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George Galloway gave a demonstration on the
Internet connection. He advised that in l2-13
months over 300,000 visits had been made to the
web site.
He demonstrated the 12 PIA Specifications that had
been put on the web site.
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After the demonstration, the plenary session was
adjoumed to committee meetings.
The Plenary Session re-convened Sunday,
September l5 at 9: l0 A.M. with a quorum present.
SPECIAL MUSEUM - Sandy Reid reported.
There was a great deal of interest in establishing a
Museum by T. Taylor Brained out of Phoenix.
Larry Hill of Eloy has offered to donate land to
build a facility and the climate in the Southwest is
good.
We need a business plan setup and a trigger
mechanism so when it reaches a certain point Larry
will donate the land and a consortium can be setup
to handle the establishment of the Museum.
Possibly USPA and PIA could combine efforts. A
meeting needs to be set in Eloy soon on exactly
how to go about doing it.
The aim would be for a "Parachuting Museum", not
skydiving only but all types of parachutes. One of
the biggest sources of future funding maybe
Corporate Sponsors.
Additional budget requests were then presented.
The only additional request came from the
Specifications Committee. Bill Gerrow requested
$5,000.00 in additional funding to continue work on
the PIA Specs.
Motion to approve the request was made by Al
Gramando, seconded by Allen Silver.
Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion ensued for the establishment of a new
Membership category to be added to the Bylaws...it
would be SUSTAINING MEMBER WITH
DUES OF $5OO.OO PER YEAR.
George Galloway made the following motion:
MOTION: THAT PIA BEGIN THE PROCESS TO
ESTABLISH A NEW MEMBERSHIP
CATEGORY CALLED A SUSTAINING
MEMBERSHIP, WITH DUES TO BE $5OO.OO
PER YEAR.
MIKE BECK SECONDED.
MOTION CARRIED
Cliff announced that the next meeting of the
Parachute Industry Association would be held at the
Sheraton Astrodome Hotel in Houston, Texas on
February 6,7 and 8, 1997, prior to the Symposium.
The PIA Intemational Symposium will follow at the
same location Februarv 9-13. 1997.
The location for the September,1997 meeting was
discussed. Meeting dates would be either
September l2-14 or September 19-21,1997, and the
following possible locations were then selected:
San Diego, California
Chattanooga, Tennessee
St. Louis, Missouri
Atlanta, Georgia
Al Gramando then moved that the Executive
Committee investigate the above sites and dates and
make the determination for site and date within 60
days and get the contract signed. Seconded by
Allen Silver.
Motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the
meeting, Bill Genow made a motion to adjourn,
seconded by Sandy Reid. Motion carried. The
meeting adjourned at I l:00 A. M.
Para NewsBrief - December 1996
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