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Spc.:rt Protnotion Committee ( corrt) Groundwork for this production would include a market survey and budget workup, as well as a proposed outline and "treatmentl to begin immediately. 6) Other projects for the future inciude: Recruiting Poster Nationrvide Tcii-Free Directory cf Skydir.'ing Centers Securing l,Iore TV Spot.s (ie. PI*! i'lagazing) llotion was made, seconcled and approved to allocate $200C.00 toward the development cf the Comnritteers Video/fi.trr project. Motion was made, seconded, and approved ta accept the report" DZ Committee Chairman Tony Frost- reported that the coirmi tLee discussed Safety Posters with memorandoms and decided that this issue rn'as essentialiy complete. A DZ brochure memorandum was handed out and a request was made for pictures. The conmittee will not need any funds until the January rneeting. Student Doctrine item is essentially complete with new doctrine. The DZ survey is dead issue. Malfunc'L,ion Chart is expected to be complete by January. Aircraft seating and use of seat belts: Dause was not present.. Part 21 will be revievred by Frost" TMIII costs will be provided by USPA. Ivlotion was made, seconded, and approved to accept the report. Riqqinq Committee 1 ) Project-Pacl
R.iqqinq Conrnittee ( cont ) need or responsibi-lil1' Lo stay current to which we directed our discussion. The comrrrittee feels l-trat some riggers t.ake greater initiative- than others to keep up with current ecluipment, maintenaneip, ant-i 1-:rocedures. 'llirese riggers shou-ld be recognized. The cornmittee j-s writlng drr SOP to be sui:iiribted for approvaltliat would set up a method by whiclr l-hese riggers could affiliate with Lhe .PIA. The SOP would provide for: reqriirements fcr affiliat.ion * maintaining affili-ation # iinrits of af filiaion * benefits of affiliabicn A rigger who rneets the reguirenrenl-s of the SOP would be a PfA AFFILIATED RIGGEN.. 6) Projectlsttrndard of Accepted Practice for Rigger Training To supplement the reguirements of t.he FA.A in the certification of riggers, it rvas suggested that the conrrnittee write and submit for approval a standard of accepted methods for rigger training. This documerrt would be modeled after USPA Part 1 1 1 -Doctrine for Student Training and would include key points from at least 2 popular rigger training courses now being conducted. 7) Project-1986 Riggers Cnvention Registered approx 80. Good comments have been received. Special thanks to George Galloway of Precision Aerodynamics for doing the video work. The convention was taped and after some editirrg will be availabie for sale. Price is unknown at thj-s time. tsinders of information are available. Cost is $20.00. With T-shirt, $28.00. l:.'Iotion was rnade, secondecl, and approved to accept the report. Risk I"lanaqement Committee Chairrnan EIek Puskas could not be present for the meeting. Peter Zimmerli from Para-Flite issued EIekrs report: The two proj ects that titj-s comrnittee has been actively involved with are labeling and leEislative tort iReform. Our activities on labeling produced a warning label, stats of which are avail-able t-o any member wishing to use the label, the identification of a material ancl a printing process for these labeis and the generation of language for an "Informed Consent Fornl". This Comrnit-tee reconimends t.hal- a technical committee be ta-sked with general-ing standards for tlre use and installat-i-on of L.he warnl-ng labels. fn addrLiorr to tlie r,uarning label vre recommend thab each manufacturer als,r Lrse a riser label to identify L.he canopy and j-ts basj.e limitations. lrie also recornmend that. the warning labels be tesl-ed after L.here Frre a suffici.enl ntimber of them. in the field. the tests would consist of c-'let.erniining i.E the group of people with warning Labels on their rigso 1 ) understand the warnings, and 2l heed those warnings. A test like that coulcl be conducted aL next years Nationals, for exalnple. A group of luupers, 30 or 4A perhaps, would be <strong>Parachute</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> hssc
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