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AWARDS COI.IMITTEE - JOE SMIth
- ThE 1983 PEIA ACHIEVEI1ENT AI^TAF.D WAS AWATdEd tO BILL BOOTH
for his lasting contr ibutions to the paraehuting industry
for achievenents that had stood the test of time. Booth is
the inventor of the Boobh 3-Ping release s'1stem, F-he hand
deploy pilotchute, and is the designer of the rrlonCerhog
harness and container systen. He is also the owner and
President of t.he Relative Workshop, fnc. Obhers who were
considered for t-his year's award were Ted Strono' and the
Iate A1 Levinson.
TTOTIIIIATING COMMITTEE
- As the elections of new officers was due at this meetinq, Elek
Puskas appointed Ron Edwards, Dan Poynterr BiII Booth, anr!
Ted Strono to serve with him on the nominatino committee. The
meeting was adjourned for Iuch at l1:lOam.
Af ter dlscussion among themsel'.'es over lunch, tire fo-Ilowino
nomlnations were rnade to the nenrbership.
Chairnan - EIek Fuskas
Secretar-y - Sandy Reid
Treasurer - Dick 9aoliello
Insurance - P.on Edwards
Technical - John Sherman
Lynda Forney, the SecretsrY, declined to run for re-election,
and John Shernan was nominated to fill the vacancy of Technical
Chairman left by the death of Al Levinson. After discussions
amono the membership, a vote was held and the ncrnj.nations were
confirned. 'Ihe above individuals are the PEIA officer s Eor 1983
IJSPA ]IUSEUII - i4lke Horan
- Mike Horan, Archivlst for USPA made a presenLation to the PEIA
membership in reqards the possibility of establishing a
parachuting museum. This was something l-hat he had been worl:ing
on for some time. A prospect t'rad ar isen in the Davr-on Ol-rio area
Eo possibly establish someEhine in conjunction with t-he Aviation
HaIl- of Fame or another '/enture calleC The Aviation Trail.
Evidently, the Dayton area is a hotbed of activit-t'in relaticn
to aeronautical history. Both of the aborre orSanizations
either ha're or are in the process of establishinq pernanent
facilities that will cortrav bhe historl'and Ehe de','elopment
of aviati.on and related activ'ities. Parachutinq, of :ourse
would fall within the scope,:F either of bhese \.tentures. The
Citlr Dai't6rn is amking a concerted effcrt bo capitalize on its
cosition as thre historical center of aviation 4eveloomenl- i:r
the US, and is more than r'rilli.ng to work rvith inLerested partles
.nuho ha.re somethinq to of fer.
l{oran detailed the v'ar ious contacts that- ha had establisheri anC
suqgested that ?EIA snd'or USP.A ccnts-ribute towards '-he ef.€crt.