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SAGPA AGM

Postby Coyote » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:10 pm

Thanks Johan for a great AGM - even though I missed most of it.
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Postby Condor » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:50 pm

The Sagpa 2007 AGM was a great event and at the same time even greater disappointment. Total of 13 Gyro's including Basie's resident M16.

Guys we have to support Johan and his commitee and we need get togethers like this. You missed ot on a great weekend with the best flying I have had. We had such a lot of laughs and shared good stories.

Thank to Basie and his team for exellent accommodation and food.

Hope to see you all by the next SAGPA event, of which there will be a lot more in future.
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Postby Eggbeater » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:56 pm

Hi All

I think this topic/thread/whatever it is called is a great idea.

As for the AGM, I would have love it if my radio was working properly. It should be soon now though.
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Postby Rotor-Blade » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:00 am

Where were the AGM details published, I occassionally view the site and did not see the dates for the 2007 AGM, even on the current calander /events page. ?

Do you know if SAGPA e-mail members with this type of info, ?
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Postby Low Level » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:01 pm

Condor wrote:
The Sagpa 2007 AGM was a great event and at the same time even greater disappointment. Total of 13 Gyro's including Basie's resident M16
The SAGPA communication channels suck big time, :evil: also because the website is useless. I have already mentioned this to Johan personally. If Greg ( Eagle1) didn't mention on a thread that he and Jetranger were off to the AGM I wouldn't have known that it was the past weekend.

I can assure you if it was communicated properly the turnout would have been huge. Nobody that I spoke to knew the date for the AGM. I for one, definitely wanted to go.

It is even worse if one look at the explosion in Gyro sales the past year. Spoke to one of the MT reps - currently have orders for 16 new gyro's. !!!! !!!!

Interacting with the microlighters in hangar talk is great, and I surely hope this new section will spark some gyronauts to life on the forum.

Big thanx to you guys who made this section possible. :lol:
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Postby Gyronaut » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:29 pm

I am sure the SAGPA AGM would have been far better attended if a) it was better communicated and b) it was somewhere in the centre of the country rather than where it was. Hoedspruit is 1 584kms / 984 miles from Cape Town. Simply too far. I believe the Carnarvon fly in is such a success because its central in the country.
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Postby FO Gyro » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:06 pm

That flight down was the most awesome flight I have done in a gyro, flying in between the Three Rondavels (in perfect conditions of course)!

See the gyro ahead of me just before the Three Rondavels in the top photo!
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Postby The Agent » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:24 am

You guy's need to get your members introduced to this forum and get them to use it.

It works for the rest of us, why not the gyronaughts.
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Postby Magnifan » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:51 pm

I agree with Jetranger. I was really disapointed to see that the venue excluded the Cape Gyro fraternaty by simply being out of range. The Thaba N'chu AGM was very well attended. Why not Gariep Dam which is very central and has good facilities?
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Postby Tumbleweed » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:16 pm

Just have your AGM here.

We promise not to intrude. :twisted:
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Postby Gyronaut » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:24 am

AGM in Secunda? huh?

Reminds me of the story of the guy and girl necking in the car, things get hot and she says breathlessly "kiss me where it stinks" ... so he took her to Secunda.

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Gariep or somewhere central would certainly attract a lot more gyronauts.
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Postby Coyote » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:46 pm

You are not a well puppy!!
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