Slope Soaring Sussex Annual General Meeting (AGM)

 I am very pleased to say that we have recently convened our club Annual General Meeting (AGM). The first date we selected had to be postponed due to the fuel shortage crisis. However, the second date selected was a success despite low member numbers at the actual meeting. We did in fact meet the lower amended quorum as noted in the Club Constitution.

We are also pleased to announce that we now have 39 members which is an increase of 14 members over the past year and a bit.

It was decided that “Event Days” would be organized using the flat field site and maybe competitions may also be run. The Chairman had resourced all the equipment required to fully exploit the use of the field using both winch and bungee. The field being totally waterlogged earlier in the year prevented us holding a flat field training day.

Discussion was had about encouraging members to strive towards achieving their BMFA “A” certificate in slope soaring and this was well supported by all. We will investigate the training program required for this in the New Year.

Student training continues a pace with the Chairman taking on the lion’s share. Obviously, Covid-19 has had a major impact on the backlog of our training pipeline. We have had some students being allowed to fly solo this year and we have also appointed a new club instructor who will take the students to the next level.

Several proposals were brought to the table, one being setting the fee for the 2022 club subscription. Another was lowering the junior membership fee to encourage more younger members to join the Club. Also, we have decided only to charge 50% of the senior membership fee after 1^st July as we felt it was not fair to charge the full amount later in the calendar year if a potential member wants to join.

The date for the 2022 AGM would be held in October. Venue yet to be decided as we now have a lot more members scattered around the South of England and not only just based in the 'mid-Sussex' area, we may need to change the venue to accommodate the geographical needs of our members.