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Thanks for your comments Skymaster337B.
The SOAPA committee selected Las Vegas so that the folks on the west part of the country will have an opportunity to join in, help direct and learn more about the organization. See first hand how great it is becoming and learn more about aviation and the Skymaster.
The people that were surveyed( and there were many) for a meeting place for year 2006 picked L.V. That polled group is made up from folks that attended past SOAPA meetings in the Bahamas, Nashville, OKC and Florida. L.V. will be the 5th meeting place. As you can see most of those locations are mid to east of the country.
Some of them are flying there Skymasters between 1,200 and 2,000 miles to L.V. and will be spending up to $1,500 in aircraft fuel. I particularly don't drink much, but a $5 class of wine or other drink surely is not going to bust me. However, it is really not so much about where the meeting is going to be...but rather that there is a meeting at all, and, there is a group of people willing to work hard to put it on.
We are people that love aviation and the Skymaster aircraft. And yes, we would love to have you come and join us! However, It's you choice.
The L.V. meeting is going to be a very important meeting in that a slate of people will be chosen and voted on by the ATTENDEES to serve on the committee. If you want to have input, attend the meeting.
Also, for some of the newer readers on the SOAP web page, SOAPA and SOAP are different entities and other than the fact that SOAP webmaster permits SOAPA to use the website to get our message out, there is no direct connection. So please, if you don't care for the meeting place or how it was selected, please don't blame SOAP.
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