VGC News/Newsletters - Lakes Gliding Club

FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
We are extremely pleased with the way members have
responded to the call for renewal of subscriptions this year. In
spite of the early teething problems with the computer which
I encountered everybody should be in possession of a membership
card, but jf not, kindly advise me. My E-Mail address
is geoffmoore@cwcom.l1et or telephone/fax 01442 873258
where any enquiries should be directed and will be dealt with
promptly. Those with a computer can check out their current
details on the VGC Website and correct any mistakes immediately
which are updated onwards to me. Normally the cards
would be posted out with the first magazine issue of the year
which is cheaper for the Club, otherwise they are sent out
under separate postings for late renewals. Any person not paid
up for the current year when magazine number 100 is released
will not receive one direct from the pr>inter.
You will notice a further change for the lDetter on the white
address label which will show the month and year when your
subscription expires.
Up to the end of April we welcomed 41 new members
joining the Vintage Glider Club this year from at home and
around the world including our first member from Taiwan.
Please let us know of your gliding or modelling news Mr
James Lin and of course anybody else.Your news is our news
for your magazine so why not send it to our Editor Grafuam
Ferrier.
I will be at the 28th International Rally at Tibenham, hot
thermals with our sponsor Colemans Mustard tire expected, so
if you have not done so already contact the Norfolk Gliding
Club to enter and I will meet you there at the end of July for a
great week to enjoy with the family or friends.
Geoff Mool'e.
FROM THE TREASURER
Magazine space costs money and your subscriptions pay for it,
so I shall be brief. If you have a VGC member friend who has
net received this issue the odds are that he is one of the sma'll
minori1ty who has not paid his subscription for the year 2000
and to re-join he is now liable to pay the usual £5 joining fee
in addition. I will waive this for any former member/late payer
who re-joil1s within the month of August because we value
everybody as a memoer and do not want to see you go.
Just occasionally there is a hitch in the system, as happened
earlier this year when about six members received .their magazine
whose address carrier said they had paid to 1999 when,
in fact, .they had paid for 2000. The reason was simple, a list
had gone astray after leaving me, and our worthy printer consequently
did not have the latest information. This is also
almost inevitable if a payment is made just as the list has been
sent to the printer; the remedy is obvious. If anyone has doubts
about his payment a telephone call to me will get him an
almost immediate answer with the information he seeks.
Finally, can I say thank you to all our members, you have
made my task a pleasant one.
From Robin Willgoss
Change ofwebsite.
The VGC website, which many of you have visited and from
which we have had many new members, was generously
donated by my employer, Tally, but now we feel it is appropriate
to launch out on our own dedicated site but still masterminded
by me. The new site can be found at www.vintagegliderclub.org.uk.
The members' section has been revised
with new features:
Voice Mail and FAX by means of a telephone line that lets you
record a message or send us a FAX 24 hours a day. This could
be ideal if anyone wishes to send a message to the VGC Committee
or a message can be forwarded to other members by
email if you do not have email yourself.
Simplified Message Centre/Chat Room, ideal for swapping
stories, asking questions or letting people know you have
something for sale.
Members/Glider database, we have online forms for notifying
changes to your address/email etc and registering glider
details. The members database has been grouped by country
and has a search engine. The glider database is now grouped
by manufacturer, Contractor's number, Registration etc. Email
pictures of your glider in JPEG, BMP, TIFF formats to join
those already in the database.
Feedback Forms. These now cover Membership detail
changes and a glider registration form. This information goes
directly to Geoff Moore and Peter Chamberlain. Whenever
your details change use these forms.
If there are any other ideas please let me know.
Robin Willgoss, webmaster@vintagegliderclub.org.uk
FROM THE EDITOR
A Celebration of Vintage Gliding. Chris Wills and I have
selected four pages of pictures which are representative of the
VGC, its history, its restorations and replicas and, above all,
the work of the members.
The Annual Prize Presentation was discussed at a recent
committee meeting and it was decided to resurrect the small
sub committee composed of Chris Wills, Graham Saw, Jan
Forster and David Shrimpton to adjudicate on the submissions
for prizes. If you would like to make a c1a>im on a restoration
or performance prize please write, gi>ving alt details,. to Rally
Secretary Graham Saw oefore September 11 st so that the group
Can meet and decide the prize winners before the annual
dinner when they will be announced and presented. Gtliders
entered for the restoration award wil'! be inspected during the
International Rally at Tibenham.
The Annual General Meeting will be held during the
Intemational Rally at Tibenham at 7.30 pm on Thursday 3
August. Please read the notice included with this issue.
The Annual Dinner & Prizegiving will be held on Saturday
9th September at Lasham during the Elliots of Newbury Rally.
Tickets are £ 15 each obtainable from Hon Sec Mkl'lael
Powel!.
Glider pl'ices. It has been suggested that some awkwardness
has been caused when members contact the advertisers of
gliders for sale and are surprised at the asking price. 1fyou are
thinking of selling your glider through the classified adverts
page would you please include a starting price for negotiations
to avoid any misunderstandings.
Some more interesting websites:
Our new site: www.vintagegliderclub.org.uk
Paper planes: www.khs.com
Flying wings: www.nurflugel.com
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