We have support for a Thursday operation beginning 10:30. Our work party is scheduled for Saturday 5/17 weather permitting.
We had a successful run of our new invoice system, there was one small data issue but was easily fixed. As such, the next run will be automated, with human validation before being sent out. We’ve been able to reduce the amount of time it takes to process invoices down from about 20 hours a month (split across 3 people) to roughly 30 minutes. Note, the March invoices went out very late in the month; the April invoices will go out starting around May 10th. You’ll probably ask yourself, didn’t I just get an invoice? You did, because the March invoice was sent out late. Moving forward invoices will go out around the 10th of each month so after this month it will have a regular cadence. The 10th was chosen to allow time for the Treasurer to validate the paper logs against the digital records. There was some confusion about rollover from previous invoices. The new system simply keeps a balance for each member, either negative (if you owe money to the club), positive (you have money on the club books) or zero (you neither owe nor have a money on the club books). I plan to add a profile section that will allow you to see (only) your balance, payments, and bookings for better transparency. Another update is related to Members in Arrears, a fancy way of saying you haven’t paid your invoice. Now that we have roughly two months of data in the new system, the system itself will suspend your ability to book anything until your balance is paid if it has been at least two months since the last time you paid. This is not a membership suspension; you can still participate in ops, meetings, BBQs, etc but you are not “permitted use of any of the Club equipment” [1] That said, if you fail to pay it after 6 months, you will be notified by the Secretary of your possible removal from the club, see below for the exact wording. Lastly, we have a couple annuals to pay for and our yearly SSA membership fees are due soon. Finances are tight at the moment and it’s been decided that the club will NOT cover SSA fees for any member that hasn’t paid them (in the February invoice) as it has in the past. [1] Bylaws Article II section 8: Members in Arrears – Any Member who becomes in arrears for more than two months in any obligation to the Club shall not be permitted to use any of the Club equipment. If any member shall be in arrears for six months in any obligation to the Club, the Secretary shall notify said member by mail or email of such obligation, and upon failure to pay the whole of such obligation within 30 days of such notice, said Member shall cease to be a Member, unless otherwise decided by the Board.
Weather permitting (both days) LISA could fly gliders at KHWV https://metar-taf.com/KHWV Saturday - meet at LISA clubhouse at 9AM Instructor Andrew Apicos (516) 203-6659 Tow Pilot Justine Haupt (631) 599-2149 Line Boss Joe Grossmann (631) 699-0780 Sunday - May the fourth be with you! (ah ah) Meeting at LISA clubhouse at 10AM (leaving time for weather to clear up?) Instructor Mike Hanson (631) 384-0178 Instructor#2 Brian Robey (516) 680-1447 Tow pilot Wayne Betts (934) 216-9552 Tow Pilot #2 Jon Brez (347) 579-9807 Enjoy and don't forget to celebrate cinqo de mayo on Monday
Thursdays forecast looks good. Plan to arrive by 9:30 to preflight the glider. Tow pilot Justine ( 10 am ) Instructors: Shawn am Mike pm Craig ground support Students JP Please use the app and schedule if you plan on attending. Thanks
It's going to be too windy for LISA to operate safely, the forecast hasn't improved, quite the contrary > https://shorturl.at/HmpM6 A friend asked me the other day if there was more and more turbulence in the air, over time... he's a doctor, probably one of them elitist scientist, a tree hugger who wants to blame everything on global warming and how that affects airplanes and watnot. I don't know about how to measure that last thing exactly but there was the casual observation by some folks that this year has been particularly windy, and I have to say we've cancelled a lot of weekend ops lately (what are the odds it only falls on Saturdays and Sundays?) Anyhow, you can read all about "temperature gradients", and some hot air blowing from the "western Gulf of Mexico", as well as "La Niña-like [dipping] in the jet stream", and other blah blah things here > https://shorturl.at/N1Fxj Hashtag SCIENCE / enjoy your Sunday