On Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:29:40 PM UTC-5, Werner Schmidt wrote:

ask someone at google and quit reading / posting via google groups. Use
an appropriate newsreader and access via a newsserver - there are a lot
of them free available / accessable.

regards

Werner

That less than helpful reply makes no sense to me. How does the way I access rec.aviation.soaring have anything to do with the removal of someone else's posting to the newsgroup?

.... and Mike. I guess you and whoever is in charge missed the details such as the following which was part of the original post (mirrored on a club site so I was able to find it) ...

"It is assumed this new cash will be used to support soaring competitions in Canada in the coming years, starting with the Nats at Gatineau."