Officer reports

Rolf Bienert – Vice President

• Mt. Diablo road construction – the road to launch is closed. Before going, check their webpage to see if it’s open – there’s a 925-area code number for inquiries.

Wally Anderson – Safety Director

• There was 7th blow-back this Saturday. We need to take action. Issue warnings, mandatory site intros, introduce helmet stickers, publish more articles, and display graphs showing the potential dangers for visiting pilots.
• Discussion followed regarding the incidents and what we members can do about it. Importance of right approach to visiting pilots was also discussed.

Atta Pilram - Treasurer

• Balance as of end of June was $5016.47
• Balance as of today is $4600. Coming payments are $300 to the IRS, $200 for donation and $200 goes to John Van Meter’s family (plus $100 in individual member contribution).

Ann Sasaki – the President

• It might make sense to publish Ridge Dancer bimonthly to lessen the load on the editors.
• New recruitment: Susan Kent mailed approximately 250 recruitment letters to Region 2 USHGA members who are not BAPA members.
• Ann reminded all members to register on BAPA new website. Julie Spiegler answered members’ questions about the new site and the registration process.
• Ann talked about more BAPA exposure needed in local community. She proposed to come up with some ideas about volunteering and contributing to Daly City. We may need to find the county’s volunteer coordinator.

Old Business

• Wayne notified members that website for photo submissions is up and running.

New Business

• Paul notified members of the coming USHGA BOD in October. If there’s anything we want the BOD to know this one is a good opportunity, because San Francisco is expensive and unlikely to be chosen again soon by USHGA. This meeting is going to be coordinated with pilot summit.
• Ann encouraged pilots to attend pilot summit.
• Nova proposed BAPA to start oxygen renting program. Cost of a system is around $700 or $450 for a simpler continuous-flow system. BAPA is likely to recoup that investment in around 10 rentals per system. Eric volunteered to administer such a program. Members voted in favor of researching this possibility. Nova will come back with a specific proposal including dollar amount needed.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:06PM. 

Entertainment 

Rolf Bienert gave an informative presentation on asymmetric collapses and how to recover from them.