[JoeF]

EDIT: ALSO sent request to MGForbes. No answer from all three. Blank.
Hearing time is here: now ... 6:00 PM PST. SILENCE. NO HEARING OF HEARING.

Three minutes to the hearing.
And the heads of Org still have not answered my polite request for a Press Pass to the hearing.

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It appears the ORG will not let this hang glider publisher into the hearing.

[JoeF]

Anyone have notes from hearing the hearing?

[wingspan33]

It would have been good to have had someone listening in on speaker phone and reporting (typing and posting) what's happening in real time.

[JoeF]

Doug M is doing some such typing while listening .... posting in Oz Report.

[wingspan33]

The last post of his I saw was a joke - about a saw. I'm not sure anything he's writing is on the money, as a result.

[dhmartens]

I assure you for that moment i was crying and had to stop listening. I heard the saw. granular. It was the mechanism of his destruction, the rest of the post is as accurate as possible.

[wingspan33]

Sorry I can't wait. Bob called and he's been expelled.

Over on Oz Ben Reeses (pieces) said the following -

. . . I took notes of every comment and I could do a fine job of posting
exactly the facts without bias or sky is falling dramatics.

So very sad because the people in our BOD are really sharp, fair minded
and considerate to the issues in this case.

They gave Bob an opportunity and he made some good points as I knew he would.

But instead of offering to change he just dug deeper the hole he was in.

Most of us knew how this would turn out. But I would argue who it is who is digging a deeper hole.

Time will tell.

Oh, and efforts by certain people to see that justice is done (will tell).

Also, . . . time - to get to work!

[JoeF]

Alternative perspective: Bob dug to build the Otto hill as Otto Lilienthal did.
Time to climb the hill and hang glide. Join a HG-focused association.

Report every incident for study at USHHGA
Join in free. Help form the future of hang gliding in the USA in the premier hang gliding association.
We have a forum open to members and any member of the wide public.

Thanks, BobK, for founding that which many may continue to grow.

[Rick Masters]

I also congratulated Bob for exposing the USHPA for what it is.
Now the world will open up for Bob as better hang glider pilots invite him to fly their 'secret' sites.
Good timing, too, because the season is coming.

[Bob Kuczewski]

I think you're all right on target.

The outcome of this "hearing" serves to demonstrate for everyone that we can no longer entrust USHPA with our ability to fly.

I am more determined than ever to build the US Hawks.

Good night.