Board of Directors Nominations 2025

[Jonathan Dietch]

Sounds good Luke.

[Ken Howells]

Thanks for serving on the board, Ed, Jana, & Kathy.

Thanks for stepping up Luke, Peter, & Mimi. Make sure you get plenty of airtime during your tenures.

Excellent State of the CSS report, Luke.

 

[Jana Pivkova]

Thanks for all your hard work and the detailed update, Luke. Good luck to you guys and I hope the club will thrive for years to come. Thank you for giving up your time and effort so that we can continue to fly & land at AJX.

I know that there are many opinions on how things should be done, but in the end most of us want the best for the future of AJX, even if we try to arrive at that point in unique ways. Let’s hear each other out and come to a compromise, instead of fighting words.

Now a basic fact & PSA; The club needs funds to be able to operate, so please do your part and pay your membership fees, donate if you can, because it’s the only way this place will survive. Free-flight feels free, but it turns out that in the real world if you want to keep the nice things, you have to work, or pay for them. Also, the real world demands insurance, and insurance for our type of activity is damn-near impossible to come by these days. We have to reach real deep into our pockets to get it.

As much as we’d all like to fly for free (certainly there are ways if you don’t mind landing in the bushes), and if you like that nice LZ where you like to hang out, have a good time, or conduct business, that is not cost-free at all. It takes money, blood, sweat and tears to keep it running, all done by volunteering pilots just like you! They’d rather be flying, but they sacrifice their time and their own money to keep AJX going for you and for themselves. They care deeply.

If you physically can’t, or won’t volunteer on LZ/road maintenance tasks, then please, the least you could do is stay on top of your membership dues. Instructors, please explain to your students that joining the club on day 1 is mandatory and make sure they’re listed under the current members! Nobody wants to have to set up a police force to check everyone’s IDs, check up on their friends, interrupt a lesson, or have to remind their friends that club dues are mandatory. Please avoid these awkward encounters by self-policing.  Don’t be THAT guy/girl. Don’t be a drain on this club, when so many others are diligently supporting the club by paying their dues and/or volunteering. It will make this club a better, nicer & friendlier place.

Finally,… I’d like to thank those of you who supported us the last couple of years. We really appreciate it.

I’m stepping aside, I have far too much on my plate to recover from with everything that’s happened to my immediate family and therefore myself, and I just can’t focus on anything else except my own mental well-being for a while. I look forward to coming back out and flying with you all as soon as the weather permits. See ya out there!

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