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Update From the BCGA 2016 AGM

8/27/2016

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(Official meeting minutes to follow in the coming days)

Summary

The BC General Aviation Association held its first general meeting on August 25th 2016 at the Abbotsford Flying Club. The meeting was well attended with over 35 attending in person and through the online live stream there were over 200 that attended for all or part of the meeting. The minutes will be released in the coming days but here is a brief summary of the key points of the meeting. 

The Abbotsford Flying Club were gracious hosts and made everyone feel right at home. While we would call this meeting a success, there are certainly lessons that were learned and we have already begun a list of things that we would like to do better on next year.

Some of the areas where we as a group feel that we could improve are:
 - Keeping the casual feel while introducing slightly more structure to the meeting. 
 - Figuring out a way for the online attendees to feel more involved 
 - Coming up with a solution to build some structure around voting that works for in-person and                 online attendees. 
 - Accomplishing all the BCGA business in the first part of the meeting before any non-BCGA items.
 - Scheduling the meeting at a better time both in terms of time of day and time of year.

New Directors
We are pleased to announce that the members voted to keep the existing board of directors with the addition of 2 board members. In order to better represent the pilots of our Province new positions have been created in the Okanagan and Vancouver Island. 

Okanagan - Roger Nickel (Kamloops, BC)
Vancouver Island - Robert Anderson (Victoria, BC)

Both of these gentlemen are motivated to represent the BCGA in their regions and are available to you to discuss anything that you may feel is important when it comes to BCGA involvement in your region. 

Local Liaison Position
The membership voted to allow the board to appoint local liaisons in some remote and under represented communities in the province. These individuals will be act as non-voting board members in their communities to further the cause of the BCGA and provide representation in areas that are difficult to serve with our current structure (ie. Fort St. John).

Bi Annual Meetings
The general consensus is that the BCGA should hold meetings twice a year. It was brought up that one meeting should be in the Lower Mainland and the other should be elsewhere in the province and its location should change from year to year. 
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Support Hope Air And Win A Trip For 2! (Open Until Sept 15th)

8/23/2016

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Dear BCGA Members,

On September 19th NavCanada will be hosting its annual golf tournament and helicopter ball drop to support Hope Air, a charity that is very important to many of us.

Last year this event raised over $70,000 for Hope Air. NavCanada will match every dollar raised through the silent auction and ticket sales for the ball drop raffle.

The prize for this years ball drop was generously donated by Helijet. It includes Helijet tickets for  2 to Victoria as well as 2 night accommodation at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. This prize is valued at over $1600.

Please join us in supporting this event. Hope Air is near and dear to many BCGA members and it is also an opportunity to literally take money from NavCanada and give it to a fantastic charity.

If you would like to donate something fro the silent auction at the event please contact us at info@bcavation.ca.

Ball Drop Tickets are: $10/each or $25 for 3.
The can be purchased by visiting: http://www.vancouverfir.com/golf-tournament.html
Alternatively, Ryan will have tickets to sell at the BCGA AGM on September 25th.
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BCGA Pass it Forward Classifieds Now Open

8/23/2016

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New BCGA Pass It Forward Classifieds Page

ABOUT
The Pass it Forward page is a place for pilots to help the next generation of pilots by listing any flying or aviation gear like headsets, flight bags, flight planning tools, text books etc. that they would like to pass forward to new aspiring aviators to give them a leg up in hopes that their money can be spent on avgas and perusing the dream of flight. This is also a great way for new pilots to meet some more experienced pilot...s and hopefully keep in touch throughout their learning journey.

RULES

Donors:
- Items must be in good and serviceable condition. If you would not pass it on to your own children or family then please do not list it.
- Items listed in the Pass it Forward page are at no charge to the recipient.

Recipients:
- Recipients should be young and/or new aviators that have a genuine need for the items listed on this page.
- Please do not claim or collect items on this page for the simple fact that they are free.
- Only claim items that you will actually get some use out of.
- Any items that you receive from this page should be passed forward when you are done at no cost to the next recipient.

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BCGA Attends Aviation Association Leader's Dinner

8/20/2016

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As directors of the BC General Aviation Association, Ken Wardstrom and Ryan Van Hare were honored to be invited to a "VIP" dinner hosted by the Washington Pilots Association and AOPA.
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This weekend Bremerton Washington (KPWT) is hosting the AOPA West Fly-in where they expect well over 3000 attendees and more than 500 aircraft to partake. Each year AOPA hosts 4 fly-ins in different cities and this year Bremerton was chosen to host. This was my first time in Bremerton and I was not disappointed. The city or Bremerton and Port Orchard have great amenities, friendly people and a gorgeous waterfront. Most importantly they are home to a fantastic airport.

The VIP dinner was hosted by Jim Posner, President of the Washington Pilots Association. Jim did a first class job organizing this important networking dinner.

General aviation is an important part of our culture and as Mark Baker, President of AOPA said there are 2 types of people. Pilots and Future Pilots. Attending this dinner allowed us to meet some of the other key players in general aviation especially in the North and West regions of the USA. 

Compared to most of these organizations the BCGA is still in its infancy but we are excited by the contacts that we made and look forward to working with other like minded organizations to further general aviation in British Columbia. 

Some of the attendees included:

President - AOPA
Senior Director, Comminications - AOPA
Director of Outreach and Events - AOPA
Northwest Regional Manager - AOPA
Senior Director, Government Affairs - AOPA
Director, BC & Yukon - COPA
CEO - Alaska Airlines
Director - Bremerton National Airport
President - Washington Pilots Association
CEO - Port of Bremerton
Commissioner - Port of Bremerton
Mayor - City of Bremerton
Council Member - City of Bremerton
Director of Aviation - Washington State Department of Transportation
Vice President - Washington Seaplane Pilots Association
President - Chapter 406 EAA 
Government Affairs Director - Washington Pilots Association
President - California Pilots Association
Director - Oregon Pilots Association
President - Idaho Pilots Association
President - Montana Pilots Association
Directors - British Columbia General Aviation Association
Reporter - Kitsap Sun
President - Kenmore Aviation Services
Director - Recreational Aviation Foundation
Founder - FATPNW (Flights Above the Pacific Northwest
Executive Director - Angel Flight West

We look forward to maintaining these contacts and working with these other fine organizations as we move towards improving and promoting general aviation throughout British Columbia!

http://www.kpbj.com/news/hundreds-of-pilots-to-touch-down-in-bremerton-39e57afa-0160-7dce-e053-0100007f7b25-390048601.html
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BCGA Director Ryan, Camping under the wing after attending the dinner at the airport's FBO.
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Survival Shakedown Details & Registration

8/5/2016

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Details for the BCGA Survival Shakedown October 1-2 2016 have been published and registration is open. Due to the anticipated popularity of this event the registration will remain open until the end of August at which point 20 names will be randomly drawn.

Don't worry! If your name is not drawn we hope to offer this again every Fall and Spring and already working to host one in the Okanagan in the Spring of 2017.

For more information and the Register

CLICK HERE
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Proud BC COPA Flights!

8/3/2016

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Copied from the Canadian Owners & Pilots Association Website
http://copanational.org/
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BCGA Leadership Nominations

8/3/2016

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The BCGA's first AGM is fast approaching. The BCGA's board of directors is currently composed of 5 members.

Ryan Van Haren - Coquitlam
Ken Wardstrom - Langley
Rick Church - Langley
Ben Beach - Grand Forks
Brodie Otway - Prince George

All of the existing directors will be running for re election however members are welcome to submit additional nominees.

At the AGM on August 25th we will be proposing a motion  to increase the leadership group by 2 seats. In order to provide proportional and regional representation for all of our members we would like to include directors from Vancouver Island and the Okanagan Valley. We believe that this will give the BCGA the coverage that it needs to adequately serve its members.

In order to nominate a candidate or yourself please complete the form below.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email info@bcaviation.ca

Click to Access The Nomination Form

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Len Lambert Eternally Airborne (1947-2016)

8/2/2016

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Our friend and fellow member Len Lambert has passed away after struggling with cancer. Len was definitely a free spirit. He was always willing to help and you could find him just about anywhere there were aviators gathering. He flew his little Piper Vagabond all over the province but his real joy came from flying the gravel bars of the Fraser River and the beaches of the west coast such as Vargas Island and Nootka Island. Len will definitely be missed.

"The airplane is just a bunch of sticks and wires and cloth, a tool for learning about the sky and about what kind of person I am, when I fly. An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. Those things aren't destructible."
— Richard Bach, Nothing by Chance, 1963


​Please feel free to share a memory of Len in the comments section below. 
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