Revisiting declining membership

In this the era of the telecommuter...when information
can be readily transmitted without being present...we
would want the office somewhere expensive so that the
employees can commute on crowded highways?

A friend recently queried me of where a good place
to move near a major population center for soaring
might be...although these exist, many or only a couple
of pranged towplanes away from not being present.

I think this topic can wither on the vine...Hobbs may
not be perfect, but it makes sense in a lot of ways.



At 09:30 08 January 2005, F.L. Whiteley wrote:
'snoop' wrote in message
oups.com...
One bit of EAA history that I do know is that when
Poberenzy wanted to
expand out of the Hales Corner building, he only wanted
to build a
bigger version of the Hales Corner corrugated hangar.
The board pushed
to look further into the future and thus the beautiful
museum that is
in Oshkosh exists.

Our library at the SSA headquarters consists of a
couple walls of book
shelves, with boxes full of books sitting on the floor.
Imagine our
offices, let's say in a suburb of Denver, or Dallas,
or in Mr.
Greenwells location. Can you see all those soaring
people visiting day
in and day out, volunteering their talent and time.
Imagine guys like
Dick Johnson, in Dallas being able to visit and help
out with history
projects whenever he wanted to. See where this is
going.

Imagine Charlie, and Charlie lite getting on a non-stop
flight straight
into DFW, or DEN, or ABQ, or wherever, and in twenty
minutes being at
headquarters.

More thoughts?

Soaring history is really archived at NSM and starting
at the SWSM. The SSA
staff probably doesn't need hangar talk from a bunch
of well meaning, but
likely annoying drop-ins. If you have volunteered
and coordinated to work
on a specific project, by all means, do it, but if
you want to put energy
into growing soaring, try your own backyard first.
Growing soaring happens
at the grass roots level. I joined my first club (I
already had an interest
and had taken a soaring flight) when I noticed their
black on hot pink 8.5 x
11 poster on the bulletin board of the local USAF post
office. It simply
stated 'We reckon if you can drive a car, you can fly
a glider' and had a
graphic on an SHK (serial nr 1, of which I later owned
a share) and the club
name and contact details. I was there mid-week after
I got a car only to
find they flew normally at the weekends. But I was
back 9am on the
Saturday.

I see no pressing need to move the SSA to a higher
cost of living area when
the budget is so tight. Turning it around financially
will take some time.
Please login to the member area and review the ex-Com
and board minutes and
review the eNewsLetter or copies of the Dennis' Missile.

Frank Whiteley