SAFA Skysailor Magazine

2 SKY SAILOR September | October 2020 The Sports Aviation Federation of Australia (SAFA) is a member of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) t hrough the Air Sport Australia Confederation (ASAC) . On the Cover Flying at Mt Widgee, SE QLD Credits Cover Photo: Paul Reilly Editor/Design: Gneist Design Web Conversion: iSonic Notice to Readers & Contributors This is a publication by the Sports Aviation Federation of Australia. Contributions are welcome. Articles, photos and illustrations are all accepted, although the editor and the SAFA Board reserve the right to edit or delete contributions where necessary. Materials of unknown origin won’t be published. All contributions should be accompanied by the contributor’s name, address and membership number for verification purposes. Articles, News & Calendar Entries: Submit to the Editor by email as Word or text files, photos can be shared via online clients or emailed as high quality JPGs. Photos require captions and photographer names for identification. Classifieds, Club Executive & Member Updates: SAFA members can submit equipment classifieds and changes of member details to SAFA at office@safa.asn.au . Visit the Classifieds section for more information. Display Advertising: Commercial display adverts can be booked via the SAFA member site , email the Editor for specifications. Views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the SAFA nor the Editor’s. They are strictly the views of the author. Copyright in this publication is vested in the SAFA. Copyright in articles and other contributions is vested in each of the authors/ photographers in respect of their contribution. SkySailor Editorial Contributions Contact points for SAFA members submitting to SkySailor are the SAFA Editor/Designer and the SAFA Office. These contacts should be used according to the directions below. Editor & Graphic Design SAFA Office & Sales Suzy Gneist Ph: 03 9336 7155 Ph: 07 5445 7796 Fax: 03 9336 7177 skysailor@safa.asn.au office@safa.asn.au Postal: 57 Alice Dixon Drive, www.safa.asn.au Flaxton QLD 4560 Unit 21/54 Commercial Place, Keilor East VIC 3033 SAFA Web Contributions Club News CC: skysailor@safa.asn.au Comp News CC: skysailor@safa.asn.au Airwaves SkySailor Official publication of the Sports Aviation Federation of Australia Membership Renewal Update In July the Board wrote to all members providing detail on our decision around the setting of this year’s membership fee level. Some of the matters considered included: • • Acknowledging the pain and uncertainty this pandemic is having on our members, schools, volunteers and staff – this is particularly exacerbated in Victoria. • • The need to find a financially responsible balance in terms of how we manage the assets of our members. • • Uncertainty around the pandemic journey and the difficulty in seeing where and when that journey ends. • • The rapidly changing national, state and regional authority responses to managing the pandemic. • • The current make-up of our revenue mix which for the moment remains heavily dependent on membership subscriptions. • • Actions we have taken and are continuing to take in relation to managing our expenditure. • • Some historical context, explaining how the annual fee has effectively diminished in real terms, as a result of the fee remaining at 2012 levels. • • The importance of understanding that SAFA ‘bills’ apply to the sport as a whole – we don’t have the ability to switch insurance, for example, on or off depending on state or regional factors. The nature of the policies mean that we can only cover all members or we cover none. President’s Update by Paul Green

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