tillmanr

A bit of both.The"right" bit is that " . . . board members are elected on a regional basis". The right postcode is the primary qualification. If you were Dick Smith but your postcode was outside the particular region, you could not even be considered for election.

 

The wrong bit, if I understand you correctly, is that "the association has board members to represent voting members". I've interpreted that to mean that they are there to represent the region they were elected from. If that's what you meant then that is completely incorrect. All decisions made by individual Board Members must be to the benefit of the entire association as a whole. It would be unconstitutional and even illegal to act to the benefit of your region against the best interests of RAAus as a whole. RAAus is a body corporate and the Board must act in the best interests of the Association not any particular group of members.

 

That may surprise some people.

 

If you simply meant that Board members are elected to look after the interest of ALL members (not just the 15% who voted) then you are of course correct.

 

This is a bit theoretical because it is difficult for me to imagine how the Board could favour one group of members over another. I'd be very interested if anyone could give me an example of how that might happen.

 

Part of the problem here is that we are currently using the Association form of incorporation which is more suited to a small club with a limited geographical spread of membership and certainly not well suited to a national body. The Club model works quite well at the Hunter Recreational Flying Club that I am a member of. However, because RAAus operates outside the state/territory of incorporation (the A.C.T.) we are accountable to the Aust Securities and Investments Commission (the other ASIC) as well as the A.C.T. Dept. of Justice and its Office for the regulation of incorporated associations.

 

Being a member with a postcode as the primary qualification for election to the Board is not necessarily going to result in having the most competent Board. If we had a choice between a pilot who had legal qualifications, an MBA and extensive Board experience versus a pilot who was enthusiastic enough to put him/her self up for election but had no qualifications or experience that would equip them well to operate at Board level then, other things equal, we should probably vote for the former. However, if the former was from Sydney and the latter was from Katherine in the NT the former could not be even considered if the "seat" was for the NT and RAAus would most likely be the poorer for it.

 

The regional thing at the moment is also quite undemocratic in that we have a great disparity in the "one vote one value" principle.

 

The regional representation model was adopted in a time before cheap landline calls interstate, widespread use of emails, Skype, etc. and may have had some value then. It just no longer makes any sense.

 

In my view, we would be better off to have every candidate for the Board elected based on their qualifications, experience and declared intent rather than, in the first instance, their postcode. In the new Constitution that is exactly how Board Members will be elected.

 

Don

Don, my impetus was not that a board member should act contrary to the benefit of the association but be aware of the thoughts and wishes of members. I feel that the administration is busy with day to day running of the show not collecting thoughts and feelings of the membership. That is the role of our elected board in my opinion. I could be wrong.

 

 

David, I can only agree with what you are saying and will discuss with the Board and the CEO to see what we can do. Perhaps what we need is to publish an email address that covers the entire Board rather than one individual member as the Board should act as one entity not as 13 independents.

Don I believe that the association has board members to represent voting members. These board members are elected on a regional basis, I assume to have a voice for the members in those regions.

 

If I cannot approach my regional representative of the board we might as well have no regional basis to the board elections but only a universal (nation wide) election to the board.

 

Am I right or wrong?

 

 

Thanks for your suggestions,. I have a cheapie on order and will report back on its usefulness

 

 

I haven't received it and won,t be available for a month to do so It is the 4 cutter jobbie I am after.

 

 

My latest and easiest but possibly risky is an exhaust cutter from ebay.

 

 

Send Oscar a PM. I believe he made one for his Jab.

Thanks, I have tried to contact him.

 

 

I have been chasing the the correct item when in the USA but they appear to be a mythical tool. I have been to maybe a dozen auto supplies and once we overcome my accent they are then unable to find one in their catalogues. I see them referred to by high performance auto engine types but no easy retail source in USA or Aus.

 

 

The folded edge/rim is too big for any I have. I am open to suggestions for a brand.

 

 

I am interested in checking the innards of my oil filter. Does anyone on the forum know where to buy an oil filter cutter in Aus. They can be purchased online from the USA but that seems quite expensive.

 

 

Stopover Narromine is a good idea. Motel is at the aerodrome. Best to call ahead and book. They are flyers and understand if you are delayed arriving or leaving. Start very early.

 

 

iPads use satellites for their GPS location and the cellular network for reporting that position. You will know where you are but cannot always connect to ozrunways or avplan or other system to report your location.

 

If it is critical then a satellite based track reporting device would be the better option me thinks.

 

 

Early this year I visited Pima at Tucson and the military boneyard where the guide pointed out that F16s were being converted to targets. With recent developments worldwide the suggestion(good oil) is that some are being refurbished for active duty.

 

 

Don't just go for the younger flyers. I recently attended a 3 day engine maintenance course and had to teach a 60 something person how to read a micrometer as well as set a torque wrench. Said person had co built two kit aircraft during the last 12 months. We need a minimum skill level to be acquired and this may cost money but we need to show as a group we are working for safety in preparing our aircraft.

 

 

I had to turn off4G on my iphone5 as it was marginal and kept locking up. So I just run 3G wherever

 

 

Do you have, Settings, Passcode? If so enter your passcode then you can change the settings. Works on mini iPad and older iPad.

 

 

Because you have different password settings which you can set to your needs, password/ no password

 

 

Why oh why do people who would seemingly never intend to attend sit back and throw arrows. They criticise, ridicule and throw up red herrings without contributing to the general cause of flying.

 

If you want to go, do it with planning. Otherwise crawl onto another site and waste their time. We want to be constructive not destructive.

 

End of rant.

 

 

I believe from locals that the air show dates were published first however the local show may have traditionally been on at this time. Maybe a lack of local knowledge when deciding the dates.

 

 

Queuing for departure 1608 local Saturday

 

 

A view of the flight line Saturday

 

 

I didn't have time to attend any workshops but agree that the catering was overextended. However if you can advise the SAAA how to cater for an audience that can vary from about 20 if it rains to more than 1000 if it is sunny I am sure your advice would be appreciated. As Narromine has about 3000 locals the turnout of this order is hard to predict and then interest caterers to have vast perishables in the fridge just in case. I thought it was a success.

 

 

Plane flips on landing at Tyabb Airport, pilot not hurt - ABC News ...

 

www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-06/plane-flips-on-landing.../6753478

 

2 hours ago - Peter Bernard, the president of the Peninsula Aero Club, who lives at the airport, said the "unusual incident" involved a Yak 9, a newly built ...

 

 

The camping is allowed BUT during the display the parked aircraft are within the safety area. After the display finishes you are allowed to return to your aircraft. CASA rules not the SAAA. Don't blame the messenger please. Good turnout for a "working day" and great weather today.

 

 

Be terrified but don't try to change history. When I started at Royal Casey in GA the instructors were PPLs who were working for chips to get their hours up for commercial not vastly qualified in anything. Amazingly we survived and went on to bigger and better aircraft or other things. Is this any different today. Low hours and full of importance.

 

 

Since 1984 over 5000 kits have been sold according to the kitfox site