Our Summer Soiree is on the schedule for Friday, August 10 and the meeting will be held at:
Matthew & Karen's house
6505 Westmoreland Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
We'll be serving up dinner and martinis with a side of CHGPA club business. Wear your best shoes and bring a date/designated driver to the Summer Soiree!
* Classic Gin Martinis
* Chocolate Drinks
* Rum & Cokes (rum)
* Soda (Virgin)
Wish I could be there, but I have a previously scheduled meeting that night. Darn. Y'all have fun, and don't get too rowdy in the hot tub. (A perfect place to sit in 90+ degree weather!)
You may want to add a duplicate post to the 'events and meeting' forum. Right now there's a summer soiree listed for a different week in August, and unless you pay close attention you won't realize it's a year old.
Karen and I are parking our cars across the street in the neighbor's driveway. So there are two spots to park in our driveway for those who arrive first. Also, the grass driveway across from our driveway is open (next to the green house) for anyone who wants to snag it.
Thanks Karen & Matthew! Between RSVPS here and on Facebook it looks to be a decent party! Can you call for the pizzas to arrive about 7:30?
Can't Attend in Person?
NEW: WEBCASTING
Live streaming of the CHGPA Meeting will be at the following link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dc-free-flight
Webcast will start at 7:55 to allow everyone a few mins to test their connection
The meeting was a lot of fun with a few new faces. I took some brief notes on my iPhone.
Membership:
Last year 85
This year 83 so far
Forum members 400
Woodstock launch
Matt Ingram volunteered to mitigate eye-sore temporarily and get status on full resolution with USFS proposal to smooth launch with gravel.
Painters tarps were requested since they're easier to layout and rollup
Runway should be clear of carpet at all times
Locate club weed whacker. The CHGPA thread says it's at Matthew and Karen's, but they only have the saw attachment.
Pulpit fly-in
Trees below launch may need to be trimmed next year
Looking for a volunteer for coordinating/promoting this event to increase attendance
Bacil was nominated in absence
High Rock fly-in
Matthew will give Emma Jane a heads up
Matthew suggested contacting PG scooter tow operators regarding towing out of Eddie's field
High Rock PG launch
Need a volunteer to contact MD DNR (Dept. of Natural Resources)
Promote tourism in MD!
Pulpit Road
Needs more stone to finish road
Less than $500
Board approval sufficient
Jeff proposed an informal weekend XC Club the weekend of August 18th where ever looks most flyable.
Camp and fly both days if possible. He has a waypoint file to share beforehand and can help program GPS.
Brian V H suggested club flying trips
Ellenville, NY - 6 hours
Blue mountain ski resort is near Allentown, PA - 4 hours
The Highland Challenge and the ECC were great local HG comps this summer that our members participated in. We want to promote this harder next year to ensure this great resource stays in place. Low attendance almost caused the ECC to be cancelled.
Club event hosting - there's a place called Teds 355 diner on Rockville pike that can seat 100 people with a projection screen. Might be a good place for explaining XC waypoints.
Jeff suggested we as a group focus on HG and PG commonalities, instead of what's different about the two. We all share a love of free flight and are proud to stand together.
We'd like to plan for another repack clinic over the winter/early spring.
Also a rope course.
I will contact Peter Humes and see what we can plan.
Matt Ingram
CHGPA President
P4 Observer
804.399.5155 mingram@vt.edu
