28, 2005 1:09
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW APPROACH
TO GFA PROMOTION & MEMBERSHIP??
Robert Hart wrote:> Geoff Kidd wrote:>
>> I would council the GFA to take (pay for)
professional advice on >> key issues such as marketing etc.>
> Agreed - but
Mark Newton wrote:
Don't agree, Robert. The goals are already known; Extensive
consultation with the members is going to deliver the same outcome
we're already talking about here, namely that the sport needs to be
grown.
First of all, that is only a part of the business plan. I grant you it'
At 12:19 AM 28/08/05 +1000, you wrote:
> They couldn't afford the weekend after weekend of little flying.
>They have money and are prepared to book in, lay down their cash and come
>away satisfied at having acheived their aims. It should be easy to
>start small like this. Dave L
end to enjoy it unfettered and to the full as long as I
can.
Chris McDonnell
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Geoff
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rk Newton
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW
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Robert Hart wrote:> Geoff Kidd wrote:>
>> I would council the GFA to take (pay
for) professional ad
Robert Hart wrote:
Mark Newton wrote:
Don't agree, Robert. The goals are already known; Extensive
consultation with the members is going to deliver the same outcome
we're already talking about here, namely that the sport needs to be
grown.
First of all, that is only a part of the business
What is Terry's email address please.
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Mark
Newton
To: Robert Hart
Cc: Discussion of issues relating
to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:39
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Geoff Kidd wrote:
What is Terry's email address please.
It's on GFA's web site under "GFA Development Officer" --
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- mark
I tried an internal modem,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
but it hurt w
Geoff Kidd wrote:
<>See http://www.glidingmagazine.com/FeatureArticle.asp?id=485
for the NZ article titled "Membership: It’s not a pretty picture".
It may however be totally accurate - for here - as well as for New
Zealand.
That's the scary thing about writing out a bla
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Geoff Kidd wrote:
<>See http://www.glidingmagazine.com/FeatureArticle.asp?id=4
relating
to Soaring in Australia.
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Geoff Kidd wrote:
<>See http://www.glidingmagazine.com/FeatureArticle.asp?id=485
for the NZ article title
issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW
APPROACH TO GFA PROMOTION & MEMBERSHIP??
Geoff Kidd wrote:
<>See http://www.glidingmagazine.com/FeatureArticle.asp?id=485
for the NZ article titled "Membership: It’s not a pretty
picture".
It ma
Soaring in Australia.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:54 PM
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Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW APPROACH TO GFA PROMOTION & MEMBERSHIP??
Geoff Kidd wrote:
<>See http://www.glidingmagazine.com/FeatureArticle.asp?id=485
for the NZ article titled "
ia.
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:10
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW APPROACH
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I read the link below.
Seems that those who participate in gliding
do so before regular sex and after they can't remember what it was
:-)
Now if anybody k
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From:
Christopher Mc Donnell
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I read the link below.
Seems th
.
Bob
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Dave Shorter
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Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:09
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Hey Macca,
Don't knock us
hee
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It is a problem teaching the 50+ group -
think they should ha
Shorter
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Hey Macca,
Don't knock us 50+ lot. Some of us didn't
discover gliding qui
Ian McPhee wrote:
OK OK Dave but we should still vet
the +50s or give them points like a bank account like, Skiing,
motorbikes, sailing etc. No other skills then they go to the wait list
- our time is much better spent into teaching the good ones Macca
Sad but true.
As an 'old f
least they can thermal and don't get shot
down) Ian McPhee
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Leigh
Bunting
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Bunting
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Ian McPhee wrote:
OK OK Dave but we should still vet the +50
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Sorry I am still
going on about this topic - It t
In today’s world we need to be promoting
the sport as adventurous and high tech,
and what do we need most of all - media exposure.
How do we get it?
Adventurous – most TIFs
are Joy Flights regardless of the “element of instruction”
that legally turns them into TIFs.
Most people who
Geoff,
You haven't got it wrong. I have been saying for
years that the traditional approach to learning to glide is a thing of the past.
I get shot down at my clubs meetings when I push this point. Terry Cubley
suggested a similar approach with the clubs in the Wagga area, combining their
ba
Geoff, Ian, Emilis and others
Interesting posts - thank you.
First of all, I would follow up on suggesting a discussion on specific
marketing issues with Ian Grant - but would add that your state
representative on the MAD c'tee should also be involved. I have not
personally met Ian Grant, but
Australia.
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:08
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW APPROACH
TO GFA PROMOTION & MEMBERSHIP??
Geoff, Ian, Emilis and othersInteresting posts - thank
you.First of all, I would follow up on suggesting a discussion on
specific marketing issues with Ian G
I have talked with many
money-rich/time-poor people who have expressed an interest in gliding, but there
is no way they will fit in with the traditional gliding structure. They
couldn't afford the weekend after weekend of little flying.
Tonight I've been to the Lilydale Flying School
annual
Geoff Kidd wrote:
I would council the GFA to take (pay for) professional advice on
key issues such as marketing etc.
Agreed - but only after some extensive consultation in-house - ie with
the members. It is the members' organisation and they should have the
major say in the direction the
Robert Hart wrote:
Geoff Kidd wrote:
I would council the GFA to take (pay for) professional advice on
key issues such as marketing etc.
Agreed - but only after some extensive consultation in-house - ie with
the members. It is the members' organisation and they should have the
major say
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From:
Mark
Newton
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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:09
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] A NEW APPROACH
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Robert Hart wrote:> Geoff Kidd wrote:>
>> I would cou
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