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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 | |

| | | |

|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 | |

| | | |

|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 | |

| | | |

|7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM LAST MEETING |

|Ref No. |Details |Action |

|7.1 |Need to organise another reserve repack day. |PS |

| | | |

|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. |

| | | |

|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. | |

| | | |

|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 | |

| | | |

|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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