EAA Board Of Directors (Here We Go Again)

I'm in and have already emailed you.

However, just why do many think EAA is unresponsive and the top few
(one?) living lavishly? This is a genuine question of curiosity, not
trying to provoke a heated thread though I expect one will result
anyway.

I'm curious because first, didn't EAA do some good with the Sport
Aviation stuff? I'm assuming they were the main force behind it, I
haven't seen AOPA promote it much. And second, don't all the alphabet
groups get gripes? There's always the whining about Phil Boyer's
lavish lifestyle, and so on.

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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I'm in and have already emailed you.

However, just why do many think EAA is unresponsive and the top few
(one?) living lavishly?

Although this was not aimed at me, I'll give you what everyone has. (my
opinion)

My main bitch about the EAA is not the lifestyle of the Ceo's, ect. There
will always be wealth at the top, and many other large groups prbably have
Ceo's with more wealth. My problem is the lack of concentration on the
homebuilder.

I'm curious because first, didn't EAA do some good with the Sport
Aviation stuff?

Yep, they done good, but perhaps, perhaps not, they could have done better.
Given that this is the FAA they were dealing with, who knows. Seems like
they could have gotten the weight limits high enough that the C-150/152
could have squeezed under the limit. Night VFR with an additional sign-off
would have been nice, too.

I'll still support anyone of fairly good character (I guess you will squeeze
in, Jim ;-) ) from our grassroots group that wants to get the "common man"
back into the power structure of the EAA.
--
Jim in NC

Seems to me EAA cannot afford to support homebuilding/restoring as its
primary activity. It's made itself into a commercial money machine,
and not doing too well at that. Significant net losses in recent
years, per their IRS From 990. They now hide losses from members by
consolidating the income statement with the Foundation, which is
good-faith contributor money and bequests in wills for the museum and
education programs.

Membership has been flat for some years now, and may now be declining.
# of chapters declining, with their relevance declining as internet
email lists now provide better builder support than any chapter of old
duffs who no longer fly. % of dues spent on member services has been
on the decline. There is a necessary disclosure in the IRS forms
about who it is who controls the printing company which prints the
magazine, someone long associated with EAA. And what's the deal with
Zaug's, who has been the food vendor at the convention for as long as
I can remember? Are they getting the best deal for these services?
And they continue the big lie about 750,000 attendance at the
conventions. And the huge amount of money spent on the Wright Flyer
was an embarrassing flop. And Poberezny's compensation does not
appear to be performance based, just same as last year plus a good
COLA.

I am still a member. Only EAA can keep FAA from imposing stricter
rules on homebuilts, with onerous examples in some other countries.
But the financials suggest to me they gotta get their act together
soon, or the house of cards....

Fred F.

" wrote

Ben Haaas N801BH

Ben, were you ever in the Navy at NAS Norfolk?
I used to fly R/C models with Ben back in the
early '60s, back when "reeds" ruled.

Bob Moore

Count on me for a vote (or teo or three)!
Shelly

I'm with you, Jim.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

"Shelly" wrote in message
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Count on me for a vote (or teo or three)!
Shelly

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
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I'm with you, Jim.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

"Shelly" wrote in message
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Count on me for a vote (or teo or three)!
Shelly



Not shirking my duty to vote here, so you'll have to give me a few days to
pay dues. Matter of fact, I refused to pay dues this year because some
anonymous person told us about how EAA leadership had appeared to have
rigged a contest so that the award, an O-235 Lycoming, had gone to an EAA
director needing one for his project. (Smarmy in and of itself.) But in
order for him to win and thereby shoot two other contestants down, the
deadline for the competition was inexplicably extended so that a book of
questionable provenance could be published. I. e., it looked like a common,
crooked, smelly insider deal to me. Knowing some of those people it piXXed
me off so bad that I thought, well, hell, I'll boycott them this year and
attend Lumberton and maybe Alliance and Brodhead.

Hey Jim,

Someone suggested putting the petition on a web site so we could download it and
print it, instead of you emailing them all over the place. Any chance that will
happen? If so, I'll do my best to circulate it.

Also, how about a brief explanation of why you are running and what your
platform is, since the people I will be talking to probably don't know you from
rec.aviation.*

I'm with you...

Dave

Absolutely. That's a hell of an idea. I'll have it up for download along
with a resume and platform by 2000Z today, Thursday the 20th of January
2005.

Email comments on the resume and platform encouraged. I get my best ideas
from you guys.

www.rstengineering.com/eaabod

Jim


"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1106237056.670790@sj-nntpcache-3...
Hey Jim,

Someone suggested putting the petition on a web site so we could download
it and print it, instead of you emailing them all over the place. Any
chance that will happen? If so, I'll do my best to circulate it.

Also, how about a brief explanation of why you are running and what your
platform is, since the people I will be talking to probably don't know you
from rec.aviation.*

I'm with you...

Dave

That's a hell of a good idea. I'll have them both up by 2000Z today, 20
January 2005.

I'd appreciate email feedback on how to make the resume and platform better.
I get my best ideas from you folks.

www.rstengineering.com/eaabod

Jim



"Dave Butler" wrote in message
news:1106237056.670790@sj-nntpcache-3...
Hey Jim,

Someone suggested putting the petition on a web site so we could download
it and print it

Also, how about a brief explanation of why you are running and what your
platform is,