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Gliding New Zealand Conference & AGM
June 10, 2017 - June 11, 2017
Friday 9th – Greytown trip
Greytown Soaring Centre and Wellington Gliding Club welcome delegates who would like to visit their new and improved gliding facility at Greytown and take an amazing Skylaunch to 2,000ft. Special price of $65 per flight (includes launch and DG1000 glider time.) Flying starts midday. Transport can be arranged. Please indicate interest on the registration form.
Saturday 10th – AGM & Conference
The Annual General Meeting for 2017 will be held at the James Cook Grand Chancellor Hotel, Wellington on Saturday 10 June 2017, starting at 9:30am.
Conference programme following the AGM (final):
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Membership trends and feedback from the Nielsen ‘Voice of Participant’ survey
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Buffet Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Evolution of the training syllabus – update
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Coaching system – update
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm NZCEA credits available via gliding
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm GNZ web site developments – update
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Tea/coffee
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm President’s 4-year goals
4:00 pm – 4:40 pm A new tool for mentoring and motivating pilots
4:40 pm – 5:10 pm The pros and cons of commercial gliding
5:10 pm – 5:40 pm General business from the floor
5:45 pm Bar opens
6:15 pm – 6:45 pm Guest speaker, Steve Moore – “I didn’t want to be an accountant anyway!”
6:45 pm –7:30 pm Cocktail food will be served, during which the Annual Awards will be presented.
Sunday 11th – Youth Glide Forum & Contest Pilots’ Meeting
9:00 am – 10:00 am Youth Glide Forum
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Contest Pilots’ meeting