| Yale Aviation
is reorganizing! At a general meeting on October 24, the membership
approved a plan to recapitalize the club through member contributions
and to purchase 32028 and 55044 from CAS Aviation.
With the sale of 16282 and 2FB and recapitalization
funds of over $40,000, we have paid our outstanding bills,
purchased the two aircraft, renewed the club’s insurance,
and built several thousand dollars in reserves.The plan approved
by the membership approved allows current members of the club
to continue, without a new entry fee, under a new monthly
fee($60 per month) and flying hours requirement (1 hour per
month, accumulable for up to 12
months). The structure of membership
privileges is as follows:
| 1) |
Those who contributed
$1000 or more to recapitalization will be tier-1 members.
Flying privileges will include day-long and overnight
privileges on 044. |
| 2) |
Current members in good standing
continue as tier-2 members and will be able to reserve
airplanes for periods up to 4 hours (i.e. no daylong
or overnight privileges). |
| 3) |
In the future, new members will
be able to join tier 1 for an entry fee of $1000 or
tier 2 for an entry fee of $400. Tier 2 members may
upgrade to tier 1 for an additional
$600. Monthly dues of $60 and the requirement of one
hour of flying per month will apply. |
To complete the reorganization there will
be an important General Meeting of the Membership
on Thursday, December 13 at 6.30 p.m. at Robinson Aviation. The purpose of the meeting is to elect a slate of directors
and officers for the club. Many
important positions need to be filled.
Other Steps in Reorganizing:
 |
The club has arranged
for the use of instructors from Robinson Aviation.
In addition, Dave Pecoraro and Jan Cirillo will
be available as instructors on a part-time basis. |
|
The club will be moving soon to
online scheduling. You’ll
be able to schedule planes and instructors by computer
and to schedule over an appointment and be notified
if an opening occurs.
More soon on this. |
|
The Yale Aviation website ( www.yale.edu/aviation)
will be undergoing major renovation, and we will begin
recruiting new members soon. |
|
With the permission of the Yale
administration, we are moving ahead with an alumni fundraising
effort that will enable us to build a club for the future. |
|
We are planning to move toward
email communication through a facility that will enable
the club to contact you, enable you to contact the whole
membership, and enable everyone
to search an archive of previous communications.
Please register your email address with the club
and get on the email list by going to the
URL listed below and following the instructions there
to subscribe: http://mailman.cs.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/yale-aviation |
Milestone: In the middle of all this reorganizing,
we should salute Avi Silberschatz for getting his ticket
– Private Pilot!
Articles:
|
