SSA Convention reports?

From the youth presentation, keep in mind that our
junior pilots would like to be known as PILOTS, rather than 'the kids'.
Kevin Christner is an instructor after all... Thanks to Kevin...and
Sylvia... for presenting...

... uh, we all start as kids (Mark Keene spoke of gliderport visits at 12, I
was a latecomer at 15...), but juniors are ready and able to lead. Kudos to
Kevin and Sylvia, Mike Westbrook and Mike Riley, for not only CFIing and
towing, flying badges & contests, running ground ops and Club junior
organizations, but staffing the Youth booth at Ontario, founding a potential
new SSA Division (www.juniorsoaring.us), publishing newsletters, seeking
donations of idle sailplanes for junior PILOTS, and so on. Not to mention
Garret being featured speaker at the Competition pilots' breakfast, Liz
running US Team Convention raffles, Orion and Justin organizing summer camps
(by this point in the list we've crept up a bit past age 25)... They are
taking over as I always hoped their generation(s) would.

John H. Campbell
SSA Youth Committee