HVFF Meeting Minutes – Aug. 31, 2022
Meeting began at 8:30 pm via zoom with 15 members in attendance Treasury Report 66 members, more PG members than usual. ~ $4800 in treasury, owe some money for mowing, at ~ $100/mow, $600+ USHPA report Board member elections coming up: vote for 4; 8 end up on board, who then select 2 more appropriate for their needs. Paul recommends himself, Matt Taber, Tikki Mashi, Bill Hughes, Jamie Sheldon. Been very quiet, next meeting in September. FAA has comment period on drones, we are worried that drones are requesting too many privileges because there is now big money (like Amazon) behind drones. RRG may have some money issues coming up, not dire yet. Some sites requiring coverage as high as $5 million. Website Membership directory not working, not yet resolved. New issue: people can no longer register. Both are WordPress problems, being worked on. Ellenville happenings New owners: Kelly’s field…
HVFF Meeting Minutes – July 14, 2022
Meeting started at 8:35 via Zoom, 14 members joined by end. Treasury has over $4600, but owes gas and repairs costs for mowing. Speaking of which… Kenny has been doing the mowing, needs to mow slightly more than once a week. A belt breaks each time. USHPA report: most recent business is drones are getting more locked down by FAA. They are impinging on flying sites more and more. Flying Report: Ricky Fitz checked in from the LZ, most people got around an hour. He announced new Hang 3s : Rocco, Captain Ron, Billy. And Mike Strother got his hang 4. Congratulations to all the new graduates! Website: Facebook gathers more activity than website. There are some issues with member’s list, some old information to update on some pages. Windtalker connection is broken. LZ Surveying – Open Spaces gave us 50 foot right of way on the road all the way from route 52 to…
HVFF Meeting Minutes – March 3, 2022
Held Via Zoom Pre meeting: Rick Fitz checked in from the beach in the Philippines before going back to surf. Mike Strother recounted his flight after hiking up the road through the snow to launch. 10 members present when the meeting started at 8:40 pm Treasurers report: $4359, still need to pay for web hosting … but Wayne will cover as a donation. (Thanks Wayne!) Mail – junk mail, what else did you expect? Flight park purchase -Wayne has put together a package about the land purchase. It will be reviewed by the board and sent out via multiple channels. Club Trips Maybe plan a trip to Brace?
HVFF Meeting Minutes, November 30, 2021
Meeting started at 8:05 Via zoom with 14 members, maxed out at 16. Treasury Report: $2937 after donations plus paying back work party expenses. This includes a donation to the Cragsmoor fire department. USPHA report: quiet meeting. Nothing new except the new board members coming in. Work Party Report: Very successful – good turnout and nice weather. Everything was done including diverters, new gravel laid, road smoothed out at gate. Since we didn’t have a work party last year it shows how good shape we’ve got the road in. May want to look at the launch contour for future work parties. Other Site Maintenance: Greg brought up an issue: the field behind the white fence has had PG pilots knocking out boards. Nearly 30 boards down. We should fix it, but…are we really the cause or is it just lack of routine maintenance? Need to meet with the landowner, inspect the boards and…
HVFF Meeting Minutes Oct 28, 2021
Meeting began via zoom with 15 members at 8:05 Next club zoom meeting: Tuesday Nov 30Officer’s meeting this Thursday 8:30 Treasury: $1516, no bills incoming USHPA report: diversity matrix did not effect the BOD election this time – got a mix by direct votes. New Business PG membership is ticking up. Wayne is meeting with Tony on Sunday, maybe finish up details of purchase? Both are optimistic Woman in Cragsmoor wants to write up article about hang gliding. Kenny will start collecting old-timers to interview. Want to interview in person in the spring at the Cragsmoor historical society. Work Party: Saturday Nov 6. Walking the road there’s a lot of work to do, will get more material (2-3 truckloads). Donations for the 3rd truck are gratefully accepted. Most damage is on the upper road to launch. Need another team for the road launch, parts of the west launch need to be cut. We…
HVFF Meeting Minutes – Oct 4 2021
Treasury: ~$1400, no obligations. Buying launch: Tony wants to do it in 4 or 5 years, and wants nearly half the total cost of $650 as down payment. Obviously this is more difficult than originally anticipated and will require more negotiation and planning. Work party: Many potholes in road to launch, will need to order more road material. West launch is in need of chainsaws to hit stuff that comes into play during a dead wind launch. Also need to clear the road launch. May want to fill developing depressions on NW launch: road material then topsoil and seed. Aim for November 6. Next meeting: Thursday Oct 21 28
HVFF Meeting Minutes, August 25, 2021
Meeting started 8:35 with 7 members via Zoom The August in-person meeting will be passed over because it’s not flyable so don’t expect people. But the old white wolf (now paper mill) is holding a spot for us when we need it! Officer’s meeting will be Thursday September 9 via zoom Land Purchase News – progressive meetings with Tony are converging on the plan. need to create a fundraising/purchase committee, hope to come up with names during the officer’s meeting and finalize in open meeting next month $650K for LZ and launch cutout. he will hold that number for us. Tony will not charge interest during the payment 5 year plan may be possible if we can negotiate the down payment tax and insurance burden goes to us at initiation of purchase process target purchase date of Jan 1 2022. Tony will hold the note and lien until paid off. Road…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, July 30, 2021
In-person meeting at the Ellenville Country Club Grill (Golf Course) Meeting began at 7:36 with 8 members in attendance. Treasurer’s Report: $2085 in the bank, with only lawnmowing expenses in the immediate future. 64 members, roughly a half dozen new. Launch Purchase: Wayne will be meeting with Tony on Tuesday to iron out the final details. We are looking at $650K paid over 10 years, with possible help of the Free Flight Foundation. If they do their normal support of 50% matching funds it would be the largest outlay in their history, so we shouldn’t expect that level. They also normally purchase easements, making this another groundbreaking effort for them. As this begins to happen we will need to take up the responsibility of policing the site ourselves, so there is lots of discussion to be had about this transfer. (Officer’s meeting on Wednesday to discuss via Zoom). Club Road Trip: Hyner for…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, June 2021
Wednesday June 30 via Zoom Meeting began at 8:11 with 11 members Next Meeting July 28 will be in person, and will be mainly social with a business-only zoom meeting the Wednesday after. Cohen’s Bakery will host, perhaps putting us outside. officer’s meeting also coming up. Treasury – $1725 + 1 member. Latest mowing bill is included. USPHA – Nothing new of note: see last month’s minutes for description of online training platform. Look at Wills Wing website for update on move to Valle de Bravo. Ricardo knows the guy who will be taking over. Steve Pearson is staying on. Seminar -Paul Voight may offer a landing seminar, working out the details. Work Parties – Tim is looking for three people to help him one morning wrangling equipment to seal Greg’s launch – sprayer, etc. Can’t schedule too far in advance because need 3 days of dry weather. Will tentatively aim for the weekend after…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, May 26, 2021
Started 8:08 PM, May 26 via Zoom with 18 members including Dave Hopkins! Treasury: $2018.94 Expect mower expenses of ~ $300-500Membership: 53 members, about 10 PG rest HG, some mixed New Business: Next Zoom Meeting Wednesday June 30; PLUS In-person Meeting Saturday June 26th {Officer’s Meeting Thursday June 3} Tax Filings: Wayne is meeting with Rob Wisdom to get that all straightened out. Then can start working on purchasing the LZ. Pricing for Flight Park (LZ, training hill): negotiations are underway. USPHA Report: TreeToppers conflict ongoing, trying to keep school next door from landing in field without insurance. Training platform for PG: students can sign into website and it has all training materials and tests. Not mandatory but a nice tool for a reasonable cost to student. Matt Tabor working on similar platform for HG. Some sites need much higher insurance (mainly ski areas), working that out. • Tim Curran led a work party that…