Crestline Soaring Society

It's the time of year to re-elect our CSS officers. For most CSS members it's something that just comes and goes and doesn't really affect them very much. And for those few that have volunteered to hold an office it's a time to wonder, why am I doing this?

Getting new blood into the CSS officer list is a good thing. The more we have members that have held an office and see the workings of how we perpetuate and grow the site the more strength the CSS has. But also, it is good to not make too many changes all at once. If we had all new officers in the same year, there would be a fair amount of reinventing the wheel as the new group tries to take hold of important items like keeping the site insurance up, having our tax returns done, paying our bills, processing new members dues and cards, etc.

It's that time of year again. On about Jan 15th 2008 we'll be mailing out a CSS Flypaper to all members. It will have some reports by your officers and it will have an election ballot. If you know anyone you would like to nominate for a CSS office or if you would like to hold an office yourself please contact me prior to Jan 10th 2008 to have the name(s) included in the ballot.

Offices of the CSS are: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Site Coordinator, Editor and Webmaster, Activity Director.

Announcing the Fall General Membership Meeting of the CSS. It will be at the Andy Jackson Airpark on Sunday November 4th at 4:45 PM. If you have any items you wish to have added to the agenda please contact me at . Thanks. / Rob McKenzie

The spring general membership meeting is to be held at the Andy Jackson Airpark at 7 PM on Saturday April 28th. Contact me if you would like something added to the agenda. It is open to everyone and especially all CSS members.

I would like to also mention that the USHGF has now granted the CSS a total of $9,000 which pays for nearly half of the club tractor. We'll be talking more about the USHGF and how you can help them help our flying sites in coming months and we plan to get an article to the magazine this summer showing the work being done to improve what is already a world class LZ.

Don't know where to start. Perhaps with thanks.

Tom Trevithick for loads of info on what type to look for and ideas on where to look. From him came the scoop on trying www.rbauction.com .

Then absolutely huge thanks to Gene Embree. He hopped on all the 28 auction skiploader/gannons in Phoenix this week and spent 10 minutes on each going through a series of physical and visual tests and gave verbal reports while I scribbled notes at a frantic pace to keep up with him.

Elections are coming up again. Anyone willing to accept any of the CSS offices are encouraged to contact me at by Jan 20th 2007 at the latest. Ballots will be mailed out by the end of January. Most years we see only a single name on the ballot for each office. Who knows, maybe one of these years we'll actually see a couple names to choose from on a ballot. Any CSS member who has been a member for at least 6 months is allowed to run for any office. Offices available are...

ANNOUNCING the FALL CSS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
Location: Andy Jackson Airpark.
When: Saturday Oct 28th 2006, 5:30 PM
Agenda: Basic updates on finances, ranch, developers.
To add agenda items please email the topic to me at
Rob McKenzie

This spring the CSS membership voted to support the XC Ranch located on the north side of the Andy Jackson Airpark. The current owners of the Ranch are Owen Morse and Len Szafaryn. With Len as Vice President of the (non-profit) CSS it was unwise to immediately offer this support as it could appear to be a conflict of interest as far as the IRS is concerned. We know that the members have chosen this support and it has nothing to do with what Len wants, but others might see it defferently. To eliminate the chance of a perception of a conflict the Board has appointed a replacement for Vice President and will begin the Ranch support ASAP. The new VP is Mike Zeller.