On Nov 15, 2:51*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Nov 15, 11:16*am, wrote:





On Nov 15, 9:40*am, Tony wrote:

I tend to agree with Hank. my feeling is that if you're in the club
you should be in the club. *yes i suppose it could get frustrating
that you pay what seems like more dues than you are getting your
money's worth but everyone has to chip in. *It is easy to fall in the
trap of thinking clubs are like FBO's. *I know I have fallen into that
line of thinking in the past, wondering what my club could do for me
instead of what I could do for my club.

The thought is if you are flying your own ship, you are flying the
club equipment less, and not adding to the wear and tear.

Most of those that are in the reduced dues category are active at the
airport, doing work for the club, but perhaps fly the clubs ships a
few times a year.

aerodyne

The other option is to pay for use of club gliders as some rate above
the fixed costs which are built into the dues which provides for
replacement. *At a commercial operation, depreciation of equipment
lowers the overall tax burden and is an expense of doing business. *In
most clubs, the best depreciation does is lowers the personal property
tax burden, where applicable. *The rest is in the wind.

Frank Whiteley

At our club we have had both systems. Reduced dues for members with
their own gliders, and our current system of one rate for all. This
was not universally welcomed by private owners as one might expect,
but the increase in cost was offset by the club paying the parking
fees for the private trailers. The main goal was to simply have
members, each expected to contribute equally, both in dues and
duty... this system in my view has been beneficial...

But perhaps more interesting and to the point of visiting pilots, ssa
region one now has a policy of reciprocal tow privileges between all
new England clubs. The theory here is that it takes support to make
the clubs work so belong to one, and as a supporter of the sport, fly
anywhere...

This benefits members of the more northern clubs by extending there
season, and benefits members of the southern clubs by giving them
access to mountainous terrain. We welcome visitors from affair, but
discourage lightweight use by non affiliated local pilots... again
the clubs need support, just pick one that works best for you...

RR
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