Geoff writes: the main event today was the Long Mynd Soaring Club AGM. I’ve been chairman of the LMSC for the last two years, and Judith has been Communications Officer for the last three; we both stood down last night. Whilst it’s been very interesting, often enjoyable, sometimes very difficult (we have had to deal with some quite serious issues in this time, with one or two incredibly selfish and arrogant people) we felt it was the right time to resign. This is partly because we want to do other things with our time now, partly because there are serious disadvantages, both personally and for the club, in being involved and very active whilst we are both sitting on the same committee. We honestly feel (possibly being somewhat arrogant ourselves!) that the club is in a much stronger position now than it was when we joined, and, very importantly, that we are leaving behind a strong committee which will maintain the work of the club. It’s been a great pleasure to work with such a group of people.

Many ordinary club members – not just of the LMSC, but probably of most organisations – wildly underestimate the amount of work required in the background, done quietly by small groups of dedicated people. Without a committee to do the bulk of the work, the club would not survive. Without the club, there would be far fewer, or possibly even no, flying sites locally. All flyers in the UK owe a huge debt to the numerous flying clubs, large and small, which protect our flying. Pilots who don’t join their local club are just selfish freeloaders and parasites (there’s a nice play on words there…).

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