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SSA is a squabble between Paul and his Son Tom, the old guard and the EAA
as it exists today. The SAA article on canopies example listed below is
nothing more than a reprint from Sport Aviation issue of April 1992 without
proper attribution.
They are having problems as the old guard dies off, so do the donations that
support SAA. Even Ray Scholler can't support the SAA like he once did as
he lost the publishing contracts for EAA publications. It is ironic that
Ray made the EAA what it is today by early support in printing the EAA
magazines. Without him, EAA would have been just another little group like
AAA.
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Cy Galley
EAA Safety Programs Editor
Always looking for ideas and articles for EAA Sport Pilot
".Blueskies." <nospamblueskies@ameritech1.net> wrote in message
news:ibQ%e.1$AY4.0@newssvr24.news.prodigy.net...
>I jsut picked this up on another group. Comments?
>
>
> " Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 01:19:00 -0000
> From: "Nicholas Cafarelli" <nicke@yahoo.com>
> Subject: SAA may go away
>
> I received the message below and thought I should share it with the group.
>
> An example of the information available from the SAA is at this link:
>
> http://www.sportaviation.org/magazine/2004_summer/canopy.pdf
>
> Here is the message which implies the SAA may disappear:
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:21:44 -0000
> From: "Patrick Panzera" <panzera@experimental-aviation.com>
> Subject: SAA
>
> I am sorry if you receive multiple copies of this, as I am sending this
> out to every e-mail list I belong to.
> I BEG that you do likewise, as there is a real concern here. This is
> not spam nor any form of chain letter.
>
> I belong to several Experimental Aviation e-mail lists and have,
> throughout the years, heard a common complaint that the EAA is
> not supporting Experimental Aviation like we would expect it to.
>
> But there is another organization out there, the SAA, that IS doing
> as EAA use to do. Like the EAA, the SAA was founded by Paul Poberezny
> (who is currently the President), and is a "grass roots" experimental
> aviation resource.
>
> http://www.sportaviation.org/
>
> Over the past weekend I heard a rumor that they might be shutting
> down, due to lack of interest.
>
> I sent them an e-mail and here's part of the reply:
> (my question was specific to renewal)
>
> "The Board will be meeting next month to determine the future
> direction of the organization. Until that final decision has been
> made, we have elected not to accept any renewals for 2006."
>
> So if I may be so bold, it's time for us to collectively to PUT-UP OR
> SHUT THE HECK UP!
>
> If you are a current member, please send a letter of support and
> recruit 5 new members, today!
>
> If you are NOT a member, then BECOME ONE!!! RIGHT NOW!!! There's no
> excuse.
>
> The infrastructure is in place. The staff is on-board. Everything is
> in place for the SAA to be everything you want or need it to be. The
> ONLY thing lacking is YOUR SUPPORT!.
>
> Without your support, SAA may be gone, soon. Although I am a loyal
> member of the EAA and feel that the direction they are taking is
> beneficial to general aviation as well as sport aviation and SP/LSA
> (and they certainly have my support with all of that), their return
> to grass-roots Experimental Aviation is just not going to happen, no
> matter how many letters we send.
>
> If we want to belong to an organization that's dedicated to people
> like you, building stuff with your own hands, in your own garage,
> even if it's just dreaming about taking on such a project, it's time
> to stop complaining about the EAA and actually DO SOMETHING!!!
>
> Pat"
>
>
>
> Dan D.
>
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