mrw wrote:
Can't stand someone seeking an opinion other than yours Robert?
Your ego seems rather fragile old boy!!

It may well be fragile, but I suspect that the real problem is something
like this:

Robert and/or his buddies know there are slush funds available from the
Student Union to student clubs who know what hoops to jump through and
have the right contacts. Maintaining a good but geriatric K13 does not
qualify as a proper use for student taxes but assisting the purchase of
a glossy, all-white, curvaceous, T-tailed Acro might well qualify.

In fact Robert had probably carefully written the grant application and
successfully sounded out his mates who were operators on the Union
Council. If the NUGC wanted an Acro, the fix was in.

Keeping news of the proposal from their political opponents on the Union
(who want all of the funds reserved to send THEM on holidays to sunny
places as delegates attending conferences on student poverty and
homelessness, etc) was vital to its success however. Scott has
successfully screwed that aspect thoroughly.

Scott's other mistake was not his responsibility but Robert can't kick
contributors to ras. Scott got the wrong answer. The majority of
respondents correctly told him (and Robert) to stick with the K13 and
stick the Acro somewhere else - especially without a trailer.

Boy is Robert p...ed with Scott!! All that work for nothing. When the
Council debates the GC's application, all the replies from ras will be
quoted by the opposition! And he can't even write it up as an
assignment in Pol Sci 201. Bugger!

Scott: Don't worry unles Robert is chief Duty Pilot (you won't be doing
much flying for a while) or CFI (you'll be on daily checks for years).

Your question was a good one and the answer is - keep the K13.
Best of luck with your next project.

Graeme Cant

"Robert Richards" wrote in
message ...

Scott,In future it wuld be nice if you checked stuff out
with the rest of the committee before making statements
in public. I know you are only speaking for yourself,
but you seem to have forgetten that as you are on the
committe of NUGC, what you say can be easily interpreted
as being the position of the committee as a whole.As it is you've
caused a

lot of embarrassment and caused

me to acrifice several hours of coursework writing
time to sort out the bloody mess you've made.Perhaps in future you could

make it clear that you

are speaking on behalf of yourself, rather than implying
that you are speaking for all of us?And why on earth you expect anyone on

here tod know anything about getting a grant from our student

union (NOT the university!!) is beyond me.Just to set the record
straight,

the coments below

are not the comments of NUGC, just of an individual.RobertPres. NUGCAt

15:54 26 April 2004, Scott MacLeman wrote:I am a member of the
council for
my University gliding

club - fairly new compared to most of the people in this forum, but hey
i enjoy it.We currently own a K13 aircraft with a (fairly) serviceable
trailer.we have been offered an Acro with no trailer, and in
order to buy it we will need to sell our K13.I was wondering whether

it would be worth it - because

the deal we have been offered for the acro is not massivly great. and
there are several drawbacks.mainly - asking for a grant from the

university. selling the k13 not having a trailer with it.Just
wondering
what some of the more experienced people

think.Thanks,