So Boyd Munro was uncomplimentary about some aspect of the operation of the GFA at some time in the past. So what, I say. If you wish to live in the past and use the past as the basis of deciding to decline Air Safety Australia (ASA) membership then I think you are wrong.
(And I am not having a go at Dave Sharples here. It was entirely legitimate for Dave, who has my respect, in his email to refresh our memories on some of the past matters when Munro was in AOPA and was abrasive vis a vis GFA.) Ask yourself this. What organisation can you join where you can be informed about some of the darker aspects of impending or existing legislation? There are nasty aspects to various pieces of legislation affecting aviation which have in recent years been enacted by Parliament. There can be nasty aspects to impending or proposed legislation affecting aviation. Air Safety Australia gives you an insight into these issues not redily available elsewhere. Yes its largely Munro's view. Generally I find he argues his case pretty well. More than this, ASA provides ways you can actually take action personally to influence politicians to change things. To many bits of bad legislation have got through due to the apathy of the pilot population. So I reckon my membership of and participation in ASA is a good thing. I recommend you join. As for AOPA, I ceased being a member expressly because they continued year by year to issue annual accounts which did not provide a breakdown of expenditure for the year in their annual accounts presented to members. Total income, total expenditure and the resulting surplus were reported, plus a breakdown of income, but no breakdown of expenditure. So you could never know from the accounts whether claims that they were in financial trouble due excessive expenditure on legal actions was true or not. Morover they were operating contrary to their constitution which requires them to report detailed income and expenditure in their annual report. (Actually GFA do the same in the annual financial report to members and I find this practice entirely unsatisfactory. Expenditure is not detailed, only the total. This should change with the migration of GFA to an incorporated association under Victorian legislation, because the Victorian Act requires income and expenditure statements as well as the balance sheet.) Roger Druce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leigh Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Invitation to join AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA > Robert & Beth Bradley wrote: > > > Mr Munro was very uncomplimentary about GFA > > Hi All, > > Thanks for all your responses about the ASA. I get the general drift of feelings > about them, which sort of confirms my other research. > > Thanks heaps, > > Leigh Bunting > Colonel Light Gardens > South Australia > <Open Windows and let the bugs in> > > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
