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

Opened meeting about: 7:32 PM

Welcome, Guest & New Members

Noah	Marritt	From Cleveland Ohio.  Has been flying about 6 months.  P2.  Trained with Dixon out of Flagstaff AZ.  Has about 80 flights.  In town with Rob Sporrer & Eagle Paragliding as an extension of Dixon's program.  Expects to be around till mid May.  Computer field consultant.  Noah@technicalmerritt.com  As of this evening, you need www in front for a default home page to return.   http://www.technicalmerritt.com/
Taro	Lahulek	From Seattle.  Experienced pilot doing something with Rob.  T3?  Tiger Mountain plus...

Attendance

• List

  • Bobbie	Bratz
    Greg	Brown
    Bo	Criss
    Ron	Faoro  Plus Elizabeth & Sierra Bianca
    Chris	Grantham
    Bob	Hurlbett
    Dan	Keyser
    Benson	Lamb
    Chris	Paul
    Brendan	Pegg
    Tom	Pipkin
    Mark	Pratt
    Christian	Rossberg
    Edward	Skow
    Rob	Sporrer
    Sharon	Sweeney
    Tom	Truax

Minutes Ratified from last meeting held on: 2/12/03

Treasurer Report

• Chris reported $705.78 at the close of business yesterday
• All Account activity itemized.  Data available, but not recorded in the minutes

Old Business

• Named 3rd Party Insurance for the Ojai (Topa) mountains not renewed.
  • USHGA member insurance and wavier was deemed adequate for our current operations by a voice  2/3+ majority of those present.
  • Formal notice of a pending vote was not recorded, but there had been discussion at several past meetings.  Since no action was required, the rules of substance seem satisfied.
• Bruce Wallace Plaque
  • Ideas presented
    • Considerations
      • The Family
        • Prefer Walt's Point
      • Visibility
      • Prominence
      • Tolerance
      • Maintenance
      • Durability
      • Duration
      • Fire
      • Functionality
    • Locations
      • Chiefs Launch
      • Chiefs Peak
      • Walt's Point
        • May be out of our local reach
      • Burce's Point
    • Form
      • Material
        • Brass
        • Glass
        • Hard Stone with deep engraving
      • Shape
        • Plaque
        • Wind Streamer
  • Committee Appointments Accepted
    • Benson Lamb, Chairman
    • Bob Hurlbett, Committee
    • Ron Faoro, Committee
    • Tom Pipkin, Representing Ojai?

New Business & Announcements

• Forest Service Land Use Plan Proposals for the area that includes Plowshare
  • Support requested from a SLO pilot? in an unsigned letter posted on The Non Flight Discussion Page by SA?  http://torocyn.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/plowshare.py
  • The were questions regarding Alan King, a PG pilot who works for the Forest Service as a Geologist?
  • Bobbie & Brendan were able to provide some informtion
• 2003 paid membership is at USHGA minimums.  Membership payments may be submitted to our Treasurer, Chris Paul at http://scpa.info/contacts.htm
• Our USHGA chapter renewal was delayed to
  • Gather required information from our SCPA membership
  • Permit our 2003 membership to rise above minimums
  • Vote on weather we wanted to renew our site insurance
  • We paid a $25 late filling fee to the USHGA
• Bo Criss
  • Is promoting work on Community Guidelines
    • Would like to build a photo file of our local routes & LZs
    • Possibly in a web format
    • Requesting contributors, partners, input, and material
    • Noah mentioned http://earthviewer.com/
      • High Quality Satellite Photo source
      • Fee Based ~ $100 for 3 month membership
    • Bobbie confirmed we were up to speed on East Beach

Next Meeting

7 PM, Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Willowbroke Ranch

Summary & Close about 8:05

Thanks to:
Ron & Elizabeth

Entertainment

• Look out the Shower Window plus a number of perches and landings with assorted views
• Ron & Elizabeth fed us all with a superb spread of Italian Cuisine.
• Others brought sufficient amounts of sinfully indulgent deserts
• There was ample beverage of one's choosing
• Most were on their way a bit after 9:30