barnstorm2
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2003
- Messages
- 14,573
- Location
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Aircraft
- 2-place Air Command CLT SxS (project), & Twinstarr Autogyro
- Total Flight Time
- 750+hrs and climbing
Vance, you have typed my thoughts exactly.
Hard working PRA members that have taken thousands of dollars out of their pockets with out hesitation time and again, put their butts on the line underwriting the risky venture of buying an airport for the PRA as well has hundreds of hours of volunteer time.. smart enough as successful business people to set it up as advised by legal counsel get what? Thanks? No, they get nit-pick blasted with ridiculous hypothetical BS by people with an unrelated personal agenda. But that is another thread entirely.
I would like to someday be a part of helping the PRA enact Herons’ idea as stated above even if it comes with no thanks and a lot of back-seat BS.
I as I assume you are also, a bit tired of the real workers being too busy to comment or defend themselves whilst armchair pilots throw stones (gravel).
At least if those who criticize are PRA members they are showing the minimum initiative and are able to lift one cheek out of the chair to get $35 out of their wallet And they can vote in the elections, assuming they can make the effort to get to the mailbox with a stamped envelope.
I guess this is were I come into contention with Kerry’s gold-nugget concept. I am a big fan of free speech but we do have to keep the gravel out at some point yes? I think opinions that come from people willing to go through the effort of joining the PRA are more likely to be ‘less gravel’.
I firmly believe the motto ‘Ask not what the PRA can do for you but ask what you can do for the PRA’.
I am willing to accept that a committee may do something I don’t like and that I advised against. I will still plug on where I can. That is better than a dictatorship, and just because a committee does not agree with me does not mean it is a dictatorship.
I guess I have a dream.. Someday I want to work out Heron’s plan on paper and with council and propose it to the board. If it works you guys make sure I give credit to Heron for the idea! And don’t forget not to let me bash the board or their members if they turn me down!!
Positiveness is a good point of yours also. Constructive criticism can come in many forms, such as proposing your own solution in detail for public scrutiny not just ripping on people for every thing you can think of (my point). Solutions are potentally viable from any souce (Kerry's point) but who's advice are you more likely to listen to on flying your gyro- A fixed winger or non-pilot or a gyro pilot (Ron's point).
Hard working PRA members that have taken thousands of dollars out of their pockets with out hesitation time and again, put their butts on the line underwriting the risky venture of buying an airport for the PRA as well has hundreds of hours of volunteer time.. smart enough as successful business people to set it up as advised by legal counsel get what? Thanks? No, they get nit-pick blasted with ridiculous hypothetical BS by people with an unrelated personal agenda. But that is another thread entirely.
I would like to someday be a part of helping the PRA enact Herons’ idea as stated above even if it comes with no thanks and a lot of back-seat BS.
I as I assume you are also, a bit tired of the real workers being too busy to comment or defend themselves whilst armchair pilots throw stones (gravel).
At least if those who criticize are PRA members they are showing the minimum initiative and are able to lift one cheek out of the chair to get $35 out of their wallet And they can vote in the elections, assuming they can make the effort to get to the mailbox with a stamped envelope.
I guess this is were I come into contention with Kerry’s gold-nugget concept. I am a big fan of free speech but we do have to keep the gravel out at some point yes? I think opinions that come from people willing to go through the effort of joining the PRA are more likely to be ‘less gravel’.
I firmly believe the motto ‘Ask not what the PRA can do for you but ask what you can do for the PRA’.
I am willing to accept that a committee may do something I don’t like and that I advised against. I will still plug on where I can. That is better than a dictatorship, and just because a committee does not agree with me does not mean it is a dictatorship.
I guess I have a dream.. Someday I want to work out Heron’s plan on paper and with council and propose it to the board. If it works you guys make sure I give credit to Heron for the idea! And don’t forget not to let me bash the board or their members if they turn me down!!
Positiveness is a good point of yours also. Constructive criticism can come in many forms, such as proposing your own solution in detail for public scrutiny not just ripping on people for every thing you can think of (my point). Solutions are potentally viable from any souce (Kerry's point) but who's advice are you more likely to listen to on flying your gyro- A fixed winger or non-pilot or a gyro pilot (Ron's point).