Minutes

Minutes

8/13/03

For the general membership meeting held on the above date
At the following location:

Santa Barbara Training Hill

Opened meeting about: 7:30

Welcome, Guest & New Members

Silvia Berning Silvia is a visiting pilot from Germany and is touring the western US. She has been here for a couple of weeks as a guest of the Hurlbetts. She has flown a number of the local sites and will go to Big Sur this weekend

Bryan & Andrew
Bowker Bryan is Andrew's father, 56 years old, has been training with Rob for 3 days, 20 flights total, 12 today. Andrew is 23 and has been flying for 3 years. They are from New Mexico, but Andrew is currently in San Diego

Jack, Sue, and Wil
Brown Wil is Jack and Sue's son. All three are visiting pilots from Alaska. Wil got his P2 at 12 years old. Jack is working on his T1 rating with Fly Above All.

Wayne Craft Wayne is a new pilot and has been training with Eagle Paragliding for about a week

Mike Forbes Mike is from LA. He has been training with Eagle Paragliding for about 6 months

David Glover David is an infamous tandem pilot and meet organizer. He flies both HG & PG and has done 5,000 tandems (yes, that's 5K, not 5 hundred)

Jesse Grantham Jesse is Chris Grantham's dad. He has been crewing for us lately, and was active in the Condor Recovery Program way back. He currently works for Audubon in Texas

Dean Stratton Dean has been flying for 6 months, he has been flying every weekend and exploring the So Cal sites. He recently passed 100 hours and had his first flight at Pine to Lockwood Valley.

Larry Suverson Larry is a new P2 pilot working with Fly Above All. He recently had his first Topa flight

Karen Wallman Karen lives in Seattle with her husband who is also a pilot. He is sent her to Eagle Paragliding to work on her P2. She is staying in Sharon's cottage and has been here a week.

Heather Withnell Heather recently had her first solo flight at Chiefs, staying up an hour and 15 minutes. She has also been flying the Alternator, and Toll House. Heather is 13 and has been flying about a year. She started when she was 12, and is almost ready for her P3. Heather resides in Bakersfield

Ryan & Chris ?? Said hello, but didn't get the details. If you have any, we can add them

There were also a couple of unrecorded visitors who arrived after close of business

Attendance

Chad Bastian

Kristi Bechtold

Bobbie Bratz

Bo Criss

John De Bruin & his wife Nadine

Zvi Eshel

Ron Faoro

Dave Goering with his wife Leanne
and their kids Annie & Amanda

Chris Grantham

Bob Hurlbett

Dan Keyser

John Kloer & his wife Susan

Benson Lamb

Jim Maddox

Lee Anne Norris

Brendan Pegg

Tom Pipkin

Casey Rodgers

Edward Skow

Rob Sporrer

Sharon Sweeney

Tom Truax

43 listed plus a couple of unlisted attendees

Minutes Ratified from last meeting held on: 6/11/03

Treasurer Report

Chris was not able to attend, but sent the following report:
The activity on the bank account since the last meeting has been:
+$50 -Membership from Benson Lamb and Dennis Ursaki
-$20 -Monthly Fees
-$309.95 -Ashby Trophy (B. Wallace Memorial Plaque)
Account Balance = $735.38

Old Business

Bruce Wallace Plaque
- Artwork has been submitted to the fabricator
- Plaque will be 8 x 12 inch cast bronze with a "leather background" finish
- Tom Pipkin has identified a location
  - to be mounted on a face plate welded to a post (or pipe) driven into the rock
East Beach
- Bobby Bratz reported on meeting concerning East Beach
- Only 2 PG pilots present at meeting which was sponsored by city officials, and open to any interested party
- Vote take by those present at meeting to limit access to P4 and H4 pilots
- City will review in November
  - The Clark Estate Caretaker will show video of bad landings and rule infractions

New Business & Announcements

Toutle Creek Closed till the end of fire season. See report on non-flight discussion for detail.
Big Sur Trip this weekend
Cabo next weekend

Next Meeting

7 PM, Wednesday, 10/8/03

Benson & Yee Lamb's house (new address)
1576 La Coronilla Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
701-4104 Benson's cell

Summary & Close about 7:55 pm

Thanks to:
Eagle Paragliding & Fly Above All

Entertainment

Bo Criss passed out multiple copies of a CD containing photos of Sunday's flying. Chris Grantham was running the slide shows on his laptop
Pilots sat around the fire till 11ish swapping stories

Silvia Berning	Silvia is a visiting pilot from Germany and is touring the western US. She has been here for a couple of weeks as a guest of the Hurlbetts. She has flown a number of the local sites and will go to Big Sur this weekend
Bryan & Andrew Bowker	Bryan is Andrew's father, 56 years old, has been training with Rob for 3 days, 20 flights total, 12 today. Andrew is 23 and has been flying for 3 years. They are from New Mexico, but Andrew is currently in San Diego
Jack, Sue, and Wil Brown	Wil is Jack and Sue's son. All three are visiting pilots from Alaska. Wil got his P2 at 12 years old. Jack is working on his T1 rating with Fly Above All.
Wayne Craft	Wayne is a new pilot and has been training with Eagle Paragliding for about a week
Mike Forbes	Mike is from LA. He has been training with Eagle Paragliding for about 6 months
David Glover	David is an infamous tandem pilot and meet organizer. He flies both HG & PG and has done 5,000 tandems (yes, that's 5K, not 5 hundred)
Jesse Grantham	Jesse is Chris Grantham's dad. He has been crewing for us lately, and was active in the Condor Recovery Program way back. He currently works for Audubon in Texas
Dean Stratton	Dean has been flying for 6 months, he has been flying every weekend and exploring the So Cal sites. He recently passed 100 hours and had his first flight at Pine to Lockwood Valley.
Larry Suverson	Larry is a new P2 pilot working with Fly Above All. He recently had his first Topa flight
Karen Wallman	Karen lives in Seattle with her husband who is also a pilot. He is sent her to Eagle Paragliding to work on her P2. She is staying in Sharon's cottage and has been here a week.
Heather Withnell	Heather recently had her first solo flight at Chiefs, staying up an hour and 15 minutes. She has also been flying the Alternator, and Toll House. Heather is 13 and has been flying about a year. She started when she was 12, and is almost ready for her P3. Heather resides in Bakersfield
Ryan & Chris ??	Said hello, but didn't get the details. If you have any, we can add them
	There were also a couple of unrecorded visitors who arrived after close of business