Parachutt" Inilustrl lssricirltim - Parachute Industry Association

ALLOCA'I'DD 'TO SUPPORT 'tlilS ISSUE, IF-
NIIL]ESSARY.
P I IBI,ICATIONS CON{MITTEE
JANUARY, APRIL, JTILY AND C)CTOBER
IIAVE IIEI,N S[,T AS TIIL, MON'I'IIS IrOR
PARA NEWSBRIEF TO BE PTIBLISIIED.
THIS SHOULD ELIN,IINATE COMTUSION AS
,IO WIMN SI]BSCRIPTIONS EXPIRE.
TIII.]''(]ON{I\,II['|EE NH,WS'' SECTION
WILL LET N,IEIVIBERS KNC)W WHAT IS GO-
ING ON BETWEEN ]VM,E INGS, OT'R HOPE
IIERII IS '['HAI' CONIMITTEE CHAIRS WII-L
KEE,P PROJLC]TS N{OVING INSTE.qD OF
WAITING TIN-IIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE A
IvIEI,TING TC) BEGIN WORK.
A NE\\/ PRIN'IEII HAS BEEN I,OCATED.
THIS SHOULD FIELP ELII\{INA'IE SOIUE DE-
LAYS AND IMPROVE QUALITY. PRODUC-
TION TIN4E IS NOW ABOUT ONE WEEK,'
AND TFIE,Y I,ABEL, SORT, AND \4AIL PARA
NEWSBRIbF F'OR L!,SS C'OS'[ 'I'HAN WE
HAD BEEN PAYING FOR PRINT'ING AND
POSTAGE. THIS INCLLTDES THE COST OF
THE NEW COLORED T{EAVY STOCK
COVER.
TIIE PUtsLICA'IIONS CON,IIvll'tTEL, WLL
WORK WN'H TFM IMEMBERSHIP COMMIT-
TEE TO RIISEARCH TFIE IDEA OF PRODLIC-
ING AN ISSUE 'THA'T WOLTLD I)ET"{tr-
SON,IE OIr TIIE BITNEFITS OF lvIEN,fBERlit'trP
IN TFIE PARACIIII'E INDLTSTRY
ASSOCIATION.
SY N{POST UM COMN4I'I''I'E U
SYlvIl'OSruM '93 PRODUCIED A I'ROFIT
OIi N]ST OVER $42.000. BTJT T'IIIS \\IAS
WITII SPONSORSHIPS TOTAI-ING AP.
PROXIMA'TE,I,Y $40,000. WITITOLTT'|TII1
SPONSORSHIPS IT WOLTT-D TIAVE BEEN
LMTLE BETTE,R THAN A BREAKtsVEN E,X-
ERCISE. DISfl]SSION OF THE PROBI,EM
HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL FACTORS
WIIICFI CAN RESLI-T ON IVIORE PROFIT AT'
SYI\{POS[llv{ '95.
JEAM BENTON OF YONC,{,LLA. OR IiAS
ACCEPT'ED 'TTIE POSITION OF SYI\{POSTUM
'95 DIREC'|OR
A PI{OIUOTK)NAI, VIDEO IS ALI\{OST
COI\,TPLE,TED BY DESIGN VIDEOS OF OR.
I,ANDO. IT WII-T. BE ABOIJT 40 NTINLITES
LONG AND WILL COST S2OOO. THE \/IDEO
WLL BE LTSED TO PROMOTE SYMPOSILM
AT
DROP ZC)NES AND OTI'IER
PARACHUIT,.RELATED BT]SINESSES, AS
\IiELL AS I]EING A TOOL TO FIEI,P IN SE.
CLTRING CORPORATL, SPONSORS.
SPECIFICATIONS CO]VIMITT'EI]
THE COIVIIVflTTEE DETERMINED TIM,RE
ARE FAC]I'OITS F.\/OI-VING IN THE SI.]PPI.\'
C)F lvIA'tERIAl,S AND I'FIE DIREC'I silrP-
P()RT OF OTIR SPORT TI]AT TI,qVE A P()-
TE,NTIAI, TO DISRLP'T (.)R AI,TEI{
N4ATF,RIALS THAT ARE AVAILABI-E TO-
DAY; NUMBER ONE, SAFETY AM) NT-IIVT-
BERTWO, SLTPPLY.
'TTIE CC)N{I\,[ITTEE FEI]LS
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PORTANT T}IA'I' PIA, AS ,AN ()ITGANZA-
I]ON, TAKtr TIME TO IIE RITCOGNZED
FOR ITS INFLUENTIAL EFFECT AS ,{ C-'ON-
STI\,{ER AND POI,ITICAI, C)RGAMZA TON.
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CALLED''INSIGNIFIC ANT '' CHANGES.
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ZONES TO STTBN{IT A C'OPY OII 'I]IEN{
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AVAIL,,\BI.TJ 'I'O I)ROI) ZONE OWNb,RS.
TFm STANDAITD \V.,\ftiER SFII\LL N.'W[L
ALL il,IANTJIAC'I'I-IRIJRS AND SUPPI,IEITS
OF DROP ZONES. A'l'TFIE, T'ENtPli N4IIE-[-
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