On Nov 24, 12:26*pm, "Matt Herron Jr." wrote:
So how to we turn these good ideas into tangible action at a national
level? *What is the mechanism by which new initiatives are taken up by
the SSA? *Who ya gonna call? *As a start, I will pledge $100 to any
fund earmarked for gathering some of these statistics and creating an
action plan. *I want to save my sport from extinction. *Anyone else?

Mat, get with Frank W. We don't need the $100 as much as we need
someone to call and collect information. There's only about 200
glider operations in the US but it's amazingly difficult to contact
them and get current information. Last winter were never able to
contact about 15% of them.

The "contact difficulty" problem goes a long way to explain our loss
of members. There may be lots of people out there who want to fly
gliders but who can't contact a club near them. We gotta make that
easier.

Bill D