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27.09.2006
USHPA - what should I do?


I'm in a dilemma. I will soon be attending the USHPA BOD meeting
(October 5th through 8th) taking place at the San Francisco airport (weird and
expensive place to have it). I've attended a number of these meetings and
reported extensively on them on the Oz Report forum. But I have no idea if
anyone other than a few folks really cares about the USHPA and/or about my
reports. I wrote and published my reports because I felt the information was
important to the hang gliding community (in the USA, at least), but now I'm not
so sure.


My first question is how should I look at the issues that will be discussed at
the meeting. Should I take the point of view that the USHPA is basically just
our insurance agent (and that all its other programs are just adjuncts to
insurance that are there to make sure we can get it at an affordable price?) Or
should I judge the USHPA based on its goals as laid out in its strategic plan,
in particular, its goal to double its membership within ten years?


So I'm wondering how high do I set the bar? Do I attend each committee meeting
and see what and how they are doing with respect to the strategic plan's goal,
or not? Do I raise this as an issue in the meetings to see what they say, or
should I just let the whole thing go?


If the USHPA is basically just our insurance agent, then there is not much of
interest there. Sure a few little issues, say the calendar for competitions in
2007, would be of interest to some, but minor changes in procedures would not
affect most of us. But, if the USHPA is supposed to come up with a plan to grow
the sport dramatically, then that would affect us all.


I'm thinking about not having a separate section/forum of the Oz Report forum
for the BOD meeting, but maybe just two threads in the hang gliding forum. One
for committee reports and one for an on going discussion on whatever I'm
reporting on. Previously, I've created a thread for each committee meeting and
each report, but is there really that much interest?


What do you expect from the USHPA BOD? I'm looking for guidance here.



http://OzReport.com/10.195.3
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