Lets meet at the terminal building. Minutes LISA General Membership Meeting October 18, 2025 9:00 AM Attendees: A Apicos, Aidan Apicos, R Jacobellis, J Pokrywka, P Grellet-Aumont , K Erthal, J Abramovich, A Alecu, B Robey Guests: M Small, R Bedi, A Banks Please remember that Checks may be sent to Long Island Soaring Association 222 Grand Ave Shirley, NY 11967 New Business Associate dues were discussed, in order to relieve excess work, streamline payments and dues collection associate dues have been changed to a once a year payment of $140, $80 of which is SSA and the remainder being club dues. This will be billed each January. The motion was made by Ryan and seconded by Aidan, all were in favor Many thanks to Jerry P for creating a club brochure that we hope to have available at the terminal to attract new members. Maintenance costs were discussed, and the Board and membership should be aware that these costs may need to be examined as it pertains to our fee structure and dues. It was discussed that we, LISA, have a below average monthly dues as compared to other clubs in the eastern U.S. As we no longer have the benefit of certificated mechanics as part of our active membership, it is very likely that dues will need to be increased. Save the date Friday January 16th. Is Our Annual Holiday Party and Elections. Members are reminded to pay their balances promptly, as we have bills that we need to pay promptly. All members please check and pay any balances.According to club rules, regulations and policy as stated in our handbook any member in arrears more than 60 days will have privileges suspended this will include access to the app. Temperatures are decreasing and 172 pilots are reminded to use the nose blanket and the heater needs to be in use when the temperatures are below 40 degrees Power pilots are reminded to please use one log sheet for each month, blanks are in the clubhouse on the desk in the vertical organizer. Both Glider and Power logs books must be filled in legibly with all fields filled in. Thank you for your cooperation in this as accuracy makes Andrew’s, John’s and Mike's efforts a lot easier when doing the billing Drew and Jerry have agreed to serve on the election committee, elections to take place in January. The nominating committee is starting to do its work of putting together a slate of candidates for the next LISA election. The idea of having safety meetings at least once a year, whereby tow pilots, instructors, 172, would meet separately which would be followed by a general safety meeting was greeted with a positive reception The importance of ‘training up’ was discussed. All members are encouraged to continue with their fight training by adding commercial and instructor ratings, not to mention earring a tow pilot endorsement.. The LISA app now includes the ability to manage the up/down status of any aircraft, if a power plane is out of service all future bookings will be notified of the change. Additionally, a message will appear on the booking page. Attention all Students, study materials, preflight worksheet, and logbooks are needed on the flight line before flight lessons can begin. 2. Maintenance – Ryan 172 has a new battery, and is scheduled for its annual 2055T needs its instrument panel installed and an annual inspection Craig reported that he has completed a second tail stand for N65918 Glider Captains have been selected and they will be able to give extra special attention to their respective gliders. Gerry has agreed to adopt the 1-34, Jacob 1-26 4. Chief Pilot – Brian Power Pilots MUST Log Landings!! Accurately & Clearly! 1 month turnaround for landing fees handled by Mike Hanson, depart fee, clear, grass 5. Operations Officer Pierre Members should use the LISA app to schedule their intentions to fly. Also, they should check the app for the status of an operation before leaving for the airport. SSA Badges – Give Shawn dates of accomplishments Please remember to send Andrew a picture of the log sheet at the close of the operation, legible, completely filled in and accurate 6. Safety Board and at Large/Mike Attention all Students, study materials, preflight worksheet, and logbooks are needed on the flight line before flight lessons can begin. All vehicles are required to have a yellow safety light on when operating on the airport grounds. All students and new members are required to take the SSA wing runner Ground Handling | Soaring Society of America | Wing Runner Training course and be field trained by other club members on how to prepare and launch gliders into flight. See Joe Grossmann about scanning QR code (in the clubhouse) with your phone for SSA wing runner course. Take the course, pass the test, earn a badge. 7. Other/Old Business – Club mail is delivered to the side door and falls into a box. If you happen to see mail in the box, we ask that you Please Place the Mail in the top left draw of the desk. Thank you. 8. Good and Welfare None to report 9. Membership (Prospective members/Readings/Votes) Three new members were voted into the club. Matthew Small, Raj Bedi, and Adam Banks. Welcome all. The meeting adjourned 10:05 am, a motion was made and seconded; all were in favor.
LISA Monthly meeting at 9AM - all members should try to attend (probably is the meeting room at airport entrance - behind Unicom) Later we'll fly glider with Mike Hanson as your CFI-G, Shawn's observing Tows should be available from moi, and Brez plans to show up later (>1pm) If you really want to learn how to fly glider, Saturday is the better day this weekend You have other plans: you're not going to have much chance to practice on Sunday
Hi everyone, I had picked up our first full box of donations for Long Island Cares. I am really proud of everyone for their contributions. I should have brought a bigger box! I also wanted to thank the person who printed a label and placed it on the box for me. The total weight is approximately 15 Lbs. Good job, everyone! As our November meeting on the 15th approaches, I encourage you one last time to bring what you can. Final pick up will be on the 19th. Every little bit helps, especially for those affected by the government shutdown. The total donations raised so far: I have personally contributed 221 items, totaling about 300lbs. While the rest of my coworkers at TEQ have contributed approximately 450 Lbs. Plus LISAs' contributions, we are well on our way to over 800 Lbs before Thanksgiving. We may even reach over 1000. Thank you again, everybody, and see you at the next meeting! -Raj
Saturday: Meet at the LISA club house by 9AM or earlier Brian Robey will be your tow pilot up until 3pm sharp Shawn J Simms will be your instructor from 9am to 2pm sharp Andrew Newitt will help w/ ground OPS and get some instruction; Jacob Abramovich will be field manager and get some instruction; Adam Banks said is on for some glider training in the morning; Craig Rhein will come late morning, help w/ OPS and fly gliders; Sync w/ Shawn & Brian: call TRACON to tell them your intentions (be nice with them, ATC ain't getting paid for a while now...) I will send a separate message about Sunday OPS (looks unlikely) Saturday will be the best day of this weekend to fly glider training.
Tomorrow Saturday looks too windy on the TAF and based on forecasts in general: I could come tow if the weather turns out to be not so "gusty", but it's unlikely... Meanwhile Brian can instruct from 11AM, so let's decide tomorrow in the AM? Sunday on the other hand looks like a good day (detailed forecasts over here https://shorturl.at/lesO5 ) Mike Hanson CFI-G to instruct on gliders, with Charles Flagg to tow y'all up; Jerry Pokrywka will be the line manager helped by Andrew Newitt as needed. Given that Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday I propose y'all meet at the clubhouse around 10AM (winter time). Days are getting shorter, but we still can have fun right?