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MGC will be celebrating its 74th birthday on the 1st of September 2018.

While the people that formed the club had been flying for many years prior to this, this was the first meeting of the group that decided to form the club as we know it today.  Like all pilots, they spent so long flying, it took another 3 years before the club was officially formed in the eye of the government, and the first Annual General Meeting of the club was held in 1946.

The club would not have one of the best fleets in Australia without the selfless work of its volunteers, many of whom work behind the scenes to keep the club running, from the committee, to the duty pilots and instructor's, everyone needs to continue to do their bit to ensure the club continues to be a success.

The Victorian Soaring Association Annual General Meeting and Presidents' Meeting is on Saturday 11 August 2018 at the Bacchus Marsh Clubhouse.

AGM 1100-1230

Lunch 1230-1300 (including VSA Awards)

Presidents' meeting 1300-1530

Please RSVP to the VSA Secretary, David Cleland [DavidLCleland[at]gmail.com] by 30 July.

Check out photos from Saturday evening's Annual Dinner and Awards Night on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneGlidingClub/

We had a fantastic evening with 40 members, partners, family and friends joining us at The Royal Hotel in Bacchus Marsh. Thanks to Bob H for organising the evening, and to Roger K and Robyn L for the photos.

The Melbourne Gliding Club is on Facebook (facebook.com/MelbourneGlidingClub), Twitter (@MelbGliding), Instagram (@melbournegliding), and YouTube (@VMFGInc)

Get posting and tagging - #melbournegliding 

The club would like to update the picture we have going out on our emails from the club from membership renewals with something that represents the Melbourne Gliding Club - e.g. our aircraft, Bacchus Marsh airfield etc.

Send me through your best picture, or collage of pictures suitable for the emails - 600 x 240 pixels is the current size of the images. The winner as chosen by me gets a bottle of wine from the President's wine cellar. Get your entries in by 20 July to president@melbourneglidingclub.com.au

The club is migrating from mobile broadband to NBN, as the quality and reliability of the mobile network has been deteriorating, as the volume of data handled by the network increases.

Fortunately the NBN released access to the network in April, allowing a fixed wireless service to be installed mid May.  It was important the club moved on this fast as the NBN will only install a single service to the airfield.

While we have experienced significant increases in speed, the most significant improvement has been in the lifting of data usage limits compared to the mobile network. Removal of the data limits has allowed the network to be opened up for broader use by club members.

Each club will have its own WiFi network and key codes. the codes will be available from members of the committee, instructor panel and duty pilots.  Please do not share this code outside the club.

Broadband will open a range of new possibilities, as we will be able to stream training videos etc. 

If you have any questions please email steve@techexecs.com.au

Enjoy Steve Trone

BMAM OH&S Committee met with the local Emergency Management staff, namely the local Police, the CFA and the SES yesterday Tuesday 22nd May to review the emergency response at the Aerodrome and the responsibilities under the Emergency Management Act.

They want to ensure the following important message gets through to all persons operating at the Aerodrome immediately:

“In an emergency incident or accident  Call  000  immediately to raise the appropriate emergency response.”  Do not call the CFA, Police or SES direct, just call 000!

The message is simple:  “IN AN EMERGENCY DIAL 000”  first.  

The call to 000 is the standard procedure that all personnel operating within the Aerodrome must follow.  

Roger Druce (YBSS Airfield Manager)

Below is the updated Ground Crew roster from November 2018 through until next Easter. If you’re not a tow pilot, instructor or duty pilot, you’ll find your name on the roster to come out to the airfield on a few days throughout the year to assist with operations for the day. New members have been added to the list.

We want you to come out, help out, and be able to go for a flight as well. I know people have commitments that come up, so the same principle applies as with our tow pilots, instructors and duty pilots. If you can’t make a day, please find a member to swap with. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact president@vmfg.org.au

Date	Ground Crew
26-May-18	Michael Dawson
27-May-18	Xiaoyu Liu
2-Jun-18	Colin Dale
3-Jun-18	Andrew Du
9-Jun-18	Matt Fenn
10-Jun-18
16-Jun-18	Louis Hojnik
17-Jun-18
23-Jun-18	Neil Burns
24-Jun-18	Sue O'Brien
30-Jun-18	Norm Hearn
1-Jul-18
2-Jul-18	Kevin Huang
7-Jul-18	Garry Stevenson
8-Jul-18	David Xu
14-Jul-18	Troy Evers
15-Jul-18	Mitchell Ambler
21-Jul-18	Brendan Knight
22-Jul-18	Lulu Xu
28-Jul-18	John Wright
29-Jul-18	Luke Carman
4-Aug-18	Luke Logan
5-Aug-18	Toby Tan
11-Aug-18	Grant Cramer
12-Aug-18	Xiyao Sun
18-Aug-18	Sue O'Brien
19-Aug-18	Andrew Rigby
25-Aug-18	Peter Gamble
26-Aug-18	Luke Sparkes
1-Sep-18	Hamish Tobias
2-Sep-18	Greg Scott
8-Sep-18	Andrew Taylor-Harris
9-Sep-18	Jessica Walsh
15-Sep-18	Ian Grant
16-Sep-18	Geoff Speedy
22-Sep-18	Ian Holt
23-Sep-18	Steve Trone
29-Sep-18	Toby Tan
30-Sep-18	Jim Karamalakis
6-Oct-18	Michael Dawson
7-Oct-18	Xiaoyu Liu
13-Oct-18	Matt Fenn
14-Oct-18	Colin Dale
20-Oct-18	Andrew Du
21-Oct-18	Sujai Thomman
27-Oct-18	Ron Fox
28-Oct-18	Louis Hojnik
3-Nov-18	Cup Weekend
4-Nov-18	Cup Weekend
10-Nov-18	Andy Blair
11-Nov-18	Phil Calwell
17-Nov-18	James Curry
18-Nov-18	Phil Kotsanis
24-Nov-18	Lachlan Hughes
25-Nov-18	Harrison Blair
1-Dec-18
2-Dec-18	Neil Burns
8-Dec-18	Mitchell Ambler
9-Dec-18	Norm Hearn
15-Dec-18
16-Dec-18	Kevin Huang
22-Dec-18	Garry Stevenson
23-Dec-18	David Xu
29-Dec-18	Wangaratta Camp
30-Dec-18	Wangaratta Camp
5-Jan-19	Wangaratta Camp
6-Jan-19	Wangaratta Camp
12-Jan-19	Brendan Knight
13-Jan-19	Lulu Xu
19-Jan-19	John Wright
20-Jan-19	Luke Carman
26-Jan-19	Luke Logan
27-Jan-19	Greg Scott
2-Feb-19	Sue O'Brien
3-Feb-19	Grant Cramer
9-Feb-19	Xiyao Sun
10-Feb-19	Jessica Walsh
16-Feb-19	Andrew Rigby
17-Feb-19	Peter Gamble
23-Feb-19	Luke Sparkes
24-Feb-19	Hamish Tobias
2-Mar-19	Andrew Taylor-Harris
3-Mar-19	Ian Grant
9-Mar-19	Geoff Speedy
10-Mar-19	Ian Holt
16-Mar-19	Steve Trone
17-Mar-19	Jim Karamalakis
23-Mar-19	Sujai Thomman
24-Mar-19	Andy Blair
30-Mar-19	Phil Calwell
31-Mar-19	James Curry
6-Apr-19	Phil Kotsanis
7-Apr-19	Lachlan Hughes
13-Apr-19	Harrison Blair
14-Apr-19	Michael Dawson
20-Apr-19	Easter Camp
21-Apr-19	Easter Camp

 

The clubs operating and flying environment continues to change and evolve, along with community and member expectations and needs. To ensure the club continues to meet these expectations the club needs to evolve and change.

The importance of the clubs web site has been increasing in importance since its inception in 1999.  A few years ago the club decided to split the web site, and create a dedicated site for non members (public facing), and another specifically for members, as both group have very different needs.

The public web site is under development, and the member web site had been tuned and changed to suit new information like the weather station , web cams, flight radar (OGN) etc., and more importantly the ever increasing use of mobile devices to look at web sites.

We are now seeking your thoughts on what could / should be included on the front page of the member web site, along with ideas and/or examples for a better more functional layout.

Please forward your thoughts and ideas to steve@techexecs.com.au so they can collated and incorporated.

Kind regards Steve Trone

 

I've added the YBSS glider strips to the OGN base map.

If you become aware of anything else that is missing from the map please let me know at vmfg@techexecs.com.au

Cheers Steve