GLIDER PILOTS! PLEASE HELP WINDSURFERS at this hour we have to stand up together...

Hi, this is urgent, please read this note and help us stop this
development.
It's like the loss of your favorite gliderport next to your favorite
ridge.
This will be tragic if THEY build big hotel at this spot.
Many of us glider pilots are also windsurfers or kiters and we need
your help to just send email. Let's give our support in this time of
need.
Please Send Email, Save Aruba Windsurfing & Kitesurfing
Here we go again - another chance to save access at one of the best
spots in the world: Aruba. HOW OFTEN do we get that chance? This is
serious and we
need your help. Please take 3 minutes to click on the link below, do
your cut and paste, send the email, and then forward this eNews to all
your friends, your contacts at windsurfing/kitesurfing associations
anywhere in the world, to glider pilots, sailors, power pilots, power
boaters, your grandma in Cuba, and to your uncle in Norway. DEADLINE
TO SEND EMAIL IS NOVEMBER 8. Thank you!

Andre Volant CFIG
SGS 1-23G
San Francisco,Calif.

Please just click here and send email
http://www.iwindsurf.com/services.iws?genID=81

At 00:30 06 November 2003, Andre Volant wrote:

Please just click here and send email



Where...?!

Dear Al,
Send your letter, or copy and paste text at the bottom starting at
"Excellencies..., email it to
I hope this helps.
Andre

Save ARUBA !
Dear windsurfer / kiter,

One of the world's best windsurf beaches is in danger and we need your
help to save it. The government of Aruba is considering granting
permission to build a hotel at the famous FISHERMEN'S HUTS beach. This
is one of those rare beaches that has provided incredible windsurfing
conditions to thousands of windsurfers of all levels for the last
twenty years. This exact beach is also responsible for introducing
more people to the sport of windsurfing than any other beach on this
side of the Atlantic. Building a hotel on this beach, characterized by
direct off-shore wind conditions, would completely disrupt the wind
flow, making it impossible to access some of the most reliable winds
anywhere in the world.

We need to gather 15,000 signatures and e-mails by November 8 to put
an end to any future plans to develop this area. Please forward this
webpage to all the windsurfers and kitesurfers you know. Thanks!
Copy / Paste and email to Aruba
Please copy and paste the letter below and email to
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Excellencies,

I am deeply concerned by the plans for construction of a new hotel at
the “Seco di Rogans”/”Fishermen’s Huts”
beach area in Aruba, and the relocation of the boulevard inland into
the wetlands knows as “salina”.

This development will be a severe threat to the significant
environmental value of this sensitive beach, coastal area and salina.

Furthermore this area is a world famous windsurfing spot and the
construction of a new hotel will put an end to that. Equally
important; there are social-, recreational- and cultural aspects that
will be negatively impacted by this development.

The government of Aruba has stated on various occasions that it is
committed to protecting the endangered Loggerhead sea turtle, as well
as the island’s coastal areas and certain plants.

I would at this time like to inform you that I will not consider Aruba
as a vacation destination, if the Government of Aruba allows this
development to take place.

I urge you not to allow any development on this precious piece of
coastal area. The local population as well as the visitors to Aruba,
will thank you for practicing sustainable development and not crossing
the boundaries where balance between environment and development is no
longer attainable.


Respectfully yours,


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