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Meeting Minutes, News, & Articles

MARCH and April 2022 MEETING MINUTES

4/15/2022

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SDHGPA April Fly-in 2022 @ Palomar
March SDHGPA Club Meeting - Zoom (Thursday, March 17⋅7:30 – 9:00pm)
​April SDHGPA meeting was during the Fly-in (April 9th 2022) (58 Annual members present/ signed in for the day. 62 total pilots with 10 non flying guests)
The following notes have been updated with info from both meetings.​
 March General Meeting & Meeting content at the Fly-in:
1. Club Info & Updates:
  • 2022 Membership reminder if you have not already renewed for the 2022 annual year.  Current status: https://www.sdhgpa.com/current-membership-status.html
  • Site info Updates:
  • WX Station updates - What are we doing about the 3G sunset. Lots of activity and testing of alt solutions
  • Laguna WX station Mast Rebuild post wind/ Vandalism damage
  • Fly-in Planning: April 9th @ Palomar    See: Fly-in Info Page
  • 2022-2023 Election Nominations Opened and updated at the Fly-in​
  • 2021 XC Awards Presented at the Fly-in

Club Officers 2022 Nominations Opened and Updated at the Fly-in:
​(Nominations will remain open until election in May. If interested in a Nomination or volunteering for a position, please email SDHGPA@gmail.com)

Current nominations with seconds:

President:             Steve Rohrbaugh    (Incumbent)
VP:                          Jeff Brown                (Incumbent)
Treasurer:             Bill Helliwell              (Incumbent)
Secretary:              Russ Gibfried          (Nominated and seconded)  
Safety Officer:       Rob Eschbach         (Appointed replacement  Mid Year)
Safety Officer:        Alex Gray                (Nominated and seconded)
Member at Large:     Josef De Beer     (Appointed replacement Mid Year)
Member at Large:     Robb Milley​        (Appointed replacement Mid Year)
Member at Large:     Ron Davis​           (Appointed replacement Mid Year)
​
Also need help in the following Appointed / Committee Chair positions:

Appointed Non-Voting Extended Board Positions (could be part of a Board position):
  • Social Committee: ___________ (Lead), Josh Gelb, Sharon Tang?, 
  • Website:  Steve Rohrbaugh, ____________, ____________, 
  • Blog Article Content creators: _____________, ____________
  • Meeting and other Video post editing & content creators: Neil Karstetter & Jeremy Graham ???
  • XC Competition:      Bill Helliwell / Jeff Brown / 
  • (New) Palomar Point Series Competition:  Robb Milley, _________
​Pilots in Command:
Coordination point for site information, Site Intro, and stewardship of Sites (need two per Site)
  • Palomar  (PG)         Jeff Brown, Ron Davis, _______
  • Big Black                  Bill Helliwell , Paul Markham ???
  • Horse Canyon        Bill Helliwell , ______________
  • Laguna                     Bill Helliwell , _____________
  • Anza-Borrego SP   Bill Helliwell 
  • Little Black              Jeff Brown , James Acres
  • Blossom Valley       Nik Hawks , Josh Gelb, Art ???
  • Otay                          Bill Helliwell , ______________
  • Elsinore Liaison: Bill Soderquist ???,  _____________
Advisory Board Representatives:
Black Mt Open Space Citizens Advisory Council:
  • Jeff Brown
  • James Acres
  • Dave Metzgar
  • Anto Metzgar  

2. March Meeting Topics: - with Open Q&A:
  • Open Q&A
  • Palomar Flight XC Route to the South Reviews from this past Saturday March 12th flights
    • Pilot Tails - Viewpoint Perspectives from those that flew
    • Know the deep Long Hike out zones:
    •     Guejito
    •     Sections of Mesa Grande
  • Tips - for each level of pilot - 
  1. Aggressive launches in typical thermal blocked light winds
  2. Wait for cycle with windsocks to be in ~agreement
  3. Where to go & when (what altitude required (how much gas in the tank is needed) / What to try next)
  4. Keeping landable options in reach
  5. Staying out of Rotor zones: Fly effective faces & stay out of canyons / veturi locations (these all change based on prevalent winds & thermal activity)
  6. Typical Micro climate winds for Palomar South to Santa Ysabel/ Julian 
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