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You might well ask, from one who has been there and along with 3 others resigned because of the financial state of the company and the direction the other Directors wished to take it, I find the idea of them joining a legal action or even having the funds to do so, unless they are being "subsidised" by some person or persons .
quite bizarre.
They are hardly representative of the GA community and continue to drive themselves into irrelevancy.
Elections Australia have kindly provided the following certified AOPA Election Results:
Ballot closed: ….... 5.00 pm (AEST), Friday, May 7, 2004.
Votes Lodged: …... 497 Ballot Papers
Name ……………………….. Votes
HERRMANN, John ………... 143
GAUNT, Gary ……………….. 143
BERTRAM, Ronald ………... 382 ….. Elected
WILLIAMS, Adrienne …... 169 ..... See Note Below
LYON, John ………………..… 278 ….. Elected
LOVELL, Kris …………..……. 227
RODGERS, Colin …………... 259 ….. Elected
MURPHIE, Robert …………. 249 ….. Elected
RAYNOR, Jon ……………….. 160
WILLIAMS, Peter …………. 141
NASH, Robert ………………. 240 ….. Elected
Total Votes ………………… 2,391
Informal …………………...........4
Adrienne Williams advises that at the time she resigned from the AOPA Board, she also advised the AOPA President of her withdrawal as a candidate for the election, although her name remained on Ballot paper.
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This is the "voice of GA" ??
It is worth noting that
NOT ONE of the new and relected Directors would have made it onto the 2003 Board at the voting level, with the current President being elected for the first time this year.
And they bring an unelected ex staff member mate of the new Presidents on to the board, to "help" the existing and very very capable "staff".
The best light that can be thrown on it is that the members have just walked away after their disgraceful behaviour last year.
All still being the orchestrated by the same ex Presidents who took a then respected organisation from a strong membership of around 11,000 in 1995, $750,000 1995 dollars in the bank, freehold Canberra building with the NFF as tenants, their own aircraft to maybe less than 4,000 now in rented Bankstown premises and no aircraft.
More adventures by Smith and his cronies.
The same crew who spent at least $250,000, that we know about suing their US counterpart AOPA and pulped $30,000 worth of brochures.
My question is, why aren't they asking the two parties what are their aviation policies specifically in regard to GA.