While I agree with the other reply to a point, there are apparently some pretty high costs associated with their field maintenance. Having had to be a big part of the administration of an RC soaring club, and a real soaring club, I can appreciate their reluctance to allow participation without membership. It is very frustrating trying to keep club participation at a maintainable level. If you were talking about a full-scale club, their contests are held by members and by those that become members for the time they are competing. That's about liability, more than anything. A hundred bucks a year sounds a bit steep, but I've no clue about their financial state, or what it costs to lease/cut a field, so I can't judge that one. We are fortunate to be allowed to fly off a large grass farm in S. E. Houston and we don't have to pay anything. We can keep our dues at a very reasonable $30.00 per year that way. If the club in question has to tax each member $100- per year to keep flying, I don't think it's unreasonable for them to expect you to join if you live within a certain radius. The only other solution would be to double nonmembers entry fees. For the record, I drive 55 miles to fly RC sailplanes, and I'm a past-president of the Houston Hawks R/C Soaring Club.
Jack Womack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The one and only local soaring club has ruled that > any pilot who lives within > 100Km who wishes to compete in their local > advertised contest, must first join > their club. Has anyone else heard of this before? > > Although this has little merit, the membership fee > last year was $40, now it is > $100 (the dues were raised to offset cutting grass). > > Does this seem right to exclude locals (who may be > members of other clubs)? > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent > from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
