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|Date and Time: |Thursday 3rd December 2020. Meeting began 19:40 |
|Venue: |Toowoomba Sports Club, Toowoomba |
|1. MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Peter Schwenderling, (President), Peter Harding (Treasurer), Sonya Fardell (Secretary), Emma Barber|
|(Zoom), Andrew Horchner, Viv Clements, Stef Becker, Jeff Macintyre (Zoom), Tim Hannah. |
|2. APOLOGIES: Andrew Lightfoot, Gary Booth, Mark Wager |
|3. CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES: |
|Moved: Sonya |
|Seconded: Peter H |
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|4. SECRETARY REPORT |
|Ref No. |Details |Action |
|Incoming: 4.1 |OFT Annual Return of Association has been received and is just waiting | |
| |for this meeting to be held to allow submission. | |
|Outgoing: 4.2 |2019 OFT Annual Return was submitted | |
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|5. SAFETY REPORT (from Senior Safety Officers, Safety Officers) |
|Ref No. |Details |Action |
|5.1 |Stef gave report on her accident at MaMa. She was flying in the MaMa | |
| |bowl when she had a collapse which did not recover. She has since learnt| |
| |that the glider she had bought from a reputable dealer was not | |
| |certified. The broken leg she sustained from the accident has healed but| |
| |is still not 100%. | |
|5.2 |Nathan Ward, Emma Barber, and Sonya Fardell are the current PG Safety |We will probably need to do a |
| |Officers with Peter Schwenderling HG SSO. Andrew Horchner’s application |Safety Officer workshop soon. |
| |for SO has been approved by SAFA so we now have another PG SO/SSO. | |
| | | |
| |Expiry dates for our SOs: | |
| |Sonya April 2025 | |
| |Andrew 2024 | |
| |Emma July 2021 | |
| |Peter Aug 2021 | |
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|6. TREASURER’S REPORT |
|Balance brought forward |
|6.1 |Financial information is available to club members on request or | |
| |available on the club website | |
|6.2 |Summary (as at 28/09/2020) | |
| |$7,737.58 In C’wealth Bank account | |
| |$57.35 cash on hand | |
| |$486.01.07 PayPal | |
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|7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM LAST MEETING |
|Ref No. |Details |Action |
|7.1 |Need to organise another reserve repack day. |PS |
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|8. OUTSTANDING ACTIONS ITEMS |
|Ref No. |Details |Action |
|8.1 |Reserve repack |Swendo to look into booking hall|
| |Most members need their reserves repacked. Tentative repack at Stockyard|again and will notify club |
| |Creek Hall. |members on a suitable date. |
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|9. STANDING AGENDA ITEMS |
|Ref No. |Details |Action |
|9.1 Committee Report| PS | |
|9.2 |New members: | |
|Membership Report |Shaun Podbury, Daryl Beattie, Carol Liang, Christian Miles, Dusty Ann | |
| |Smith, Lee Pointon, Andrew Lightfoot. | |
| |Welcome! | |
|9.3 | | |
|Site Report/s | | |
|9.3.1 |Ma Ma: NE novice, N, SE (yet to be rated), NW (yet to be rated). |PS to update sign at MaMa. |
| | |Possibly add details and |
| |We are definitely on the last chance with landowners so it is imperative|instructions on texting Colin. |
| |that everyone is vigilant on following site protocols, especially | |
| |driving very slowly on the dirt road. | |
| | | |
| |Wind talker has been fixed (again). PH & SF. Just needed reboot. Some | |
| |discussion held on whether the current position of the windtalker is | |
| |suitable. | |
|9.3.2 |Mt Storey: | |
| |Please remember to drive very slowly past the bombout owner’s house. | |
| | | |
| |Please everyone use the gate in the SW corner of the bombout no matter | |
| |where you land in the paddock. | |
| | | |
| |We need to enforce the VHF regulations at Storey. No one to fly there | |
| |unless they have VHF endorsement and carrying (and using) a VHF radio. A| |
| |call isn’t required if just ridge soaring but must be made if leaving | |
| |the launch. | |
| | | |
| |Thank you to Matt Fox and others for maintaining the Mt Storey launch. | |
| |Much weed control work. | |
| | | |
| |Matt reports it may be possible to use the old hangie launch to the | |
| |north of the regular launch. Main problem is not very good landing | |
| |options. | |
|9.3.3 |Middleton’s: |PS to remove Middleton’s from |
| |CLOSED. New owners do not want us on the land at all. DO NOT ENTER THIS |the club website. |
| |PROPERTY. | |
|9.3.4 |Wilson’s: |PS to contact owners of current |
| |Only activity in the past year has been a minor tidy up. Andrew flew, |bombout and find out if we can |
| |top landed. |talk to owners of the land |
| | |further to the north. |
| |SF would like to contact the owners of the land directly below the | |
| |launch as it has been cleared significantly. We would need to do a site | |
| |visit before landing there if we get permission. | |
|9.3.5 |Stringybark |SF to stay in contact with Peter|
| |Peter and Jan have bought the land to the west of the launch hill. There|and Jan and organise a day for a|
| |may be the possibility of a westerly launch. |few of us to go check out the |
| | |possibilities. |
| |Ownership of the “old” Stringbark bombout has changed and the new | |
| |landowners (George and Pam) are quite happy to have us land there. |Site visit will need to be |
| |However, there is now a fence line at the west (closest to the ridge) |organised. |
| |end of the paddock. Some SOs (both PG and HG) will need to check out the| |
| |paddock before we use it again. | |
|9.3.6 |Sid’s Tow Strip |PS to enquire with SAFA |
| |The tow strip has been lengthened and improved. We just need more people|regarding whether the club’s |
| |to come out on the tow days now. Maybe PGs to fly in the morning while |insurance policy will cover the |
| |the wind is till light and the drive for the HGs when the wind strength |drivers. |
| |picks up. | |
| | | |
| |Still need to find some good regular drivers. | |
| | | |
| |The drogue chute was destroyed by being dragged through the winch by | |
| |inexperienced operators. PS has repaired the winch, had the drogue chute| |
| |replaced and the winch modified to avoid this happening again. | |
| | | |
| |Query was made as to where the club would stand insurance wise if one of| |
| |the paid drivers (or anyone else) was to be hurt while on the tow strip.| |
|9.3.7 |Hoffman’s | |
| |Nothing new to report. | |
|9.3.8 |East and south-east Killarney (Int for HG) | |
| |Cam Tait is the owner of these two launches. No one is to fly here | |
| |without contacting him. There must always be an advanced pilot on launch| |
| |when anyone flies here. Please contact one of the club committee members| |
| |before flying here. | |
|9.3.9 |West Killarney PG4 (discretion) |AH to let club know if anything |
| |AH is in contact with local landowner who may, possibly, be able to |changes with access to |
| |negotiate with the owners of the big westerly launch “Bellbird”. |“Bellbird” westerly launch. |
|9.3.10 |Carr’s lookout |SF and AH to continue to try and|
| |Still have not been able to make contact with the wife of the previous |make contact with landowner. |
| |owner. | |
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|10. NEW BUSINESS (items tabled on the agenda before the meeting) |
|Ref No. | |Action |
|10.1 |Possible new southerly launch at Killarney |AH to keep in contact with |
| |Andrew reported that Killarney landowner would like to develop a |landowner and report any |
| |southerly launch on the same ridge as the current Eagle’s launch and SE |developments. |
| |launches. Still needs to negotiate with council as it would be very | |
| |visible. | |
|10.2 |New battery for tow winch |PS to purchase and install new |
| |The tow winch needs a new battery. PS has sourced a good one for |battery in the tow vehicle. |
| |$450.00. Motion moved for the club to cover this cost. | |
| |Motioned: AH | |
| |Seconded by PH | |
| |Carried | |
|10.3 |Peter H has flown from a small site at his workplace. He is trying to | |
| |get permission for others to fly there but biosecurity may be a major | |
| |problem. | |
|10.4 |Figures on website visitors | |
| |PS gave report on viewing numbers from the website: roughly 1,000 visits| |
| |to the website; and 3,000 page views; 85 Store transactions; and 31 | |
| |“Click to call”. The “MaMa Closed” sign has been seen 180 times. These | |
| |visits were from a combination of desktop and mobile. So overall the | |
| |website has been a very successful method of communications and | |
| |management. | |
|10.5 |Killarney over Xmas |SF to post message on club |
| |Andrew and Sonya will probably be camping at the Killarney View Caravan |forum. |
| |Park over the Xmas-NY break. All welcome to join. | |
|10.6 |Windtalker for Stringybark |AH to make enquiries on prices |
| |Suggestion was made that the club purchase another windtalker for the |and options for another |
| |Stringybark launch. As we will probably be using this launch more now |windtalker. |
| |that we have regained the bombout paddock, and the possibility of a | |
| |westerly launch. This was agreed to be a good move. Also the more |SF to speak with Peter and Jan |
| |windtalkers we have in the area the better we can understand the |Frith to make sure they are OK |
| |conditions. |with having the windtalker on |
| |Motioned: SF |the hill. |
| |Seconded: PH | |
| |Carried | |
|10.7 |Xmas allocations of landowner gifts | |
| |It was voted on and unanimously agreed to start giving Xmas “Thank You”s| |
| |to all the Killarney land owners. Andrew suggested getting $50 vouchers | |
| |for the local Co-op. | |
| | | |
| |Stef: 2 x MaMa; 3 x Stringybark | |
| |Peter S: Wilson’s launch and landing; Sid’s | |
| |Peter H: Storey | |
| |Andrew and Sonya: All the Killarney landowners | |
| | | |
| |Stef suggested the options of having a Xmas BBQ for the land owners. | |
|10.8 |Emma suggested that in the future a reminder be put on the forum about | |
| |30 minutes prior to the meeting starting. | |
|10.9 |Windsocks | |
| |The windsocks at MaMa definitely all need replacing. Suggestion was made| |
| |that the club purchase some more windsocks. | |
| |Motioned: SB | |
| |Seconded: SF | |
| |Carried | |
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|11. NEXT MEETING – General Meeting |
|Date and Time: |TBA |
|Venue: |TBA |
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|12. MEETING CLOSE |
|Meeting closed at: 21:17 |
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CHAIRPERSON AUTHORISATION:
Name President: Peter Schwenderling
Signature
Date 03 / 12 / 2020
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