But you miss the point completely here Dave. This is NOT an imposition on the Narromine Members !
Narromine during cup week has about 2 members actually flying. The rest who are present are GIVING their time to ensure that all the visitors (60+ of them), who pay NOTHING to use the facilities have a good time. What they are asking in return is that the visitors contribute something back that doesn't actually cost them anything except a bit of time. People now know months before hand whet is expected of them. They can choose to go, or not if they don't like this. On 04/07/2007, at 14:36 , Dave wrote: > Hi all > > "a big loss to potential customers from overseas concerning my own > club > (GCV) recently." > > There is no reason to force anyone to promote gliding(Via the OLC), > especially when as stated such promotion is only to benefit commercial > gliding club operations ability to attract overseas customers.(That > was the > reason stated above wasn't it?)Representing this as promoting > gliding is > disingenuous to say the least. > > I am happy to promote gliding in fact for many years I sat on the > WGC stand > at the Royal show in SA lifting kids in and out of gliders. That is > promoting gliding not acting as a publicity agent for commercial > purposes. > See the difference? If any club wants to attract overseas visitor's > they > should pay for their own advertising, not try and force their > members to do > it for them. I think if such an unjust fine system was introduced I > for one > would not pay. Hopefully sensible club management will reject such > a silly > concept. > > How exactly will attracting overseas pilots help increase our local > membership again? Answer: It wont. > > All things must pass and it may well be gliding is one of them, > particularly > in its current form and ideas such as this will only hasten the rising > dissatisfaction with many elements of the current system. > > By all means if you wish to be a part of the OLC, why should you be > allowed > to fine others if they don't want to? > > So, let's see if you can find another spin to justify this eh? > > Regards > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne > Carter > Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2007 11:55 AM > To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] OLC > > Ahhh jeez, done it again! > > THIS is the OLC download information link > > http://www.gfa.org.au/Docs/sport/OLC_downloads.pdf > > sorry all > > Let me further explain my position and thinking. > > As a small business owner I know success of any business relies > primarily on SALES. > Gliding, as a sport and like all other sports nowadays must be run > as a > business - those of you who cannot understand that simply never will, > sorry, and those who do are probably business owners like myself. > Think of any sport you enjoy for yourself or as an observer and > check it > from a business perspective. All the big ones are big business, all > the > little ones are basically, like ourselves in gliding, on the way out. > As polarisingly simple and harsh as that sounds, it is. > > The problem is, we have been doing what we are currently doing and we > are going downhill. > The answer is, we have to change. > Can I make it simpler than that? > > This is not personal, its a worldwide gliding fact and MUST be > addressed > before we are all old pilots in old ships, no upcoming kids, no > faster, > sleeker glass. > Understand yet? > > We either take the bitter pill (c'mon, its a small "fine" towards our > future) or we will get sick and die. > > The OLC should NOT be viewed just as a competition, although that is > its original probable intention. > The OLC will be able to give us far, far more than just flight > comparison and logging of data. > It can be used as a sales tool -thats why all the bigger clubs and > commercial operations are so well represented there. > > Honestly, if you were on final glide and the PDA showed impact > prior to > the airstrip, would you sit there and wait or would you do something? > Gliding, as a sport, is on final glide and we DONT have enough > altitude- > thats my analogy. > > Hi to all, > > > Wayne Carter > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
