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FYI COMMITTEE MEMBER LISTINGS MINUTES OF SUMMER MEETING FINANCIAL RBPORT COMMITTEE REPORTS PIA STOREiPRODUCTS SYMPOSIUM'97 REGISTRATION FORM SYMPOSIUM'97 EXHIBITOR FORM SYMPOSIUM '97 EXHIBIT FLOOR PLAN WHO'S WHO IN THE BOOTHS SPONSORSHIP TNFORMATION FULL MEMBER LISTING MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Parachute Industry Association 1440 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 223 l4 USA Internet Web Home Pagez httpz/hvww.pia.com FAX: 513-897-7548 e-mail: newsbrief@pia.com Para NewsBrief Volume 96-4 A Project of PIA's Communications Services Committee Al Gramando - Project Leader Para NewsBrief is the official quarterly publication of the Parachute Industry Association. Contributions for publication are welcomed. If you wish to submit material, please send the best possible copy flat, not folded, to our Duke Street address. Submissions via e-mail, or on an IBM disc are encouraged, preferably in Word for Windows format. Disclaimer: PIA does not necessarily endorse or make any judgment as to he accuracy or validity ofany ofthe contents ofPara NewsBrief. AL GRAMANDO The exchange of information has never been so easy! As we move faster and faster into the information age the access to the information super highway has become so easy and commonplace that almost everyone has a computer and if they don't, they soon will. After watching George Galloway demonstrate the PIA Web Page, I couldn't imagine not having my company on-line. I have already begun the process. I think everyone was dazzled by the unique and individual home pages with which many of our members have already gone on-line. My parlicular favorite was Call Ralph which had all kinds of bells, whistles and flashing lights. First Step Research (FSR) which is a full member and who has been working with George Galloway on PIA's Web Page has agreed to provide free page space for all PIA members. With a deal like that it is hard to imagine any of us not having a home page within the next six months. Our member home pages may very well be some of the most unique on the entire Web just by the uniqueness of our industry. In the end, the benefits will outweigh any negative points. The ability of all our members being able to connect with each other and exchange information and ideas can only be financially beneficial to all concerned. Our customers will end up with better products and services. It is truly a "win-win" situation. Para NewsBrief - December 1996 PNBNEW96
operating the PIA Store and selling PIA items, he volunteered to add tlre Specs to the store. EIek Puskas' Risk Management committee contributed a disclaimer for the Snecs. PIA AROUND THE WORLD PIA ADOPTS US MIL SPECS The U.S. Government is abandoning the Military Specification program so the Parachute Industry Association has adopted some 275 specifications relating to parachutes. Mil Specs are used by the parachute industry world wide. Without specifications and standards, mills and parts manufacturers could ship nearly anything to the parachute manufacturers. "We require certifications and check all the fabric. hardware and webbing we buy", said Cliff Schmucker of SSK and President of PlA, "but we have to have a spec to check it against. We need some sort of measurement." The Specifications have been adopted without changes except for the number. For example, MIL- C-7020 (Cloth) has become PIA-C-7020. Some changes may be made in the future after a lengthy hearing process. Specifications were the major topic at the February '96 PIA meeting near San Francisco. Bill Gerrow's Specifications Committee received approval to pursue the Spec project. Since Dan Poynter was Specifications run $25 each for electronic editions and $35 plus $4 for air shipping for the paper editions. Electronic editions nray be secured from the PIA web site (http://www.pia.corn). See the catalog sheet for complete ordering information. Ef ectronic editions are in Adobe Acrobat s .pdf format. They may be viewed on the screen and printed out. The Acrobat reader is available free and may be downloaded frorn the PIA web site. Paper editions may be ordered by calling (805) 968- 7277. The new typesetting makes the specs much more readable. If you order the electronic version from the web site and have a color printer, the PIA specification banner will print out in blue. The Spec conversion is being handled in phases. Phase one included l2 Specs. This was a test run to check the system. Phase two includes about 25 Spec; with these the 35* most-often used specs will be covered. Eventually all 27 5 parachute-related spec will be done. Christine Nolt of Santa Barbara is preparing the specifications in .pdf fornrat. Gail Kearns is proofreading to make sure the new formats are accurate. George Galloway, PIA Vice- President and PIA Webmaster, is placing them on the site. The PIA specs and accounting systenr have been set up in a computer. The specs are printed on demand eliminating quantity-printing and inventory. When a paper copy is ordered, an invoice is cut and the spec is printed out and mailed. The accounting system is set up in QttickBooks and all the orders processed since the first of I 996 have been entered. Complete income, expense and inventory figures may be printed out at any time. When PIA sets up a headquafters, the computer may be shipped with its accounting system, word processing, inventory ofspecs, and other "hard" Store items. trulv a turnkev situation. Para NewsBrief - December 1996 l'NllNIW96
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Page 27 and 28: Attendees: George Galloway Precisio
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