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SDHGPA 2019 Election & Survey Results

1/15/2019

2019 Election Results

Election Ballots were sent out to the 2018 and 2019 Members as of Dec 10th following the Nov 17th General Meeting & open nominations period through email. 35 Ballots were received by the Jan 1st response deadline. All non submitted ballots are determined to be abstentions.

2019 Voting (Board) positions were ratified by each receiving 100% of votes cast:

President: Steve Rohrbaugh
VP: Jeff Brown
Secretary: Nik Hawks
Treasurer/Sites Director: Bill Helliwell
Safety Officer: Philip Wessinger
Co-Safety Officer: Joseph de Beer

Appointed Non-board voting positions for 2019:

Social Committee Chair: Josh Gelb
Black Mountain CAC: Dave Metzgar, Antonella Zampolli (Incumbents)
TPSC rep: Kim Mccoy
Website: Steve Rohrbaugh, Nik Hawks, Philip Wessinger, Christopher Smith

Social Committee Volunteers

2019 Survey Results
Thank you to all that responded to the Survey!

It helps to direct what we as Club Members want the Club to be and set some direction. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about the SDHGPA & its direction, please let us know. by talking with one of the Bard Members or come to the meetings. If you offered to help or are willing to help, please reach out and we will try to get you involved. Help is always appreciated.

We will try to incorporate the higher requested meeting topics into this calendar year meetings

Meeting Topic Interests:

Food at Meetings:

Meeting Nights:

Comments:

Doing a great job
Keep up the good work!
Mid-week meetings don't work for folks who would need to travel.
I'm now living in Europe but miss you all.
Sorry - I am not a full time resident of San Diego, so it is hard to volunteer.
Need to ask Pala/Robert's Ranch if we can place a small storage shed behind the building at the LZ
Just a shout out thank you for all the effort and work everyone puts in to consolidate the community and support so many sites. Much appreciated and keep up the great work! Also great addition to have Nik Hawks as part of the community.
As much as I would to be more involved, I work Graveyard from Monday-Friday. If the option of meetings were to be held on Sat./Sun... then I would be more than happy to be more active...
I am very pleased with the current atmosphere in the club. GREAT JOB!!

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SDHGPA Telegram Flight Planning Group

1/14/2019

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Join the New SDHGPA Telegram Flight Planning Group to find out who is flying where.

There are a few different ways and Apps you can use to interface with the SDHGPA Telegram group. Each App & Interface has slightly different features. Try a few different ones to see what you like. See the Telegram page for Apps & interfaces.

The Telegram chat group is posted to the Who's Flying Where page page under "What's Happening" for ease of access when a Telegram app is not available and to allow Visiting pilots visibility to information prior to joining. The Group is also embedded on the What's Happening page.

The SDHGPA Telegram group is limited to Annual Members & Visiting Temporary Member Pilots or past member Pilots that had a membership starting in 2019 forward.

To join the Telegram Group, There is a group invite link on the Members Only main info page.

Invite links are also now provided with the Membership Card / Parking pass email that is sent after completing and submitting the SDHGPA Membership Application & Waiver. This is how Visiting pilots may join the group.

Notes: If Chatting from the SDHGPA web pages, "C" Icon and "Chatbro" will precede your own name in Telegram native apps. If chatting from a Telegram App, your Icon and name will display as normal without the Chatbro tag and Icon in all interfaces.

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The 9 Points of control: groundhandling

1/11/2019

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I was out kiting the other day in swirly winds and was joined by a relative newbie to the sport. As I watched them kite, I noticed a few things that suddenly gelled for me.

First, that kiting (and paragliding) is an extraordinarily complex activity that pretends to be simple: Get the wing up, keep it stable overhead.

Depending on conditions, that can be as easy as using just the hips to pull up the wing, or as difficult as using all 9 control inputs you have when kiting. More on those 9 inputs in a bit.

Article by Nik Hawks

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VOTE, yo!

1/8/2019

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Voting for whether or not we should reorganize the USPHA governance system is NOW OPEN starting today and ending February 21.

Why should you vote? [Nik's OPINION ONLY: Whether you acknowledge it or not, USHPA does a TON of admin work and thinking so you can focus on flying. Your vote helps determine HOW they do this. I've always been a huge fan of letting other people do boring paperwork AND supporting them however I can so I don't have to do it. While I won't tell you which way to vote, I strongly recommend you take the time to check out the proposal and cast a vote. Check your email for your personal link and vote now!]

Click the Read More button to figure out what we're talking about and how you can contribute without taking away from your flying time.

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what I learned in 2018

1/4/2019

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An Intermediate Pilot's Journey

What can you learn from a year of flying?

My intent this year was to focus on the fundamentals of paragliding: Launches, landings, and basic wing management in the sky. Here's how that worked out:

Article by Nik Hawks

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SDHGPA 2019 Election & Survey Results

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The 9 Points of control: groundhandling

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