X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2275282 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:31:41 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.35; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id q.c38.1c2ffb6f (42809) for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:30:56 -0400 (EDT) From: WRJJRS@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:30:56 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Backpedaling To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1187670656" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5042 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1187670656 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/20/2007 8:01:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, Dastaten@earthlink.net writes: What is interested to consider is that if that 20 percent who left all voted en bloc, they could put whomever they wanted on the board. The current regime survives on proxies, as 400,000 people do not attend the annual meeting. Jim Weir of California (RST kit radios/intercoms) tried a few years back, got maybe a few dozen/hundred votes... Maybe a proxy war is just what needs to happen to shake things up. Dave Dave, With the EAA eager to drop the "experimental" from their name I'm not supprised that they are loosing membership. They seem to have forgotten what the core of the membership is. there can only be so many guys with perfect P-51 restorations. (And the money to do them) Most of us are scratching to build our kits. I always have a bitter laugh when some new "economical" Lyc is posted at 30K in Sport Aviation, or in one of the EAA e-mails. Damm it that is just beyond the reach of many (maybe most?) people. The new glass cockpit wars are bringing the panel prices down, if we could only do that with the mechanicals. Getting enough of the disgruntled members together for aproxy fight would be like hearding cats, but worthwhile none the less. I am a former EAA Chapter VP BTW, and I hate the "aim low" attitude shown lately as well. Bill Jepson ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------------------------1187670656 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 8/20/2007 8:01:30 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 Dastaten@earthlink.net writes:
<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>What is=20 interested to consider is that if that 20 percent who left all
voted e= n=20 bloc, they could put whomever they wanted on the board. The
current re= gime=20 survives on proxies, as 400,000 people do not attend the
annual=20 meeting.

Jim Weir of California (RST kit radios/intercoms) tried a=20= few=20 years
back, got maybe a few dozen/hundred votes...

Maybe a prox= y=20 war is just what needs to happen to shake things=20 up.

Dave
Dave,
 With the EAA eager to drop the "experimental" from their name I'm= not=20 supprised that they are loosing membership. They seem to have forgotten what= the=20 core of the membership is. there can only be so many guys with perfect P-51=20 restorations. (And the money to do them) Most of us are scratching to build=20= our=20 kits. I always have a bitter laugh when some new "economical" Lyc is posted=20= at=20 30K in Sport Aviation, or in one of the EAA e-mails. Damm it that is just be= yond=20 the reach of many (maybe most?) people. The new glass cockpit wars are=20 bringing the panel prices down, if we could only do that with the mechanical= s.=20
 Getting enough of the disgruntled members together for aproxy fig= ht=20 would be like hearding cats, but worthwhile none the less. I am a former EAA= =20 Chapter VP BTW, and I hate the "aim low" attitude shown lately as=20 well. 
Bill Jepson



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