[quote="Bob Kuczewski"]
jcflies wrote:
No offense, Bob.
No offense taken.
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jcflies wrote:
the fact that we might LOSE SO. CAL. flying altogether
I have been called out and you might not like this. (End the BS)
please note item 1. will end hang gliding at Sylmar and Califorinia because it is in violation of both California and Vermont RRG rules. MGF restore BobK membership or select the color of Tim Herr's new Lamborghini.
The anti competition issue will stall the RRG application and put it into a long discovery mode costing $200,000 in member donations and 6 months no flying. Ask your club lawyer.
The behavior upon which the board has determined that you should be expelled from the association falls into the following categories:
1. Creation of at least two national hang gliding organizations with the stated purpose of competing with USHPA, one of which you currently control;
2. Endangering safety of paragliding and hang gliding operations involving members of USHPA, USHPA Certified Instructors, and USHPA Tandem Instructors at the Torrey Pines Gliderport (TPGP) ...
3. Endangering the existence of an historic and important hang gliding and paragliding site, namely the Torrey Pines Gliderport;
4. Misstatements and misrepresentations made by you to the San Diego City Council over the course of more than 2 years regarding hang gliding and paragliding taking place at the Torrey Pines Gliderport.
5. Misstatements and misrepresentations made by you to the San Diego City council, to the effect that your actions in connection with the Torrey Pines Gliderport are in some way sanctioned, authorized, approved by, or somehow of assistance to USHPA;
6. Misrepresenting to the San Diego City Council, on March 10, 2015, that: "Those pictures resulted in a change in the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association's SOPs that basically say you have to wear a helmet when you're hooked into a glider, that's for safety, he was violating that. If I can't go there and take those pictures that change wouldn't have happened";
7. Repeated publication of false and misleading statements concerning USHPA, its officers and its directors;
8. Misrepresentation as to your qualifications to serve as an expert witness in a court case, ...
9. Factual misrepresentations made in connection with your service as an expert witness in a court case, ...
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