MikeTJumps 4 #1 February 10, 2008 Tandems into stadiums will still be kept under tight waiver control, but seasonal waivers may be granted to specific pairings of personnel that have demonstrated sufficient capabilities to perform those types of jumps. This will hopefully eliminate the preponderance of “11th hour” waiver requests. The Advanced Instructor Course (originally based on Skydive University materials) is morphing into an Instructor Examiner/Course Director Course and is still undergoing further refinement. In the near future, a couple of trial courses may be run to allow field input to hone the material into a better format and refine the individual portions of the course. We can fully expect that some type of electronic voting will be strongly considered most immediately as a way to obtain a vote (I stand corrected; thank you Kirsanne) to consider the elimination of the signature requirement for the regional directors nomination petitions. Perhaps in the future, photocopied ballots and/or downloaded ballots will not be allowed to eliminate that type of abuse of the voting system (where ballots are pre-checked and people asked to sign them). The concern that is raised is that if only the ballot in the magazine is an official ballot, the vote count may become even smaller than in the past. Future meets: Meet Directors will not be allowed to compete at meet events. This will encourage a meet director to focus strictly on his/her responsibilities of running the meet rather than potentially splitting his/her attention between the meet and competing. As usual, the report out from the Competition Committee is long. I will leave it to someone else to detail those items. Future meets: Meet Directors will not be allowed to compete at meet events. This will encourage a meet director to focus strictly on his/her responsibilities of running the meet rather than potentially splitting his/her attention between the meet and competing. Rob Laidlaw is going to be paid for his development services of the Advanced Instructor Course (AIC) which is now becoming a part of the new Instructor Examiner/Course Director Course (IEC). Proficiency Cards for the new IE position are going to be created. Safety and Training Committee reported out on numerous waivers that were requested. A Tandem Manufacturer has requested that the S&T committee consider some action guidelines for repeated infractions of safety in tandem jump operations. The list is being reviewed as to the prospects of recommendations for remedial training of those Tandem Instructors committing such unsafe activities.Mike Turoff Instructor Examiner, USPA Co-author of Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 February 10, 2008 QuoteWe can fully expect that some type of electronic voting will be strongly considered most immediately as a way to obtain a proxyvote to consider the elimination of the signature requirement for the regional directors nomination petitions. It's not a proxy, Mike. It's an actual vote of the general membership. (As noted by the committee members multiple times, let's avoid the term proxy since it's such a dirty word!)"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #3 February 10, 2008 QuotePerhaps in the future, photocopied ballots and/or downloaded ballots will not be allowed to eliminate that type of abuse of the voting system (where ballots are pre-checked and people asked to sign them). The concern that is raised is that if only the ballot in the magazine is an official ballot, the vote count may become even smaller than in the past. My understanding is that this has been decided and is official as of now; however, there are several members of the board who are strongly opposed and who believe that this decision was pushed through and there seems to have been some misunderstanding when it was pushed through. Some board members believe that the original intent was to prevent pre-filled photocopied ballots from being legal (which everyone seemed to agree was a good thing). However, the actual motion seems to say that ALL photocopied ballots are no longer legal, and the ONLY ballots that will be legal are the actual ballots that come out of Parachutist."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeTJumps 4 #4 February 10, 2008 Thanks for the correction. I have made it.Mike Turoff Instructor Examiner, USPA Co-author of Parachuting, The Skydiver's Handbook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
