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  1. coljones
    And don't forget that if you move it closer to one person you may well move it further away from 2, 3, 4 ... 100. You need to balance it to providing equity of access while minimising the inconvenience to most people.
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    No double dipping at all. There are, largely, 3 distinct direct costs in the production and distribution of the magazine. 1. editorial to print or electronic format 2. printing a physical magazine 3. distribution. my understanding is that the advertising only covers the first cost and should be more or less the same whether printed or e-published. The contribution from RAA paid for, and now just the subscribers pays for the latter 2 costs, which are distinct from the editorial costs. The sad thing from this, whole shift away from a print magazine, and effective sub increase, is that there has been no attempt to better allocated the massive increase in costs, which has occurred outside the magazine, to those who benefit from the cost increase. If it was because of the CASA Audit then it would appear that that cost should be charged against Technical which would indicated that the fee increase should have been paid by owners or a subset of owners rather than pilots. I will certainly maintain an interest in how RAA allocates costs against programs. Simply, the cost of the magazine did not cause the deficit, and rundown in reserves. The deficit was caused by other, well known, quantifiable and avoidable factors.
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    Adam, the image you posted is broken. cheers. Have you left yet?
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    In a lot of cases you don't have to plan for an overnight trip, the weather plans it for you. My first day trip to Orange turned out to be a 4 day visit while I waited for the weather in the Sydney Basin to clear and for the strip at The Oaks to dry out. Luckily my brother had a decent cellar of wine. Time to spare, go by air!!
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    Orange or Cudal Plus there is RPT, trains, buses to Orange
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    I think the point has been made that the editorial costs, including print ready galleys (PDFs these days), are covered by the advertising. This just leaves the printing and distribution costs to RAA accounts, around $440,000 if my memory serves me. The difficulty with the RAA accounts and budgets is that they reveal little information about the activities funded such as Licencing (certificates), Operations, Technical, Advocacy, Safety, Training, Secretariat, Publications, Other administration etc. The failure of the Audits would have lead to some very hefty expenses under Technical, borne by all members rather than just aircraft owners or even the subclass where the problems arose.
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    I was going to mention the Roman, Irish, Angle, Saxon, Jute, Frisian and Norman invasions but I won't
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    Irrespective of the form of the company the concept of mutuality and membership control can be vested by the rules. Just because NRMA (and like state RACs) and mutual health funds have been turned into narrow little nepotistic regimes doesn't mean that RAA has to go the same way. In fact NRMA actually believes in regional representation.
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    The board meetings, under the rules, are open to members unless, for a small period, they are closed to examine a narrow range of interests. "Commercial in Confidence" is more an excuse to hide the truth than a fair tool of business in a democratic society. Right up there with "National Security", "Operational Matters" and "Cabinet Confidentiality". I urge all those attending the AGM to hang around and hear the Board meeting.
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    Below are the voting results for the recent election: NSW Don Ramsay 284 votes Barry Wrenford 95 votes Informal votes 4 SA Barry Windle 112 votes Jim McDowall 85 votes Informal votes 2 There were 29 invalid votes A goodly turnout and thanks to all who continue to make democracy possible (although I do worry about the other 2700 odd in NSW who didn't vote)
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    looks good!
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    It is 1.18am on saturday morning and still no result- obviously the ban on overtime is working
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    And in the case of previous some CEOs, Execs and Boards - rocket scientists they weren't.
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    We actually need a constitutional and governance schema first so that the constitutional drafting committee can prepare models for the board and rank and file. There appears to be a strong push from some sectors for a reduction in the board, an easier method of constitutional change such as postal ballots. There is also the issue of incorporation method such as via an incorporated association model (which state has the best process eg ACT Law does not permit postal ballots for rules changes) and whether ASIC provides a better model. As far as I can see none of the proponents for change have elucidated on any of these scenarios except saying "IMHO ...." and let the lawyers sort it out. Clearly not enough thought has been expended on the fundamentals to even consider any change at the moment.
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    Yet the rules around RAA imply conscripted membership. No ticket - no start.
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    Most of the extinction is financial - miserable banks, lousy or nonexistent business plans, government fiscal and monetary policies (reserve some income for paying taxes and other bills) and the worst of the lot, aviators who don't pay bills when due and payable. Some aviators think that the rest of the industry owes them a living. It wasn't DCA who did the damage to GA. Vale, Peel Valley Air Services - died of starvation in 1961.
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    Most of the extinction is financial - miserable banks, lousy or nonexistent business plans, government fiscal and monetary policies (reserve some income for paying taxes and other bills) and the worst of the lot, aviators who don't pay bills when due and payable. Some aviators think that the rest of the industry owes them a living. It wasn't DCA who did the damage to GA. Vale, Peel Valley Air Services - died of starvation in 1961.
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    Voting finishes on the 28th @Fyshwick. For NSW and SA reps.
  19. coljones
    Voting finishes on the 28th @Fyshwick. For NSW and SA reps.
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    Interesting. Who went to Curtis? Which Dave are you talking about? Does Curtis do RAA Training? I can't see it on their website
  21. coljones
    Interesting. Who went to Curtis? Which Dave are you talking about? Does Curtis do RAA Training? I can't see it on their website
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    Before RPL there was a misbegotten beast called GFPT which essentially allowed one do do what an RPL now permits. There were few (one?) in the Sydney basin that did both RPC and PPL (inc GFPT) and I donøt think that has changed except that the RPL has replaced the GFPT. There is probably a bit more encouragement for the RPL because it offers incremental endorsements that offer greater freedoms. Personally I would recommend Dave's Flying School and the Sydney Recreational Flying Club at The Oaks for RAA training leading to an RPC or for PPL/RPL I would recommend Schofields Flying Club at Bankstown. All 3 organisations have excellent instructors.
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    Before RPL there was a misbegotten beast called GFPT which essentially allowed one do do what an RPL now permits. There were few (one?) in the Sydney basin that did both RPC and PPL (inc GFPT) and I donøt think that has changed except that the RPL has replaced the GFPT. There is probably a bit more encouragement for the RPL because it offers incremental endorsements that offer greater freedoms. Personally I would recommend Dave's Flying School and the Sydney Recreational Flying Club at The Oaks for RAA training leading to an RPC or for PPL/RPL I would recommend Schofields Flying Club at Bankstown. All 3 organisations have excellent instructors.
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    They could get rid of the bloody football stadium and reinstate Broadmeadow.
  25. coljones
    They could get rid of the bloody football stadium and reinstate Broadmeadow.
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