Greetings,
Your representatives on the Hood Users Group have been meeting monthly to discuss a number of issues that have surfaced in regards to the operations of Hood Aerodrome.
A core group of your representatives have recently met with, Wes Ten Hove, CEO Masterton District Council and Counsellor David Holmes where they have passed on some of the concerns that have been raised by the users and they have come up with a number of suggestions in seeing that Hood aerodrome is operated to its full potential without significant impact to the users.
While we must accept that the Masterton District Council will make the final decisions on the overall management, any upgrades, and redevelopments and how expenditure is to be appropriated, we believe, as representatives of the aerodrome we also have an important role.
Hood Aerodrome is the home to a variety of flying activities and organisations and we are extremely fortunate to have a number professional people we can call on for advice. One of our specific aims as representatives is to foster a good relationship with Counsellors and Officials of the Masterton District Council and to give them confidence in the information put forward. This will then assist them in making informed decisions about aerodrome.
Discussions that have already taken place.
1. Repositioning of the new fuel pumps
2. Sewerage and water to existing and new hangar sites
3. Concern and impact on implementing an MBZ for Masterton.
4. Promotion of the airfield
5. Future development plans
6. Impact (including financial) on users from new airline
7. Construction timelines for taxiway construction – resealing runway.
Representatives are meeting with Council Officials on Thursday 19th June 2008. There are a number of promotional ideas that will be discussed with no financial impact on the users, but to highlight the aerodrome as a facility for people to visit and participate in the activities the aerodrome has to offer.
If there are aerodrome matters you would like to discuss, please contact one of your Hood User Group representatives.
Phil Patterson biggles@infogen.net.nz
Trevor McKeown tgmck@xtra.co.nz
Kerry Conner fly@ace-aviation.co.nz
Gene DeMarco antiqueair@aol.com
Alan Flynn alan@aircam.co.nz
Bill Ditmer toadhill@infogen.net.nz
Tony Van Dyk tvandyk@i4free.co.nz
Hughan McKay Hughan@xtra.co.nz
Robert Thurston redbaron@contact.net.nz
Paul Buchanan paul_buchanan@xtra.co.nz
Tom Williams tom-williams@clear.net.nz
