The HGs have been enjoying packing up their gliders near the shade structure for decades, sometimes leaving their gliders parked in the LZ for hours, sometimes stretching the HG parking lot almost to the PG landing cone.

Meanwhile PGs try to find a clean piece of grass to lay their gliders down wherever there’s room. Most of the year we haven’t got much ”grass” to speak of, just dirt & rocks. Sometimes it’s windy and this makes it more difficult to fold our wings, so we try to find some wind shade behind the structure. Unlike HGs, we have to let our glider fabric touch the ground to pack it, so it’s been incredibly nice to have a small, clean patch of the LZ dedicated to packing PGs.

I don’t know why anyone would get upset about us PGs getting to enjoy what HG pilots have had for years. Can we share and have some mutual understanding of our needs? We have many more PG pilots vs HG, so we do need people to pack and move their gear out of the packing area as soon as possible. If you’re not ready to tear it down, don’t park it on top of the packing carpet. I think that’s all we’re asking.

Just FYI, IPPI ratings & membership do not provide any liability insurance coverage to pilots, in case it matters to the safety of our site, or our members. Neither does the AUA, which (to me at least) seems very much in it’s infancy as far as rating requirements & training go. They basically rely on you having a USHPA rating to issue you their equivalent rating.

If having a form of liability insurance is a site requirement for our pilots to keep our flight park protected, then a USHPA membership is the easiest way to achieve this goal. I suppose AUA and IPPI pilots could purchase a separate liability policy, as long as they can provide proof to the club that they are covered.

Any changes to the club bylaws need to be approved by the majority of the CSS general members via a ballot, like we did about two years ago. We sent out a ballot with the proposed changes about 30 days in advance and discussed those changes on the forum beforehand.

If it helps any, I do remember that the new insurance policy was given to the land owner to review and they had to approve it before the switch happened. As far as I know, their terms were satisfied.

Jana, Please read your own post and acknowledge that we were holding  a regular (every other month) CSS Board Meeting. There is no 30 day notice requirement. CSS members are allowed to attend.

Board meetings are for regular business and questions and/or input from Membership.

We are NOT and did to have a CSS “GENERAL MEMBERSHIP” Meeting, which DOES require a 30 day notice.

As Jerome stated, I’m aware that only the General Member meetings require a 30 day notice. It was not made crystal clear (at least to me) what kind of meeting this was supposed to be. Normally the bi-monthly Board meetings don’t get special e-mail blasts to the general members, asking them to attend. Usually the Board officers simply meet at the LZ once every two months and discuss their chosen agenda, while general members can sit nearby and listen to what’s being discussed, and anyone can pipe in if they want to add something to the conversation. We then get the minutes of that meeting posted to the website for all to see, read & discuss.
They can be found here: Meeting Agendas & Minutes

Edit: Screenshot of the e-mail blast that was a bit confusing, but now is cleared up. I look forward to reading the minutes, as I was unable to attend on Saturday.