Eric:

I am one SSA member who would like it open. I think the SSA
and the soaring community at large have more to gain than we
do from keeping it closed and, as a dues paying SSA member,
I am happier that way as long as Richard Johnson concurs.

I can't tell you how often I have gotten help and
information from pilots all over the world, including you,
when I was up against a problem I had not run into before.
And I try to reciprocate as well when I can. That has meant
sending FAA data for tundra tire approval to a glider pilot
in NZ and a copy of an old J5-A manual to some guys in the UK.

Now what I really want is a copy of the BGA modification to
the Schweizer tow hitch which makes it less likely to jam
but that's in a technical section closed to non BGA
members.... and most of us Americans don't even know about it.

Pete
Anchorage




Eric Greenwell wrote:

Now I'm curious - this member doesn't want it open, but nobody in the
SSA has actually asked me about it. Do you know what percentage of SSA
members want it open, closed, or don't care? Are SSA directors inundated
with contacts form members crying out for open access that the directors
are ignoring?

What other soaring organization web sites should I be interested in
accessing? I haven't gone looking for other web sites - am I missing
something? What web sites do you suggest?

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Peter D. Brown
http://home.gci.net/~pdb/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akmtnsoaring/