The Pico Club Incorporated is Australia's FIRST and currently the ONLY NATIONAL club for paramotor pilots, it is incorporated and is affiliated with the HGFA.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Click here to access our Terms of Reference Statement.

MEMBERSHIP FORM

Click here for our membership application form: But if you don't like the paperwork, you can become a Pico Club member by entering your details on-line and paying your ten dollars by credit card Application_for_Membership2006.doc

MAILLING LIST

Join our Yahoo Web Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Picolights

OUR CLUB HISTORY

Jff Hoffmann and Jos Weemaes started all this way back, they thought it would be a good idea to form some sort of a club and invite others to join....it is always more fun to fly with likeminded folk than flying on your own, so this is where it all started

Here's a brief history of how we came about

• 1998 First “Pico-Light” fly-in at Jeff Hoffmann’s property in Milbrulong ( 3 pilots )
• 1999 Second “Pico-Light” Fly-in (9 participants)
• 2001 Establishment of “The Pico-Light Flying Club” with the aim:
  • Encourage participation in PPG
  • Information exchange
  • Communication via Email
• 2001 Establishment of The Pico Forum ( 2007: 118 members)
• 2005 Establishment of “The PPG association of Australia ( The Pico) ” and Terms of Reference of the association defined
• 2005 Establishment of the association's web site “The Pico.com.au”
• 2006 “The Pico Club inc.” established as a means for creating HGFA sanctioned PPG fly-in’s
• 2006 At the AGM of the association it was agreed to abolish the association and to extend the ToR of the incorporated club to include the ToR of the association. First election of office bearers
• 2007 Tenth “Pico-Light” fly-in at Jeff Hoffmann’s property in Milbrulong (55 pilots)
• 2007 Official recognition by the HGFA and State Organisations of the status of The Pico Club inc to be equivalent to HGFA State organisations

ORGANISING A FLY-IN

For those who want to organise their own fly-in, here is the PICOLIGHT FLY-IN 2008 INFORMATION FORM (Requirements for Pico fly-ins rev 5.doc)

EXAMPLE FLY-IN REGISTRATION FORM

Here is an example pilot registration form. This form is generally used at Pico-Club sanctioned fly-in events. Pilot_Registration_Pico Club Fly-in rev 2.doc

Roles and responsibilities of Pico Club office bearers:

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

PRESIDENT To oversee club direction and communicate these to/with club membership and the HGFA. Primary point of communication between the club and the HGFA. To develop new club initatives and organise club board to research, develop and install these. To lead, encourage, monitor and performance manage other board members in their roles. To represent the membership of the club in discussions and presentations to HGFA/CASA and in political and commercial activities where necessary. The Club president is responsible for the performance of the Board members

VICE-PRESIDENT Assist the President in his roles and when the President is unavailable to carry out these roles. To liaise with the President and other board members to develop new initiatives .

SECRETARY To carry out all the administrative duties in-so-far-as record keeping, minutes of meetings, lodgement of legal documentation is concerned. To call for, and administer, when necessary, Board and AGM meetings. The secretary is responsible for maintaining and keeping up-to-date all club procedures, club records, club statutory documents and club membership listings and to provide this information in an urgent manner when requested by the president. The secretary will ensure that all documents related to the clubs activities are available to all club members on request. To ensure any necessary affiliation documents are submitted when necessary. The secretary's role is a key position on the Board and it is expected that the secretary is active in improving value for money for the club members.

TREASURER Responsible for the methodology, timeliness and accuracy of signing up of new members. As part of the financial transactions documentation, the treasurer will communicate on a regular basis with the secretary on membership payments and current membership lists. To keep current and auditable financial records for the club. Liaise with the club secretary to provide financial statements, as and when required, to the HGFA and the Office of Fair Trading. When necessary submit funding applications to the HGFA and liase with them to secure such funding. To ensure club bank accounts are kept current and in good order. Provide payments to board approved beneficiaries when authorised.

SARSIG Representative Represent the opinion of the Board and the members to SARSIG related activities.

SENIOR SAFETY OFFICER The Club SSO is pro-active in promoting PPG safety related activities and will engage pilots in safety matters. To investigate and report on, to the required bodies, any accidents and incidents occurring at club sites. To ensure activities at club sites are conducted using all safety procedures and systems available and current.

PUBLIC OFFICER The "Public Officer" for the club in accordance with the requirements under the clubs "association" through the Office Of Fair Trading Victoria.

The Pico Club 2009 Annual General Meeting.

Passionate about powered paragliding.

AGM Minutes Dated September 2009 AGM 2009 Minutes

Place : Milbrulong NSW

The Pico Club 2010 Annual General Meeting.

To be held duing the 2010 Milbrulong fly-in, Milbrulong NSW.