MINUTE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Held on 15/1/1999

The meeting started at 20:00 with 13 Members present out of
19. Victor, a light aircraft pilot, kindly attended our meeting and
contributed with his experience to some of our discussions.  According
to the agenda, the following points were touched:

a) FINANCIAL SITUATION - A healthy balance of L.M. 278.99 is in our
current account. Members were invited to submit ideas on how to use this money
for the good of the Club. Planting some grass at the Ghajn Tuffieha
take-off was one of the main topics. In this respect, the efforts of
David, Enrico and Charles a few months back to seed the place proved
useless, as an efficient colony of ants was taking all seeds
away. Alternative methods of turfing the place were suggested by some
Members. Whoever can come up with a viable idea is encouraged to
discuss it with David/Enrico.

b) MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL - A number of Members have already paid their
membership and insurance fees and signed their 1999 cards. Those who
have not done so are invited to approach Enrico as soon as possible,
with photos. Fees remain at L.M. 10 membership and L.M. 15 third party
insurance.

c) INSURANCE - Whoever is interested in making an extension of the
insurance to include personal damages is invited to approach
David. Proper negotiation can only be done if a sufficient number of
Members are interested.

d) PARAMOTORING - It was proposed that Paramotoring should be part of
MPA. A majority of Members voted in favour of it and a sub-committee has
been created. Needless to say, all people who own a Paramotor or are
interested in having one, MUST be active Members of this committee.

e) POROSITY - This issue is more serious than we thought, due to the
abrasion our Paragliders go through at our take-off and landing
places, where hard soil and rocks can damage the special canopy
coating. Can any of you name a take-off in Malta which is nicely
covered with smooth grass, like most of the places abroad? A sketch
explaining the effect of porosity in a canopy was shown. Effects of
high porosity range from poor performance to increased risk of
stalling. Everyone is invited to approach Enrico with his Paraglider
and have a free porosity measurement.

Three new paragliding videos have been ordered, please check with
Enrico in February if you are interested in viewing them at home.

With nothing else to discuss, the meeting ended at 22:30.


David Pizzuto/Enrico Casolari
(President/Secretary)