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Why does it have to be "SAA v EAA"??? Anybody CAN belong to more than
one organization at a time. SAA does not have dues. It is strictly
voluntary (pay what you think is fair and can afford). SAA is exactly
like I remember EAA during the 70s and 80s...geared a lot more to
homebuilt low and slow airplanes. The SAA annual flyins (Champaign, IL)
have been a hoot! By the way, where else would you get to ride around
on a golf cart with Paul Poberezny and HOOT Gibson the astronaut and ask
endless questions about advice for breaking in new cylinders on an old
Continental A-65???
Scott
..Blueskies. wrote:
> 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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