Dansville
• Italy Valley                        Moritz may take this on when he retires from presidency
• Harriet Hollister                 Closed
• Mossy Banks                    Closed
• Padgham

Meeting Location for future:

1240 Jefferson Road, Henrietta

Safety: Reserve Chute Repack:

• Jim Black was out west for paraglider SIV class and his chute did not open/unfold. The instructor reviewed the repack and said the rubber bands were too tight. Brian Vogel had a similar issue in the past and his instructor said the repack was too tight.
• Joe Junta talked to Jim’s instructor and agree’s he should alter his repacking for paragliding/hang gliding as opposed to skydiving.
• Joe Junta will repack everyone’s chute for free.
• Mortiz’s original email describing the issue will be sent out directly to all members listed in the RAF members page in case they did not see the original post in the RAF google group.
• People should mention when flying at every outing that members should repack their chute, so they can at least know about the issue.

Four-Wheeler / Mower Training (Rick)

• Rick wants more people trained on the four-wheeler and mower.
• This could be done at the “Fun Fly Day” in November.

Italy Valley / Bylaws / Lawyer Progress (Moritz, Marty)

• Marty initiated contact with the lawyers, and repeatedly asked for updates but has not gotten any response.
• Moritz would like to get the by-laws and Italy Valley completed by November.
• Italy Valley - No has used the old LZ in five years. Italy valley top landing is good for paragliders, small for hang gliders. In an emergency you can land anywhere.

Astro Turf / Playground Matts for Paraglider Launch (Rick)

• Rick has found a place to get 5 rolls of Astro Turf and 40”x60” playground matts. The owner is going to take a tax right off.
• Very heavy, 4 tons of rubber, we’ll need to haul it away ourselves
• Would need to grade launch first before laying it down. Hammonds port is the better location. Bristol launch is probably not worth it since we’ll need NYS approval.
• Louis Vasconcelos is going to talk to Hammondsport landowner, Richard

 

Meetings and Events:

October 11

November 8

November: “Fun Fly Day”, “Four-Wheeler / Mower Training”

December 11: Christmas Party on Sunday, Mid Afternoon. Hopkins Point Lodge of Mendon Ponds Park

January 10

February 14

    Chute Clinic to be organized, ~March 4 +/- 1 week

March 14

April 11

   Check it out April 15 / 22

   Ground School April 25

Training Session April 29 - June 24

Summer Party