Sharon Sweeney's house
5596 Calle Ocho
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Opened meeting about: 7.15

Welcome, Guest & New Members

Navid	Fateh	Local Pilot, First Meeting
Miguel	Fernandez	Sara'a Char's boyfriend

Attendance  [Photo]

Tom	Beidler
Sarah	Char
Mike	Dawson
Ron	Faoro
Chris	Grantham
David	Haight
Dan	Keyser
Chris	Paul
Brendan	Pegg
Tom	Pipkin
Edward	Skow
Rob	Sporrer
Sharon	Sweeney
Tom	Truax

Minutes Ratified from last meeting held on: 12/14/02

Treasurer Report

• Chris Paul reported $782.24 in the bank.
  • We need to pay $22.96 for a check that bounced during the account transition
• The old account at Santa Barbara Bank & Trust that was in the Bob Santoro's name (our second treasurer) was closed, and a new account opened at the same bank in the name of South Coast Paragliding Association.
  • The treasurer has signatory authority and the secretary has authority to view account information.
  • It cost $12 per month to have the business account in the association name, but it is easier to handle transition of club officers, and checks can be made out to SCPA..
  • The address on the account will move with the treasurer.

Old Business

• Wind Sensor
  • Hesham couldn't be present because he moved to San Diego, but his report was read at the meeting
  • Further Discussion followed, and Dan Keyser accepted chairmanship of the committee
• East Beach
• Rob Sporrer outlined the details of SB City's pending East Beach Trial LZ due to go into effect the first week in March
  • Details can be viewed on the SBSA home page at http://sbsa.info, or a link on Eagle Paragliding's home page at http://flysantabarbara.com

New Business & Announcements

• The association voted to change the bylaws to reflect a new address
  • The item was not considered an item of substance, and as such, no notice of the proposed amendment was given
  • There will be two address that follow the Secretary and Treasurer.
  • Mail was not checked regularly at the old PO box in Montecito due to the inconvenience.  Having association mail go directly to the intended recipient should improve efficiency.
• Contest
  • The SBSA is hosting a contest this coming weekend.  Double D provide details
• Tom Beidler
  • Tom, Janna, Emma, & Max are moving to Portland.  Janna took a job with Nike
• Radio Chatter
  • The reoccuring problem of radio chatter was brought up
  • Suggestions included
  • Cell Phones:  Try to use phones to cordinate retrevial if possible
  • Instruction:  Plan to use an alternate frequency instruction that will generate signifigant traffic (the instructors already incorporate this practice)
  • Protocol is published at http://scpa.info/committee/radio/protocol.htm

Flights

• Mark Pratt talked about his flight from Fillmore to Ojai
  http://paraglide.net/log/03/mark_pratt/03_02-09_oat_to_ojai.htm

[Next Meeting]

7 PM, Tuesday, April 8th

Ron & Elizabeth Faoro's house
515 Conejo Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93103

Summary & Close about 8:15

Thanks to:
Sharon for her House & Chili