HVFF Meeting Minutes, April 28, 2021
Meeting opened at 8:08 with 18 members Treasury: $1759.47 nothing earmarked so ours to spend. Mail: a reorder for checks came but we dont need it. 501.3c: WE HAVE IT! Now need to talk about how to use it. Website apparently had a lot to do with the approval, it helps that it looks so professional. Dues will be considered a donation. USHPA Updates: Only new thing is reinstating the safe pilot awards, but instead of nice pins will have less nice pins but a jacket as well. Problems down in Tennessee Tree Toppers with commercial school nearby landing in same LZ. But USHPA is solvent. The mag wants more hang gliding stories, submissions are rather lopsided right now. Rick Fitz may right up the resurgance of new pilots. Greg’s Training Hill: he’s started teaching again. Has a few students, a couple are crossovers from paragliding. If anyone wants to knock the rust off, he…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, March 31, 2021
Meeting started at 8:06 with 14 members Treasury: $1741.44. All current expenses paid, internet bill may be next up. There are two ways to join so need to keep syncing up. USHPA report: most time spent on getting RRG to deal with people flying XC and landing at insured sites. Just a matter of technical wording. USHPA online store closed while reworking how merchandise is handled. Meeting Space: Cohen’s bakery discussed, outdoor BBQ in LZ, 3rd and Company in Walker Valley. 501.3.c: little details cleaned up and submitted, expect decision in about a month. Website: small details fixed, sign-in form had a glitch with uploading picture: will address right now by instructing people not to upload until after the initial registration process. Will work on club store over the summer. Jane and Fred will be working on apparel. Club Notifications: everyone should be getting them. If not, subscribe to the newsletter on the site. Road Work…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, February 2021
Started at 8:12; after sending out a rescue party we ended up with 22 people in the Zoom meeting. Treasury: $1424 no outstanding debts or upcoming expenditures, lots more members yet to join. Mail: one letter. Missed what it was, hope it wasn’t important. Covid: nobody we know seems to have it; people starting to get vaccinated. USHPA meeting news: lots of discussion about what is an “official” USHPA event. Some RRG discussion, including ski resort sites that wanted higher levels of insurance. Safety and Training committess split into HG/PG and renamed Safety and Certification. The organization is solvent, with no major lawsuits. 501.3c getting closer to being official, submitted paperwork still grinding through bureaucracy. New Sites: won’t offer insurance unless asked. Paul has spotted a likely place near Olive, large swath of trees cut out, ready to go. Snow at Launch: road getting closer to passable for all vehicles,…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, Jan 27, 2021
Meeting started at 8:15 via Zoom, 7 members grew to 8. Treasury: $1337 Hosting and domain fees paid by donation. Chapter renewal: USHPA being annoying in the way they have been the last few years. Want us to pay insurance to protect work parties. So we decided we are no longer a USHPA chapter. Should hear about 501.3.c in a couple weeks. USHPA news: monthly board meetings. Steve Pearson is president. Nearly 5 hour long meetings. One main aim is making it easier for instructors. Website: work has sort of plateaued, but Mike will take requests. (side note: the second syllable of “plateau” has nearly every vowel except the one it sounds like) T-shirts: haven’t been designed yet. Other merchandise has been looked at by Fred, will put out something. Road Report: Impassible. Entry slope is all ice. May put out salt drum. General Discussion: what about other sites? Now…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, December 16, 2020
Meeting of the Hudson Valley Free Flyers Zoom Recording Available HERE until January. Passcode: 8MfU$V.4 Meeting started 8:15 with 7 members (eventually 13) including Tom Galvin attending via zoom. Treasury: $227.94, after money spent paying back Paul Blood for services and Paul Bouloukos for club filing. This is actually a normal balance for this time of year. But we’re not going to have the typical Christmas party bump. All memberships will expire on New Year’s and then all renewals can be done online. We will discover what effect this has on the replenishment of finances. Mail – we got nothing. Another Tree Landing – An H3 instructor from Kitty Hawk got hit by snow and ran off the hill right into the trees below the west launch. Control frame damage but not much else. Tree guy from New Jersey got the previously decorative gliders out of the trees behind Tony’s. We know from these we…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, November 30, 2020
Started at 8:05 via Zoom, eventually 13 attending Treasury: $1228, better than normal for this year USHPA report: new vote got Paul re-elected, but now is the regional director of 16 states. Tiki Mashy back on board. 8 directors voted in, 2 more to be elected to stabilize at the new reduced number. Wilhad is worried about new glider shop owners having problems to join at new expenses. Paul thinks the majority of the board is interested in making being an instructor easier, though improving the RRG will take the better part of a year if possible. PASA should become absorbed into the RRG which should help. Question about observer system: not considered broken so for now should not be changed. 501.3.c filing: Bobo has contacted attorney in Albany, so we now have the final paperwork to get the nonprofit status. $1300 filing fee. (have to hope we get enough donations to cover that…
HVFF Meeting Minutes, August 22, 2020
The White Wolf New H2 pilotsKim: started with Greg 5 years ago with Greg, has been to Morningside and Valle de Bravo.Tim Curran: training with Greg for 4 years, done some aerotow.Ricardo: learned to fly in Ellenville years ago, but now is back. Been to Valle de Bravo. Treasurer’s Report: $1576 But….So there Paul is, doing his morning yoga, when he hears loud knocks on the door. Since Paul’s in his underwear, he hears voices from down the stairwell: It’s a SUBPOENA! For SNYHGPA. Paul’s a bit bleary but by the time he’s semidressed and downstairs he finds the guy in his house. The deal is some PG guy was injured at work, but turns out he was paragliding, so we are on the hook. The pilot was a club member in 2013, but passed away in PG flight in Columbia last year. Then the S. hits the F. and ricochets…
HVFF Club Meeting – August 1, 2020
Next meeting: August 22 Treasury: $1576.56 All donations used, so money is not allocated to anything as yet. BUT Romano joined 2 minutes before the report, so add $30 (Romano has had 19 mountain launches at Valle de Bravo, plus truck towing with Steve Wendt down in Virginia.) Old Business: for once Brian was ready. But the rest of you can go look at the February 2020 report. Maybe can put current wind video public, history as private? Mike will investigate. Can new website chat fill the gap left by the old version of yahoo site? Maybe make some discussions open to all, others open only to club. Website: invitation to website and forum will go out on Sunday. Facebook groups: rename the group to HVFF, Jimmy D will be asked to make the changes. He may get advice from Paul. Membership management: Data entry will be needed for the new website. Brian VH is willing…
HVFF Club Meeting – February 29, 2020
Meeting started around 6:20, with 9 members attending • A Big Welcome to Johm McGlade: PG2 trained in Montana. He’s Looking forward to flying here. But Forrest was not in attendance. Puppy’s getting old. Treasurer report: still $1094, same as last meeting. Hey, it’s winter, nothing new going on.. All bills paid. Next Meeting: 5/30 is the May meeting due to avoid Memorial Day. Club Status: Ready to file for HVFF. After legal consultation some changes are due on website to make it clearly nonprofit. We can use membership donations (not dues) but can not have any clearly “paid for” benefits – should be general benefits. We are filing as an educational non-profit which lets the club focus on flying supported activities. It is vital to keep on educator on board (Keep buying Greg drinks, folks!). Website: Use Amazon smile for nonprofit merchandise. Wind talker may be accessible only to club members. We CAN charge for it. Looking into a website widget with log-in accounts that can expire with membership. Education: All educational content must be public under…
HVFF Club Meeting – Jan. 25, 2020
Treasurers report Current available funds: $1008.79 HVFF Website and domain payments for 2020 have been paid. 2020 Club Meeting Dates Club meeting dates for 2020 were distributed at the meeting. All meetings will be at the White Wolf. 2/29/2020 3/28/2020 4/25/2020 5/20/2020 6/27/2020 7/25/2020 8/22/2020 9/26/2020 10/24/2020 11/21/2020 12/19/2020 HVFF Organization Status Draft of HVFF bylaws available for review. Copies were handed out to meeting attendees. When the bylaws are finalized, we will update on the new website. What is the situation with HVFF’s not for profit status? We have to be a “B” or “C” to be non-profit at state and federal level. We are going for “B” which is educational. State non-profit filing will be this week. If everything goes through, we should be able to launch new website in 2-4 weeks (before the next club meeting in Feb. 2020). 5013c IRS 1023 form New/Revised Board Roles Discussed…