A final updated version of the packet of material sent to the BOD
members can be found at www.ushpa.aero.
Click on the Members section and after signing in, click on Board Information,
scroll to the bottom, it's there on the bottom.

Planning Committee Agenda Riss Estes, Chair, 1) Prioritize
strategic plan action plans

That's it. One item. Thank, God. The strategic plan is spaghetti,
a mess. I little bit for this guy, and a little bit for that guy. I assume that
the strategic plan items will be prioritized on the basis on how much they
contribute to the goal. I wonder how we determine that?

Safety & Training Committee Agenda Dave Broyles, Chair

Not a single item on the agenda about supporting instructors and
how to get them ready to do a lot more training and to be a lot more successful.
This is obviously not a priority. But this outsider's item is quite interesting:

Discussion of proposal by Gayle Smith and Peter Birren as follows.


A. Lower site designations from H3/P3 to H2/P2. So most sites are accessible to
H2/P2 pilots.


B. Allow H3/P3 pilots to launch H2/P2 pilots.


C. Standardize training to include first mountain soaring flights or towing to
soar flights.


D. Graduate new pilots the way every other sport does: Ready to participate in
the sport. Not 10 hours and 1 full rating short of being able to launch and fly
most sites.

It goes a small ways toward addressing the major area of drop out,
after pilots get their hang 2.

National Coordinating Committee Agenda Dennis Pagen, Chair Tracy
Tillman Sport Pilot Subcommittee, Chair


1) Sport Pilot Sub Committee Review


2) NAA Observers

Why do we care about Sport Pilot? Only for the tow planes. The tug
pilots are required to have private pilot licenses, so we could care less about
actual Sport Pilot licenses.


NAA Observers? The only two people who would care would be Robin Hamilton (and
he gets his records through the BHPA) and me (I'm the only one dealing with the
NAA, and I've already not registered two world record flights because I hate the
NAA and don't want to pay $400). Who else is going for world records? Okay,
Manfred. This item looks innocent. It isn't. It is a viper. Nasty and personal,
it pits old enemies against each other. Vicious.

Year to Date Magazine Advertising Revenue August 2004-2006

         Total $  Change % Change

2004 $93,936 from 2004

2005 $85,577 ($8,359) -8.90%

2006 $82,277 ($11,659) -12.41%

Magazine ad revenue continues to decline and expenses continue to
rise.

Year to Date Merchandise Income


Merchandise sales increased as a result of improved merchandise marketing.
Merchandise is marketed more effectively using the membership renewal
application. Order forms are inserted in renewal packets & flyers are revised
more frequently.

Pilots are buying more USHPA junk (see reference to Car Junk on
Car Talk, NPR).

Salary Expense / Payroll Allocation


The 2006 payroll allocation reflects the resource allocation required to support
strategic plan initiatives.

I wonder just what strategic plan items we are talking about here.
Perhaps Jayne or Martin can tell us.

Building


Year to Date savings on rent of $12,670 plus YTD rental income of $17,600 equals
a YTD net benefit of $30,270 to the Association as a result of owning the office
building.

It pays to own commercial property, but it is less expensive to
rent residential.