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Reminder that the meeting is tomorrow Tuesday the 19th at 8pm.

Our January meeting will be Tuesday Jan 19 at 8pm EST.

Agenda:
- Nominate and vote on new board members
- Discuss XC Flying tactics

Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85000663891

Meeting minutes have been posted to the Member's section of the website.

When : Tuesday Dec 15th at 7PM EST via Zoom Topics : - Nominations for 2021 club officers - Treasury update - Chapter Renewal If you have nominations for club officers or other items you'd like added to the agenda, please email me directly. Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88073954110 M...

That would be awesome! If you have a contact with Washington Co, please proceed! Let me know what help you need.

Thank you Anthony and whoever the mystery pilot is!

No, it just means you've paid sometime in the past 365 days. I added a link to the Members section so you can see when your membership expires. This link is also at the top of the page "Membership Status" when you're logged in.

https://chgpa.org/membership-login/

Please hold off from making donations at this time. There are concerns from other landowners. I'll be reaching out to landowners for more information.

PGs are actually worried uppers are too strong for Woodstock. The forecast for lift looks great. Could be nice for HG in the day and better for PG in the afternoon.

Friendly reminder that we must respect property lines when cutting trees. The landowner below Daniels contacted me today to say he talked with some people cutting Daniels today and wanted to make sure we were observing the property line. Last year we accidentally cut trees outside of the boundary at...

Maybe in the future we'll have more senses to detect thermals. Sometimes you can smell a thermal, like the sweet orange blossoms in California. I've also heard people describe the smell of marijuana flowering. I've definitely smelled plenty of cow and chicken shit thermals. Can you also detect sound...

Another great day at Taylor Hill! Love that place!

4 HG - Greg, Mark, Anthony, Bacil
4 PG - Ed Dibuono, Dominique, Michael White, and myself (and Greg even pulled his PG out of the bag later in the afternoon)

This year's kite fest will be on March 28th. In the past we've participated in the event. I think this year will be more informal. If the weather is nice, let's all plan to meet in a specific location. If anyone wants to set up a hang glider and wants parking/loading assistance let me know and I wil...

A few PG are heading to Dickey Ridge as well as Daniels. My ETA for Taylor Hill is between 12-1pm.

For sure!

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-insight-gravity-rumbles-devilish.html Mars experiences strong daily pressure and temperature fluctuations, "stronger than on Earth," Banfield said. "The atmosphere is so thin that it can heat up and cool down much faster than on Earth." Banfield and ...

I've been in contact with a landowner at Daniels named Andrew who just recently built a house on the mountain. He's a developer and is considering putting the house up for sale and wanted to give us first dibs. His house is the newly built white, two story about a 1/3 of the way up the mountain. &qu...

Meeting notes posted here http://chgpa.org/members/

This is awesome! Very cool videos!

When: Saturday January 25th 6:30pm-10pm Location: John and Marnie Middleton's House 4541 Windsor Lane Bethesda, MD https://goo.gl/maps/rVUzdoAZTqxdeHUh7 Parking should only be on the north side of the street (where the house is). The style is pot luck but the club will buy a few pizzas. Please RSVP...

CHGPA Holiday Party & Winter Meeting
Saturday January 25th, 2020
Location: TBD (looking for a host or restaurant/bar)

Business:
1. Board member Elections
2. Daniels Road Repairs
3. Other topics?

Welcome back! Most of our sites do not require any waiver; Woodstock and Pulpit do not require waivers. Simply sign up as a new member at https://chgpa.org/

A prior club member, Michael Lee, is planning to attend the Leesburg Airshow this Saturday Sept 28th and intends to display Ashley Grove's old Litesport and handout club flyers about free fight in our area. If anyone would like to join Michael let me know and I'll send you his phone number. https://...

"3 old lock haven graduates are selling property on young woman’s creek near Hyner mountain. Unique, secluded 13.29acres. Cabin/house full ammenities. We’ve owned and developed last 30 years"

Contact: richosborn62052@icloud.com

Some paraglider have talked about going to Taylor Hill this weekend. You can leave the waiver in the mailbox in the parking area at Taylor Hill. Taylor Hill is managed by the CHGPA and we provide USHPA insurance for the site so you need to become a member. http://chgpa.org/membership-join/membership...