Burt Compton wrote:

So if your site doesn't have an examiner, try to find / cultivate / become a
DPE. It's good for your business - and good for soaring!

Burt Compton
Soaring Safety Foundation

Keep in mind there are some entire FSDOs that don't even HAVE
a glider-DPE. It sure would be great to fill
that up so there'd be more examiners.

Burt is absolutely right about this. There are about a 1000 DPEs
in the system, and maybe less than 100 glider DPE's. Even if
you can find one, they are often a LONG way away, so somebody ends
up travelling a lot.

So look into this. I think the minimums are 250 hours of glider instruction
given, or thereabouts, and some other hour requirements.
If you've been CFIing for 4-5 years or more, you probably qualify
for the minimums, at least...

Cheers!
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Mark J. Boyd