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  • February 3, 2021 at 1:20 PM in reply to: CSS Board Member Motivations #11218
    Jerome Daoust
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    Good discussion.

    BTW, nothing prevents schools to do good things for the club, without being on the board. Good ideas and actions can come from anyone.

    February 2, 2021 at 8:41 PM in reply to: CSS Board Member Motivations #11210
    Jerome Daoust
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    That’s a good complementary idea Linda.

    With respect to the main proposal, a relevant posting by Mario Miralles: “… a good argument of whether people running businesses at AJX should be able to hold a position. As much as I like those running their schools here and think that some have and would make great directors, there is a potential of conflict of interest.“

    February 2, 2021 at 5:45 PM in reply to: Incident Report: PG vs Bushes Below Marshall Peak Launch, January 21, 2021 #11206
    Jerome Daoust
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    This particular incident in itself is not a big deal (no injuries) and we can hope the people involved use it to improve their procedures. David (Safety Director) appropriately shared the anonymized info he could gather, and I hope to see this continue with the next director.

    The bigger issue is the tension between people, the CSS board and school(s). Here is a possible solution to reduce such tensions in the future.

    January 31, 2021 at 4:44 PM in reply to: Discussion Quality #11176
    Jerome Daoust
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    Thank you for working on this David.

    Let’s add “No insults or belittling“. Just talking about the obvious cases (no need to establish a list of specific words), which have the purpose of attacking someone’s character.

    Seems like it was already being done, but may as well formalize in these guidelines… In the incident/accident reports, no name(s) of pilot, student, school or instructor. Probably also good from a legal standpoint.

    Also, the moderation task could be delegated to someone willing to “take the heat” away from the CSS website administrator.

    Some forums facilitate reporting, just by clicking a “report as inappropriate” icon next to a posting. Maybe there is an internal option available here.

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    January 23, 2021 at 11:39 AM in reply to: 2021 Board of Directors Election – Votes Are In #11100
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    It is great to see positions getting multiple candidates, as for “Safety Director”.

    When there is more than 1 candidate for a position, it would be helpful for voters to read a statement from each one, about how they plan to help the club. For example John seems motivated to fulfill his role as safety director when reading this posting (<– this is a link). But it would be best to give an equal voice to all candidates, otherwise voting just becomes a popularity contest where people want to please a buddy running for a position.

    Since the ballots were sent before we heard from the competing candidates, club members would benefit from having it re-issued, after presentations are made.

    Thank you to all candidates for taking an active role, Jerome.

    January 15, 2021 at 9:04 PM in reply to: Launching the NW Face of Marshall #11057
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Rule #1 of the “Back Side Boys” club… Deny the existence of such a club.

    January 2, 2021 at 7:07 PM in reply to: Hike to 750 and fly to Marshall game #10975
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    I failed miserably. Around noon a handful of pilots launched as conditions changed from sunny to cloudy. Most were rewarded with a slow climb in front and tagged Marshall. Ben may have been the first, congratulations! My plan was to wait until 1pm, for the sunnier conditions forecasted, but the weather decided the opposite and it just got cloudier. Earlier pilots in flight were sinking out as I decided a now-or-never launch, seeing no sun in my near future, and promptly sank to the LZ.

    At 2:10pm, Gene provided a ride up to Regionals, for a group of us seeking more fulfilment. I launched at 2:50pm, groveled on the spine below Cloud and then slowly climbed in light lift to 5200′ under cloudy skies. Transitioned to Marshall which was surprisingly better this late in the day, climbing to 5600′ in light SE wind. Glided back to Crestline, where I recovered to 5000′ at Billboard before heading back in front and landed after an 80 min flight. Happiness filled me once again.

    Nice to see a good turnout of hikers and lots of pilots enjoying this first flyable day of the year.

    December 12, 2020 at 12:01 PM in reply to: COVID-19: AJX Status #10906
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Did Mitch just praise the police ?

    Maybe everything is possible in my lifetime.

    November 27, 2020 at 3:33 PM in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10823
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    We are getting ahead of ourselves with planning the finalization of a roof, before a decision on the layout (where the structures should be located). Members should vote on their favorite layout option, a few examples…

    1) Zero hard structure or shade in the LZ. All structures (classroom, clubhouse, fridge and vending machine, HG storage) located off the LZ at the N end of the LZ, and buried so their top is level with LZ.

    2) Same as 1st option, but allow a small shade area (for spectators) in NW corner of LZ.

    3) Everything (except HG storage) on top of the LZ and in its NW corner. Reduced landing area, more turbulence, increased landing pattern conflicts.

    November 23, 2020 at 9:50 PM in reply to: Surprise Flyable Sunday – 11-22-2020 #10804
    Jerome Daoust
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    Same for Soboba, which was good these last 2 days.

    Got over 2 hours Sunday, and up to 5k, could hear the radio chatter from Marshall.

    Today (Monday)  got over 2.5 hours and up to 4500′.

    November 20, 2020 at 1:26 PM in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10786
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Good idea to maximize the LZ’s surface for landing, instead of structures (clubhouse, classroom, kitchen).

    November 14, 2020 at 12:03 PM in reply to: Shitty Weather #10731
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Good solution, thank you.

    November 5, 2020 at 7:32 PM in reply to: RASP & Windgrams #10676
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Thanks for the good work Alan. Let us know if there is a way to help.

     

     

    November 4, 2020 at 4:47 PM in reply to: RASP & Windgrams #10673
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Can we setup a fundraiser for a replacement PC, or maybe someone has one not in use ?

    October 28, 2020 at 10:34 PM in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10632
    Jerome Daoust
    General Member

    Instead of fighting the wind, how about retractable awnings (Amazon search) or a slide-on-wire canopy (Amazon search) ?

    Deploy in morning, reel in at sunset. To geek it out, motorize and auto-retract for a given wind speed threshold. You can have a few to cover different sides of the container, maybe a separate one over the BBQ area. If the worst happens, not too expensive to replace.

    Downside: An extraordinary dust devil could damage these.

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