Dear Bagmaker,

Thanks for asking. I did get a lot of supportive response. I packaged those
all together, along with a cover letter, and sent it to each county
commissioner and also to the county manager etc.

The Board of County Commissioner's meeting is on the 6th of Dec, 1 PM at
1616 8th St. Minden, NV. There will be several airport related issues on the
agenda, including this one.

I've talked to several people re these issues and am hopeful reason will
prevail. I'll be at the meeting and will give a follow up report after.

all the best,

bumper
zz
Minden, NV
"bagmaker" wrote in message
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;571502 Wrote:
On Nov 6, 12:41 pm, "bumper" wrote:-
I've served on the Minden Airport Advisory Committee for 3 years now,
representing the soaring community. It's been one fight after another.
This
time airport management is proposing to change the airport rules to
require
all vehicle operators (golf carts etc) to pass a written test and be
issued
a card to wear around their neck before being allowed to cross the
runway,
towing a glider or otherwise.

This is certainly a good thing, and needed for safety, for non-pilots
and
employees of airport businesses. However, for pilots, who obviously
already
have the training and know how to operate upon and across runways, I
see
this as unnecessary and potentially injurious to soaring here. It's
one more
hurdle for visiting pilots and one more reason for them to go
elsewhere to
avoid the hassle. (note that they will have a 3-day waiver pass that
will
allow one visit without taking their test).

Consider what would happen if every soaring airport across the country
had
their own required test. It's about as ludicrous as every community
requiring extra driver training before you can drive through their
town.

If you feel as I do, please send me a short private email - - include
your
name and home town. If this proposed rule would lessen the likelihood
you'd
visit Minden - - include that.

I will present the emails to the Douglas Board of County
Commissioners. They
have previously voted a resolution stating that they care about and
want to
promote soaring here, let's hold them to it!

email to

bumperm "at" att "dot" net

thanks for helping,

bumper
ZZ Minden-

So Mr Bumper, an update, any success?

Bagger




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bagmaker