AGENDA INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING NAPLES, FL SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 – SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012
OPEN FULL SESSION MEETING ROOM – NAPLES AIRPORT AURTHORITY BOARDROOM (FBO) 8:00 am. – 5:00 p.m. Dress will be Florida Casual. 12:00 noon – Lunch will be ordered in 5:00 p.m. - Adjourn 6:00 p.m. Dinner (TBD)
OPEN FULL SESSION MEETING ROOM – NAPLES AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARDROOM (FBO) 8:00am. – 3:00pm. Dress will be Florida Casual. Noon – Lunch will be ordered in 3:00p.m. Adjourn
AGENDA INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING NAPLES, FL SATURDAY, MARCH 24
# ITEM AUTHOR PAGE TIME I. CALL TO ORDER A. PRESIDENT Bartlett 1. Call to Order/Opening Comments IAC/EAA Relationship Reality TV Show/FAI Air Sport Update 2. Approve Consent Calendar Page 3
II. OFFICER REPORTS
SECRETARY Meeting Minutes Robinson Dec 28 2011 Telecon Enc 1 Jan 12 2012 Telecon Enc 2
TREASURER Treasurer’s Report Hart Year to Date Financial Statements Balance Sheet Enc 3 Statement of Activities
DIRECTOR’S REPORTS *Director to provide follow-ups from Fall Reports Regional Director Update NAA Rep Gaffney Verbal Mid-American Ballew Enc 4 Northeast Lovell Enc 5 Southeast Adams Enc 6 South Central Bowes Enc 7 Northwest Gilhousen Enc 8 Southwest Pleasance Enc 9 International Rihn-Harvey UAUSA DeWitt
Director Open Comments Flight Syllabus for Membership Bowes Enc 10 Judging Metrics and iaccdb.org Lovell Verbal
III. PROGRAM UPDATES Nationals Motion to approve IAC Nationals named signatories and removal of old names (remove Vicky Benzing) Choose 2013 Nationals Dates Entry fee schedule Approval McCartan Enc 11 Discussion of Free Unknowns Open Conversation
AGENDA INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING NAPLES, FL SUNDAY, MARCH 25
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III. PROGRAM UPDATES (CONT)
Safety Committee Johnson Enc 12 Judges School Program Ward Enc 13 Rules Changes 2012 Ward Enc 14 IAC Insurance Program Bartlett Verbal Glider Chairman Report Gilhousen Enc 15 Awards Chair Update Penner Enc 16 Ach Awards Chair Update Penner Enc 17 Hall of Fame Update Martin/Bartlett Enc 18 Election Committee Update Stoltenberg Enc 19 Government Relations Update Thompson Web Team Update Lovell Enc 20 Appointment of CIVA Delegates CIVA Delegate CIVA Alternate Delegate CIVA 2nd Alternate Delegate CIVA Report Heuer Enc 21 Advanced Team Update Steveson Enc 22 WAC 2013 Steveson Verbal
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Meeting Adjourns at 3:00 pm
**Any additions or changes to the agenda need to be sent to Trish immediately.
CONSENT CALENDAR INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING NAPLES, FLORIDA SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012
# ITEM AUTHOR PAGE TIME OPENING MOTION BY DOUG BARTLETT MOTION: It is moved to approve by consent the following Agenda items:
I .OFFICER REPORTS
SECRETARY Meeting minutes (CONSENT) Enc 1 Enc 2
TREASURER Year End Financial Statements Balance Sheet (CONSENT) Enc 3 Statement of Activities (CONSENT) FY13 Budget Enc 23
IAC Board Teleconference Meeting December 28th, 2011 11:00 am CST
Board members in attendance: Doug Bartlett, Doug Sowder, Ellyn Robinson, Bob Hart, Tom Adams, Louis Andrews, Robert Armstrong, Klein Gilhousen, Wayne Roberts, Doug Lovell, Lynn Bowes, Jonathan Gaffney
Executive Director: Trish Deimer-Steineke
Board Members unable to attend: Debby Rihn-Harvey, Bob Freeman, Darren Pleasance, Norm DeWitt.
Doug Bartlett called the meeting to order at 11:00 am opening with approval of Fall Board Meeting minutes.
Doug Sowder motioned to approve Fall Board Meeting minutes. Louis Andrews seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously
Doug Bartlett discussed the location for the Spring Board meeting to be held in Naples or Lakeland. The Board made a decision to meet in Naples on the previously decided dates of March 24th and 25th, 2012.
Doug Bartlett opened discussion regarding the need to amend the wording of the previous motion regarding changes to Articles of Incorporation.
Wayne Roberts motioned to amend the wording of the previous motion to include: We approve and recommend to the IAC Membership the approval of Louis Andrew Jr. as the IAC’s Registered Agent. Robert Armstrong seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
Doug Bartlett opened the floor for a motion to approve Aaron McCaran as the 2012 Nationals CD.
Tom Adams motioned to approve Aaron McCartan as 2012 Nationals CD. Doug Sowder seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously.
Doug Bartlett led the Board into the discussion regarding Bank Account Signatories naming the following individuals: Rodney W. Hightower, Brian J. Wierzbinski, Adam Smith, Patricia Deimer-Steineke, Bob Hart and Doug Bartlett are authorized to:
1. Deposit funds of the Corporation in the name of the Corporation with U.S. Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”), subject to the present and future rules and regulations of the Bank;
2. Execute checks, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances and other instruments and orders for the payment of money on behalf of the Corporation for the withdrawal of the Corporation’s funds so deposited, including those checks and other instruments or orders for the payment of money drawn to the individual order of any such officer and/or person signing the same, without further inquiry or regard to the authority of said officer or the use of said check or other instruments or orders for the
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payment of money, or the proceeds thereof;
3. Give instructions with respect to the account(s) of the corporation and to enter into agreements relating to the account(s) of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation upon such terms and conditions as they may deem appropriate.
4. Apply for and receive letters of credit and to borrow from time to time from the Bank, on behalf of the Corporation, such sums of money, for such times and upon such terms as may be advisable to such officers(s) or person(s); to pledge any property belonging to the Corporation as security to the Bank under such terms and conditions as may be advisable to such officers(s) or person(s); and to execute and deliver any and all notes, agreements or other documents necessary for such borrowing or security on behalf of the Corporation.”
Bob Hart continued the discussion and answered any questions or concerns of the Board Members.
Motion to accept the naming of Rodney W. Hightower, Brian J. Wierzbinski, Adam Smith, Patricia Deimer-Steineke, Bob Hart and Doug Bartlett as signatories was made by Robert Armstrong. Seconded by Bob Hart. The motion carried unanimously.
Doug Bartlett concluded the meeting and a motion was made by Tom Adams to adjourn and seconded by Louis Andrews, and carried unanimously.
To the best of my knowledge, these minutes are an accurate account of the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Ellyn D. Robinson, IAC Secretary
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IAC Board of Directors Teleconference Minutes January 12, 2012 Thursday 7:00 pm CST
Board Members in attendance: Tom Adams, Robert Armstrong, Lynn Bowes, Norm DeWitt, Klein Gilhousen, Bob Hart, Doug Lovell, Wayne Roberts, Debby Rihn-Harvey, Ellyn Robinson, Doug Sowder and Doug Bartlett.
Board Members unable to attend: Louis, Andrew, Jon Gaffney, Darren Pleasance.
Guests in Attendance: Vicky Benzing, Michael Steveson, Bruce Ballew and IAC Manager, Trish Deimer- Steineke
President Doug Bartlett called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM CST. Roll Call was made and a quorum was established and was present at all times.
President Doug Bartlett briefly listed the topics on the meeting agenda, clarified that candidates Vicky Benzing, Michael Steveson and Bruce Ballew were on conference call, and then opened the floor for nominations to fill vacancy of resigning director Bob Freeman.
Klein Gilhousen nominated Michael Steveson Doug Sowder seconded the motion
Norm DeWitt nominated Vicky Benzing Debby Rihn-Harvey seconded the motion
Lynn Bowes nominated Bruce Ballew Bob Hart seconded the motion
There were no other nominations.
Doug Bartlett closed nominations and after allowing each nominee to give a brief summary of their qualification asked they leave the conference call.
Each member was then given the opportunity to speak on behalf of the nominee of their choice before voting.
The Board of Directors elected Bruce Ballew by majority votes as the new Director of South Central Region for the remaining term ending July 2012.
Doug Bartlett commented on the dedication Bob Freeman gave during his tenure as Director and how much his efforts and accomplishments were appreciated before formally introducing Bruce Ballew as new Director.
The Board proceeded on to next topic for Board to approve remaining Known sequences:
1) Approve for IAC competition the CIVA-chosen sequences for the Unlimited (power and glider) and Advanced (power and glider) categories. 2) Approve the Intermediate glider Known. There was no sequence proposal for this category in the original submittal cycle, and therefore was not reviewed by the Board at the Fall meeting. The enclosed glider Intermediate Known was a collaborative effort between myself and all the major players in glider competition. (See note following #3 below) 3) Approve the Sportsman glider Known AS A REPLACEMENT for the sequence originally approved by the Board at the Fall meeting. That original sequence met with considerable objections on both safety and altitude loss issues from the glider community. (See following note)
Tom Adams made motion to approve to accept all Known sequences Doug Sowder seconded the motion Motion carried unanimously
Doug Bartlett continued on to next topic of request for recommendation by Rich Stowell regarding the financing of pins for Master Instructors, LLC.
Debby Rihn-Harvey made motion to decline IAC responsibility to provide pins for Master Instructors, LLC. Tom Adams seconded the motion Motion carried unanimously.
Doug Bartlett began discussing creating a chairman for the IAC website in order to have one point of contact within the working group for the IAC Internet Committee.
Motion was made by Robert Armstrong to approve DJ Molney as the Chairman of the IAC Internet working group. Motion was seconded by Doug Lovell Motion Carried Unanimously
The Reality TV Show was discussed with as much detail as is available at this time and Doug Bartlett assured the Board we would be kept in the loop as details of the show progress.
Doug Bartlett informed the Board that Adam Smith stepped down from his seat at EAA and Trish Deimer-Steineke informed the Board that 30 people were dismissed at EAA earlier that day. Doug Bartlett expressed his concern regarding the actions and direction of EAA. Doug Bartlett also informed the Board that the intentions of EAA will be more transparent by the Spring Board meeting.
Motion to Adjourn Made: Doug Sowder / Second: Bob Hart Motion carried unanimously
Meeting Adjourned at: 8:15pm CST
To the best of my knowledge, these minutes are an accurate account of the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Ellyn Robinson, IAC Secretary
IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12
Bob Hart Treasurer
1 IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 Revenue and Cost Review FY2012 Income
10 IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 Revenue and Cost Review FY2012 Expenses
11 IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 Income and Expense Allocation FY2012 Activity Income OHD 1 OHD 2 Communication 11.1% 10% 14.29% Merchandise 50.0% 20% 14.29% Airventure 22.2% 20% 14.29% Sun N Fun 16.7% 15% 14.29% US Nationals 0.0% 15% 14.29% Regional Contests 0.0% 15% 14.29% Judges Schools 0.0% 5% 14.29%
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IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 FY2013 Changes • We will not participate in Sun N Fun • We are now using 10% of membership dues to support regional competition activities. • Regional Competition revenue will now be accounted for separate from dues $$$. 55% of those funds will support regional competition activities while 45% of that income will fund judges schools.
14 IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 Income and Expense Allocation FY2013 Activity INC1 INC2 OHD1 OHD2 Communication 56% 00% 15% 16.67% Merchandise 16% 00% 15% 16.67% Airventure 18% 00% 25% 16.67% Sun N Fun 00% 00% 00% 00.00% US Nationals 01% 00% 25% 16.67% Regional Contests 09% 55% 20% 16.67% Judges Schools 00% 45% 00% 16.67%
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IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 Investments • We had approximately $130K in FDIC insured CD’s. additionally, we were sitting on excess cash • As the CDs came due, we invested those funds along with excess cash on hand in a Money Market account. Total account value = $266,785 • Rate is 1.25%, comparable to CDs with added funds flexibility.
14 IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12 Wrap-up • FY2013 will see several philosophic shifts. • Our investments are safe. We are channeling investments into a Money Market vehicles vs. CDs. Return is comparable with added flexibility. • Apparel Merchandising is still costing us money • I recommend approval of the FY2013 Budget
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IAC Treasurer’s Report 03/24/12
Questions/Comments
17 Date: March 7, 2012
To: Mr. Doug Bartlett, President Officers and Board of Directors International Aerobatic Club (IAC) Oshkosh, WI
Subject: Mid-America Region Directors Report
Gentleman and Ladies,
The International Aerobatic Club’s (IAC) Mid-America Region is comprised of ten (10) adjoining Midwest States that include Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
Among these states are the six (6) IAC Chapters that make up the Mid-America Region. These include;
Chapter State President Contact Phone Number IAC Chapter 1 IL Doug Partl (708)912-9966 IAC Chapter 34 IN Jeff Granger (614)505-6555 IAC Chapter 61 IL Bruce Ballew (314)369-3723 IAC Chapter 78 MN Gary DeBaun (612)619-6985 IAC Chapter 88 MI Sandy Langworthy (810)686-5947 IAC Chapter 124 IN Mike Wild (765)860-3231
IAC Chapter 1
Membership – Chapter 1 membership is stable at around 30 members. Like most chapters, there is a core of several members that are more active than others. There are no new activities planned to target increased membership. They do not have regular meetings. The chapter finances are reported to be in good order. They do have a good website.
Activities – Chapter 1 has no specific activities planned for the immediate future. Due to the cold weather, flying is limited in the winter.
I have been working with Doug Partl to organize a practice day at the Morris Airport in the spring. The purpose of this particular practice day is two-fold. First, like most practice days, it is intended to be an opportunity to get some practice in a box, get critiqued and promote fellowship. Second, we want to show the local community, airport tenants and the FAA what is involved with a practice day and demonstrate that is an organized and structured event. The Morris box is new and has not yet been used. There were issues with the airport management which made it difficult to secure this box. However, there is support from the FAA and the Morris-based pilots. I believe it is important to exercise the privileges of the waiver sooner rather than later and start winning some support.
Contests – Chapter 1 is sponsoring one contest, the Robert Heuer Classic, in July at the DeKalb Airport (KDKB). They may sponsor another contest is their resources allow.
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Practice Areas – Chapter 1 has one practice area located at the Morris Airport.
Other Issues – There are no other issues to be reported.
IAC Chapter 34
Membership – Chapter 34 has more than 30 members and is very active with regular meeting and social activities. They actively pursue new members. Chapter finances are reported to be good. Chapter 34 maintains a very good website and generates a great newsletter every month.
Activities – Chapter 34 partnered with Chapter 88 and sponsored a Judges School that was attended by approximately 25 people. They also have scheduled several practice days for the upcoming spring and summer. Lorrie Penner and Nancy Wright had a registration and scoring training event for a couple of potential registrars and scorers to help them get acquainted with the registration process and scoring program and procedures. Cold weather has limited flying at this chapter
Contests – Chapter 34 is sponsoring the Ohio Open in Marysville, OH (KMRT) in mid June. It is traditionally a well attended and well run contest. Additionally, they plan to sponsor a contest in October.
Practice Areas – Chapter 34 members have several practice areas available to them. The practice area located at Union County Airport (KMRT) had an accident. A pilot renewing his low level waiver was killed after impacting the ground during his flight. The Union County Airport Board requested the list of authorized individuals that may open the box be revised. No other waiver actions related to the accident are forthcoming at this time.
Other Issues – Nancy Wright is planning to move to FL soon. Nancy has been a great volunteer for both Chapter 34 and Chapter 88. She will be missed.
IAC Chapter 61
Membership – Chapter 61 has approximately 20 members with about eight (8) active members. Member retention is good. A new group of officers was installed this January. Two (2) of the three (3) were new officers with a lot of enthusiasm and ideas. Currently there are no regular meetings. Chapter finances are good. Chapter 61 has a member who is championing the effort to develop a chapter website using the EAA platform.
Activities – Chapter 61 is planning a practice day at Litchfield Airport (3LF) for late spring. They are reaching out and inviting several new people and are incorporating IAC Achievement Patch flights in an effort to spur some interest from new pilots. Chapter 61 has a sporadic newsletter. Cold weather has limited the flying at this chapter.
Contests – Chapter 61 is hosting the Salem Regional Aerobatic Contest in July 2012. Traditionally, this has been a well attended contest.
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Practice Areas – Chapter 61 has one waivered practice area located at the Litchfield Airport (3LF). The waiver owner is an inactive member and the communication is poor. The status of the practice area is not clear. There are plans to secure another waiver for the same space under a different owner. Litchfield Airport and community support for the practice area is good.
Since most of the active members of Chapter 61 reside in the St. Louis area, discussions have begun with two of the more local airports to try and secure a practice area closer to St. Louis. The proximity of the STL Class B airspace presents many challenges to getting a nearby waiver.
Other Issues – There are no other issues to be reported.
IAC Chapter 78
Membership – Chapter 78 membership is good and report approximately 25 members. They are trying to recruit new members. Geographically, their membership is spread out mostly between MN, WI and IA. The report that the chapter finances are good and they have an energetic leadership. They have a good website and fairly regular newsletters. Chapter 78 continues to sponsor the Doug Yost Scholarship.
Activities – Chapter 78 has reasonably regular meetings. They are planning several practice days. Cold weather has limited the flying at this chapter.
Contests – Chapter 78 will be hosting a contest at the Spencer, IA airport again this year in August. This is generally well attended and well run.
Practice Areas – Chapter 78 has four (4) practice areas available to them. These are no reported issues associated with any of these areas.
Other Issues – There are no other issues to report.
IAC Chapter 88
Membership – Chapter 88 membership is at approximately 20 to 25 as indicated by Sandy Langworthy. Like many of the other chapters, they are always trying to keep the membership up. They have no events planned to promote ne membership. The chapter finances are reported to be in good order. Chapter 88 has a good website and frequent newsletters. They have sporadic chapter meetings.
Activities – As mentioned previously, Chapter 88 partnered with Chapter 34 and had a very successful Judges School with a good turnout. Chapter leaders are revising the Chapter By-Laws. They believe they are outdated and not appropriate for their chapter. Cold weather has limited the flying at this chapter.
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Contests – Chapter 88 is planning on hosting the Michigan Open Contest again this year at Jackson, MI (KJXN) on July 6 thru 8, 2012. Sandy indicated that they are getting great support from the Jackson Chamber of Commerce for their contest this year. Chapter 88 has a new member that has been facilitating this support.
Practice Areas – Chapter 88 has no waivered practices areas and no plans get any. Currently, they do their critiquing near the Jackson airport.
Other Issues – Also mentioned previously, Nancy Wright is planning to move to FL. She is one of the primary experienced volunteers with Chapter 88.
IAC Chapter 124 (numerous attempts to reach Mike Wild have been unsuccessful at this writing, will continue trying to contact him and report at the Board meeting)
Membership – According to their website they have approximately 35 members. No information regarding the membership outlook or membership related activities. They do have a nice website.
Activities – No report
Contests – Chapter 124 has hosted the Hoosier Hoedown at the Kokomo Airport (KOKK) in the past. I have participated in this contest in the past and it is well attended, well organized and a good time.
Practice Areas – No report
Other Issues – No report
Respectfully Submitted,
Bruce Ballew Director Mid-America Region
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Northeast Region Report, Douglas Lovell IAC Spring 2012 Board of Director's Meeting 2012 Northeast Contest Calendar: • May 17-20. W03, Wilson, NC. 19 • May 18-20. 4N1, West Milford, NJ. 52 • Jun 23,24. OLE, Olean, NY. 126 • Jun 29-01. WWD, Wildwoods, NJ. 58 • Jul 13-15. VSF, Springfield, VT. 35 • Sep 07-09. HWY, Warrenton, VA. 11 • Sep 23-29. Denison, TX. Nationals. IAC. • Oct 04-07. FVX, Farmville, VA. 19 • Oct 12-14. BAF, Westfield, MA. 35. Tentative. Chapter leaders: • 11, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware: Scott Francis • 19, North Carolina, Virginia:Pat Hayes • 35, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut: Farrell Woods • 52, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania: Stephen Seidel • 58, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland: Craig Wiseman • 126, New York, Pennsylvania, Canada: Pat Barrett Judge Schools: • April 14, 15. MGJ, Orange, NY. Organized by Miriam Levin. Instructor: Greg Dungan. • April 21, 22. HWY, Warrenton, VA. Organized by Scott Francis. Instructor: Bill Finagin. Chapter 35 has half a dozen organized practices on their calendar for the season as well as two Young Eagles flying days. Hoping Chapter 126 will get good weather for their contest this year. It's their third try. Both times before, little flying. Last year, few able to show. When they do get a turnout it's a nice mix of Canadian, Midwest, and Northeast people. It's a small chapter. Pat has struggled to staff the contest, especially registrar. Confident it will work out. Miriam Levin and John Fellenzer (Chapter 52) have both seen courses using on line video and webinars. They are wondering what's up with remote instruction for Judge Schools, why/whether we're going the route of on-line course-ware vs. webinars and video lectures. I've promised an update. Rob Marsicano (Chapter 52) followed our progress with the TV program with interest. He's been trying to get leverage on something like that for years, since he was an IT employee at ESPN. He volunteered time to work on it, monitor it, or participate if help is needed to make it go anywhere. He was disappointed that something more concrete didn't materialize to help us make it happen, or solid enough for us to invest in. Miriam Levin (Chapter 52) did a complete refresh of the IAC Schools listing in January and February. Everyone in the listing is confirmed with current information. The Web Team has made great progress. I've been helping out a little here and there and keeping up. Wayne Roberts has been the very effective driver. DJ Molny has done the majority of the technical work. We have a separate report about the progress of the Web Team. It's huge what they have accomplished so far and there's a long way to go. A lot. A lot. A lot of volunteer effort is going into this on behalf of IAC. Just to frame the size of the web effort, think about if we asked volunteers to do the magazine. Not only to write, edit, photograph, do the layout, prep for printing, but also to do the actual printing and mailing. That's how big the web effort is. That's what we're getting from our volunteers. It's huge. ACRS, the registration system, has nine contests listed as of March 6. Last year, just about every contest used it. Trish gets an occasional call about it that she usually forwards to me. I get occasional emails or phone calls. People are able to use it for the most part without trouble or assistance. Everything can always be improved and this is no exception. It is open source. Even the copyright belongs to IAC. Jim Ward has worked some with the code base and contributed as well. The contest data posting at http://iaccdb.org/ now displays stars next to stars qualifying performances at a contest. Lorrie Penner solicits occasional reports of these for her work with the patch programs. I've been working since the Nationals to compute judge metrics for our regional contests from the contest data. I also scraped the 2011 Nationals data that ACRO was able to publish. You can see the results at http://iaccdb.org/ . We now have several metrics for every judge at every contest, including the CIVA RI metric. I'd like the board to support an effort to lobby CIVA to accept our published judge metrics for evaluating U.S. Candidates as international judges. Because we have so many contests, we now have more data about our judges than I think CIVA could ever hope for. This is more data than we've ever been able to offer, much more than provided from the ACRO reports at the Nationals. The contest data site also has a judge leader board that compares the judges by category by year. This report is not linked publicly. You have to know the link. I'd like us to examine this and get board approval before going any further with it. Thanks to Klein Gilhousen for suggesting it and putting a bug in me to do it. We have sent an article about judge quality to SA. It is an objective article using the judge metric data that concludes our judging at regional contests is pretty darned good. The article doesn't conclude that the judging is as good as it can be, only that it's good, and that we can now measure how good. The article also concludes that one or two samples, as say, from Nationals, don't indicate the quality of a judge. The reports posted on line make it pretty clear if a judge saw a far better or worse performance from a pilot than other judges saw. It's getting hard to hide. Hope that's okay with the board, and with the judges we want to keep. There are editorial changes in the rule book that some might consider more than editorial. The scoring at Nationals, for example, had been, I thought, purely a policy and procedure choice. This year: • An assertion appears in the glossary that we use ACRO at Nationals. • A new entry appeared in the glossary about Rank Index. • Appendix 2 started referencing use of FPS at Nationals in 2006 after we discarded TBLP in 2005. This year the appendix gained a reference to the FPS propaganda materials. • The issue that came up at Nationals this year about directional lines on figures entered and exited on the Y-axis got “fixed.” • In past years we've gotten whole new sections about, for example, judge conference procedures or judging criteria for rolling turns. I'm not saying all of it is bad; but, how many people see the rule book revisions before they become enshrined in the rules? Is this under control? Finally, I had a look at the U.S.A. Cycling web site. (Competition with fitness benefits and fairly low equipment investment.) http://www.usacycling.org/ Do you know they have six different disciplines for cycling competition? A few of those have several different competition styles. They have everything from traditional road racing to barreling down a mountain full tilt hell on wheels. That got me to thinking maybe IAC could branch out a little bit, come up with some new aerobatic competition styles, draw up rule books for them. We've brought it up before. Looking at the cycling site I got a picture of how that could work. We could give a little more emphasis to our patch program. That's one. Another idea is for us to draw up a spin training program, start certifying instructors with it, spread it into the GA community. A very old idea, I think. One of those, “that's come up before and it won't work because...” ideas, probably. I'm thinking we pick two or three instructors. Let them start certifying other instructors and students. I know, I know. The Master Instructor program. I'm thinking something more focused. Just spins. Oh really, too many ideas today. Just putting these down because I forget to ask people what they think of them. Finally finally, should we look at mechanics? There are some mechanics who specialize in aerobatic airplanes, who have experience, interest, and expertise with this special class of machine. Do we want to recognize them somehow? Create a program for them? Or a listing, anything? In closing, I want to say, it's a pleasure to serve IAC, participate, and to serve with this board. Hi Tom, IAC 23 has about 60 paid members and another 60 that call themselves 23 members, we hold 2 contests a year at Sebring and support the contest at Keystone with man power and we hold 6 practice sessions a year at Sebring. We have $60K plus in the bank and keep a chapter hanger at Sebring and own a chapter 4 wheel drive truck and various contest equipment and radios and a big BBQ cooker. We hold a meeting at each practice session at nite on the ramp and discuss IAC politics. IAC 23 members are happy with the way IAC President and directors are running IAC and we have no bitches, Imagine that...... submitted respectively Mike Mays President IAC 23
2012 Spring Report Lynn Bowes : Director South Central Region
Director.at.Large December 2010 through February 2012 South Central Region Director February 2012 Legacy Content Web Team : Editor January 2012 Areas of Focus Membership and Chapter Activities
Chapter updates
Chapter 5 Pike’s Peak Aerobatic Club Colorado Springs, Colorado Jamie Treat
Chapter 12 Rocky Mountain Aerobatic Club Denver, Colorado DJ Molny
Chapter 15 Kansas City Aerobatic Club Olathe, Kansas Grant Wittenborn
Chapter 24 Lone Star Aerobatic Club Dallas, Texas Lynn Cromer
Chapter 25 Houston Aerobatic Club Brenham, Texas Kelly Adams
Chapter 59 Oklahoma City Aerobatic Club Weatherford, Oklahoma Jerry Ross
Chapter 80 Midwest Aerobatic Club Lincoln, Nebraska David Moll
Chapter 107 Austin Aerobatic Club Austin, Texas Jeffery Poehlmann
Chapter 119 Wichita Aerobatic Club Wichita, Kansas Ross Schoneboom
Chapter 122 West Texas Aerobatic Club El Paso, Texas Scott Poehlmann Las Cruces, New Mexico
Spring 2012 Chapter 5 Report Pike’s Peak Aerobatic Club
Contact: Jamie Treat - President [email protected]
Bwana Bob Buckley - Treasurer [email protected]
Randy Owens - Webmaster [email protected]
Website: http://IAC5.org
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Aerobatic Boxes: Calhan Box: Box is current until 26 April 2012
KAP Box: Box is current until 31 May 2013.
Lamar Box: Box is current until 26 April 2013.
Meetings: Sporadic with most meetings during contest season for box work
2011 Contest(s): 8 Oct 11 Lamar, Colorado Rocky Mountain Invitational with 14 Power competitors and 12 Glider competitors.
2012 Contest(s): 14 Sep 12 Lamar, Colorado Rocky Mountain Invitational
Social events: Combined with Chapter 12
Areas of concern: No specific areas of concern
Comments:
In addition to powered aircraft, they draw the gliders competitors from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with excellent support from the Denver Rocky Mountain Aerobatic Club Chapter 12 people.
IAC 5 member Greg Baker is now a Master CFI-Aerobatic pilot. Greg was recently accredited as a Master CFI-Aerobatic (Certificated Flight Instructor-Aerobatic) by Master Instructors LLC, the international accrediting authority for the Master Instructor designation as well as the FAA-approved Master Instructor Program. Greg is one of only 33 Colorado teachers of flight to earn this prestigious "Master" title and one of only 25 nationwide to earn aerobatic accreditation.
Aircraft are being rebuilt, completed and flown and members participate in various local airshows and other aviation-related activities. They are a small chapter but reenergized after an absence in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Spring 2012 Chapter 12 Report Rocky Mountain Aerobatic Club
Contact: DJ Molny - President [email protected] 303.619.4814
Dagmar Kress - Membership Chair [email protected] 303.887.4473
Website: http://IAC12.org
Location: Denver and Boulder, Colorado
Aerobatic Boxes: Ft. Morgan, Colorado (KFMM) and Sterling, Colorado (KSTK) Anyone using either must contact DJ Molny for briefing prior to use.
Active Members: 29 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Second Saturday of every month except for months in which contests are held ( http://www.iac12.org/calendar )
2011 Contest(s): 14 May Sterling, Colorado Ben Lowell Aerial Confrontation
3 Sept Lamar, Colorado High Planes Hypoxia Fest
2012 Contest(s): 24-27 May Sterling, Colorado Ben Lowell Aerial Confrontation
13-15 July Lamar, Colorado High Planes Hypoxia Fest
Social events: We consider our chapter meetings to be social events with lunch and critiquing. We also hold a ‘post-holiday party in January.
Areas of concern: No specific areas of concern
Comments:
Meetings and practice days are held regularly throughout the months leading through contest season and two Judges Schools are scheduled for March and April. Chapter 12 is extremely active with great participation and support for other chapters. In addition, Chapter 12 has a number of members who support IAC on a national level. DJ Molny is highly involved in working to set up the new IAC website and Bob Freeman most recently served as the Director for the South Central Region of the IAC.
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Spring 2012 Chapter 15 Report Kansas City Aerobatic Club
Contact: Grant Wittenborn - President [email protected] 913.780.4873 913.369.5569
Website: http://IAC15.org
Location: Kansas City, Missouri / Olathe, Kansas
Aerobatic Boxes: Over New Century Air Center, Olathe, Kansas (KXID) Tower-controlled
Active Members: 30 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Third Monday of every month Hangar 10, Executive Beechcraft Downtown Airport (KMKC)
2011 Contest(s): August Olathe, Kansas Harold Neumann Barnstormer Contest
2012 Contest(s): August Olathe, Kansas Harold Neumann Barnstormer Contest
Social events: Play days, practice days, pancake/omelet breakfasts. Occasionally meet in restaurant in lieu of a regular meeting.
Areas of concern: One ongoing concern is stimulating our non-flying members. Of our entire membership, we have about four aerobatic airplanes that are active (of those you might have two at a play day), and probably six pilots that fly them. So you have six members out of 30 dues-paying members that participate on some level.
We have always been very open about getting our non-acro-flying members to participate in play days, offering up rides and training) but few of them actually do.
Naturally, it’s our volunteers that make events like a contest succeed. There’s no way we could pull off a contest without them. So how to we keep them stimulated and excited about aerobatics if they don’t actually get to fly aerobatics? We had one member leave the club last year because he said he felt more like a spectator than a competitor. That really bothered me, perhaps more than it should; but I could see where he was coming from.
You never have a 100% retention rate from year to year, but we clearly failed as a club to meet that person’s expectation of involvement in IAC15. That said, you can only involve non-flying members so far before you end up having to buy them an airplane as a next step . . .
Sometimes I feel that IAC needs to be more about aviation in general than just aerobatics but there has to be a happy medium there, otherwise you end up with a subculture of EAA in IAC that does the same thing as EAA.
It’s a long rant but that’s the biggest ongoing concern that I have with our club. At some point our non-flying members are going to throw in the towel because we have nothing more to offer them than the EAA does.
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Spring 2012 Chapter 24 Report Dallas Chapter
Contact: Lynn Cromer - President [email protected] 214.668.2857
Website: http://iac24.org
Location: Dallas, Texas
Aerobatic Boxes: Grayson County, Texas Akroville Airport, northwest of Denton, Texas
Active Members: 126 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Each month at a different airport A fly-out to generate interest and new members
2011 Contest(s): June Lone Star Championship
2012 Contest(s): June Lone Star Championship
Social events: Christmas Party and practice days at Akroville
Areas of concern:
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Spring 2012 Chapter 25 Report Greater Houston Aerobatic Club
Contact: Kelly Adams - President [email protected] 979.203.3378 cell 979.251.8825 home
Debby Rihn-Harvey - Vice President Jeff Stoltenberg - Secretary Janet Fitzke - Treasurer
Website: facebook.com/pages/IAC-Chapter-25
Location: Houston, Texas / Brenham, Texas
Aerobatic Boxes: Four boxes with three inactive Three inactive are locate at LaGrange, Giddings and Brenham Two are in limbo waiting on the FAA decisions
Active box at Jeff Stoltenberg’s
Active Members: 25 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Three to four a year
2011 Contest(s):
2012 Contest(s):
Social events:
Areas of concern:
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Spring 2012 PENDING REPORT Chapter 59 Report Oklahoma City/Weatherford Aerobatic Club
Contact: Bryan Wood 580.772.4679
Website: http://IAC59.org : inactive
Location: Weatherford, Oklahoma
Aerobatic Boxes:
Active Members:
Meetings:
2011 Contest(s):
2012 Contest(s):
Social events:
Areas of concern: Inactive
Comments: Inactive
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Spring 2012 Chapter 80 Report Midwest Aerobatic Club
Contact: David Moll - President [email protected] 402.613.5422
Jessy Panzer - Vice President [email protected] 719.210.4397
Lynn Bowes - Membership [email protected] 402.785.1060
Website: http://IAC80.org
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska / Seward, Nebraska
Aerobatic Boxes: Seward, Nebraska (SWT)
Active Members: 50 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Informally once a week, Saturdays and Sunday for lunch
2011 Contest(s): June Seward, Nebraska MAC80 Midwest Aerobatic Championship
2012 Contest(s): June Seward, Nebraska MAC80 Midwest Aerobatic Championship
Social events: Play days, practice days and picnics Spring and Summer months. January Holiday Party Hangar Party every other month in Harry’s Hangar.
Areas of concern: MAC80’s concern is the same as other chapters - attracting new members and keeping them once we get them. In MAC80, we are scheduling several membership-related events and programs in the hopes of stimulating and building our own ranks and then passing along this information among other chapters for their own events and programs.
We are contacting the area colleges within our ‘jurisdiction’ which in Nebraska-talk can mean those within a few hundred mile radius. We are inviting these college flying clubs
and flight schools to attend our June contest as observers only and give them the opportunity to work alongside our judges and other volunteers. All will be given a 6- month free membership
We will be making a more real connection between pilots and students at our contest this year. David Moll has spoken with Michael Lents at the University of North Dakota and Michael and his club at UND are excited about the prospects of linking his aviation students with pilots from varying career backgrounds. The plan is to speak with our competitors with differing career backgrounds and link them with a student or two who wants information on that particular career path whether that be airlines, military, corporate or a recreational pilot in general business. We want to stress that aerobatics can be a superb link between recreational and career pilots of today and students who aspire to make it their career.
David Moll has opened the door to Chapter Play Day and Practice Day insurance by writing a professional syllabus for submission to the EAA and its insurance division. This syllabus has been reviewed by Doug Bartlett, Steve Johnson, Ed Bowes, and reviewed and endorsed by Paul Poberezny who suggested that it be forwarded to Rob Hightower for consideration. He stresses that IAC should be positioning itself as the leader in aerobatic safety not only through competition but education and safety through simple aerobatics. This syllabus outlines the aerobatic demonstration rides we may give to qualified general aviation pilots, the maneuvers that may be performed as well as the limitations for such maneuvers. Upon approval, this syllabus would be made available to every IAC chapter to let them know they now have an approved tool to use to attract new members.
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Spring 2012 Chapter 107 Report Texas Capital Area Aerobatic Club
Contact: Jeffery Poehlmann - President [email protected] 512.423.5333
Website: http://iac107.org
Location: Austin, Texas
Aerobatic Boxes: One informal box 6 miles southwest of Georgetown, Texas (GTU) One expired waivered box 3 miles east of GTU (inside Class D) Working on getting a waivered box back
Active Members: 10 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of each month
2011 Contest(s): August Llano, Texas Hill Country Hammerfest
2012 Contest(s): August Llano, Texas Hill Country Hammerfest
Social events: Christmas party in December Various fly-ins and events throughout the year
Areas of concern: Incorporated into the Member Issues and Concerns attached and the end of this report.
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Spring 2012 Chapter 119 Report Wichita Aerobatic Club
Contact: Ross Schoneboom - President [email protected] 316.648.5057
AJ Hefel - Vice President [email protected] 316.788.3417
Website: http://iac119.webs.com/
Location: Wichita, Kansas / Newton, Kansas
Aerobatic Boxes: Newton, Kansas (KEWK)
Active Members: 12 dues-paying members as of March 2012
Meetings: Third Saturday of the month Stearman Field (1K) Newton, Kansas
2011 Contest(s): September Newton, Kansas ACEs High Aerobatic Contest
2012 Contest(s): September Newton, Kansas ACEs High Aerobatic Contest
Social events: Lunch/more frequent meetings in Spring
Areas of concern: Issues w/ 2011 Contest Ramp checked all competitors 2011 2012 - making friends w/fsdo Better relationship w/early planning
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Spring 2012 PENDING REPORT Chapter 107 Report West Texas Aerobatic Club
Contact: Scott Poehlmann
Website: http://iac122.org
Location: El Paso, Texas Las Cruces, New Mexico
Aerobatic Boxes:
Active Members:
Meetings:
2011 Contest(s):
2012 Contest(s):
Social events:
Areas of concern:
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2012 Spring Report South Central Region Issues, Topics and Concerns
• Why can’t OLAN be used to submit Unknowns? Every year there is a call made for folks to submit Unknowns but the committee overseeing this topic refuses to accept any sequences in OLAN code. IAC should make it as absolutely easy for anyone taking the time to compose a legal Unknown to submit it and OLAN is as easy as it gets. Unknowns can be submitted hand drawn, in Aresti 6, as PDF files but not OLAN. If IAC would embrace OLAN the way it has Aresti 6, maybe Mr. Golan would return his attention to updating and keeping the program current. It is a great, easy to use tool, by far superior to Aresti 6.
• Why not use one of the available programs (e.g. OLAN) to formally validate a competitor’s Freestyle? Computer programs can very quickly and thoroughly check a Freestyle for legality. Requiring a judge to do this straighforward task is time consuming, adds a level of difficulty to both pilots and judges and, given the accuracy and speed of a computer, it is not as reliable ot use a judge to check freestyles.
• There should be more transparency in the Rules Committee’s process for handling proposed rules changes. There have been instances over the years where rule changes were submitted but because the Rules Committee didn’t agree with the change or for whatever reason, it was never forwarded for discussion or consideration. Even if a suggestion is not well thought out or has other problems, it should be given equal weight in the process, no summarily dismissed without any accountability. This can leave the folks who have taken the time to submit proposals and Rules changes feeling disenfranchised and wondering.
• Note: I agree that all rules change submissions should be given equal weight and be public for comment.
• Note: I think it would be helpful if there were a Rules Change Submission Form on the new website, accessible by members only, that would be used to make all submissions consistent. This would improve readability for the Rules Committee and for the submittor, perhaps clarify the thought behind each submission and eliminate confusion for the ‘hows and whys and what fors’.
• In instances where an adequate number of volunteers are not available to staff all required positions for a contest or where physical/geographical limits exist, the Contest Jury should be given the authority to waive certain requirements, such as the use of boundary judges. This is being done out of necessity at some contests but is not ‘sanctioned’ and can be formally challenged. The issue is particularly germaine to smaller chapters that have limited resources and may have smaller turnouts at the contests they sponsor (e.g. 20 pilots, several of whom are contest staff).
• We understand that work for on an on-line judges training program is underway. This is a huge step forward for our sport and kudos to those helping make it happen.
• Enforcing CIVA rules/requirements for aspiring Advanced and Unlimited pilots seeking to make the US Team membership at Nationals is not a popular, practical or workable idea. It sounds great for the few that are pursuing that path, but would place undue strain on National’s volunteer staff. Would other pilots in those categories not seeking Team membership have to play by CIVA rules/flights as well? The added time required for warm-up flights, etc. would significantly distract from the mail purpose of the contest, to select national champions in each category. If aspiring Team members want to stay an extra few days after national champions are selected and want to fly by the CIVA rules for Team selection, great, but don’t do it at the expense of the others.
• One ongoing concern is stimulating our non-flying members. Chapters have so few members who are competitors or pilots and fewer still who have airplanes. Naturally, it’s our volunteers that make events like a contest succeed and there is no way we could pull off a contest without them, so how to we keep them stimulated and excited about aerobatics if they don’t actually get to fly aerobatics? We had a member leave the club last year because he said he felt more like a spectator than a competitor which bothered me but I could see where he was coming from. You never have a 100% retention rate from year to year, but we clearly failed as a club to meet that person’s expectation of involvement. That said, you can only involve non-flying members so far before you end up having to buy them an airplane as a next step . . . Sometimes I feel that IAC needs to be more about aviation in general than just aerobatics but there has to be a happy medium there; otherwise you end up with a subculture of EAA in IAC that does the same thing as EAA. At some point our non- flying members are going to throw in the towel because we have nothing more to offer them than the EAA does.
• At least one Chapter has officially divided the Contest Director duties into two separate positions - one for the Contest Organizer who does the advance footwork, planning and ‘cupcake duty’ and leaves the resposibilities of actual contest-related questions and FAA and IAC mandated work to the Contest Director.
• Note: Another great idea to share on the new website section on contest ideas and chapter functions.
• Issues facing Wichita Chapter and their problems with FSDO during last season’s contest are largely resolved - they hope. You may recall that every competitor was ramp checked upon exiting their aircraft - no one else was checked, only competitors. They are making early plans for their September contest and getting the FAA/FSDO informed as soon as possible.
• Note: Addressing their issues at last September’s contest, I have put Ross Schoneboom from Wichita in touch with Greg Shetterly from Olathe who happens also to be an FAA person. If Greg can help smooth the path for the Wichita Chapter, he will help in any way possible.
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Northwest region report
Contests Apple Cup - Ephrata, WA - June 22-23 AC7 Cutbank - Cutbank MT (CTB) - Jul 26-28 Beaver State Regional - Pendleton, WA - Aug 24-25 AC7 Rocky Mountain House - Rocky Mountain House ALB (CYRM) - Sept 7-8
The Cutbank and Rocky Mountain House contests are being put on by AC7 (Canada) but we claim them anyway.
A judges' school is on the schedule for Mar 24 in Aurora, OR put on by IAC77. Additionally, a school is being put on in Calgary, AB by AC7 on April 14.
Southwest Region Update To: IAC Board of Directors Fr: Darren Pleasance Date: March 6, 2012
I reached out to each of the Presidents of the Southwest Region chapters asking for their input on the following five topics:
1) General health of their Chapter (membership, participation) 2) Key challenges their wrestling with 3) Things that are working well, sources of optimism 4) Input they’d like to provide to the IAC Board; issues they’d like our help with; guidance they’d like to provide 5) Any other input that they’d like to share
As of March 6th, 2012, I’ve received feedback from two chapters (38 and 69) and have included the full, unedited responses from them as attachments.
The key themes from both of these Chapters are as follows:
Membership Growth Challenges: Sustaining membership levels has been challenging. Costs of fuel and flying overall are likely the largest contributors, though Chapter 69 was quite vocal in their belief that the IAC Board was not doing enough to make it easier for more people to get involved, and was in fact making it harder due to category creep issues, internal bickering, insufficient focus on entry level categories, etc.
Rules Consistency: Concerns expressed about changes to rules, particularly scoring and team selection at Nationals.
Box Renewals: Frustration with the length of time it’s taking to get boxes renewed, though generally high satisfaction with Caroline Poyours, the FAA’s Environmental Specialist in Seattle.
Maintaining Judging Currency: A very vocal voice of frustration from Bill Stein (Sean Tucker’s school) about the cost / time needed to comply with judges school requirements (So. Cal class was cancelled, next closest is Texas), and frustration that he’s coaching 20-30 students every year to compete, yet isn’t allowed to judge at a contest.
In addition, there was an “ask” from Chapter 69 that the Regional representative serve as a proactive conduit to the Chapters in their Region to keep them up-to-date on a regular basis with all relevant news, trends, and insights related to IAC and aerobatics. This felt to me like a sensible request, though personally I struggle with the best way to execute on this for those Regional Directors who are severely time constrained (certainly includes me, and perhaps others). It’s worth a discussion on the merits of the request, and ideas for implementation.
If I get any additional input from other Chapters, I’ll update this report with that input prior to the Board meeting later this month.
Respectfully,
Darren Pleasance
Martin Price IAC Chapter 38 Northern California
1) General health of your Chapter (membership, participation) Pretty rough last year but things are starting to look up. We were in the low 30s for IAC 38 members in 2011 but I think we can get it up to, and stable at, 50-ish this year. I’m seeing interest from a few newbies and I’m trying to encourage that.
2) Key challenges you're wrestling with Biggest challenge was the TCY box and we finally have that back. The other really big challenge is that the core of the chapter consists of just a handful of very active members and those are the ones that do all the work (critique days, Paso etc.) It’s going to take a solid effort from us to get more activity from some of our newer members. At the same time, we still have the eternal “IAC focuses on contests” perception that keeps some other folks away.
Cost of fuel is always an issue but I don’t think cost is necessarily the primary deterrent. There’s no shortage of money in the Bay Area.
3) Things that are working well, sources of optimism As noted above, an uptick in interest from new members and potential members. Having the box back is hugely valuable. Attitude also have a new Decathlon online and I think that’s extremely useful for hooking new pilots on aerobatics – flight schools are key to us.
4) Input you'd like to provide to the IAC Board; issues you'd like their help with; guidance you'd like to provide Would love to see some ideas to help raise the profile of the sport of aerobatics in general (as a sport that “regular” pilots can partake in and that doesn’t actually have to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars).
5) Any other input that you'd like to share This may be a harsh characterization – so feel free to disagree – but it feels like (at the national level) we’re descending into spending our energy on internal bickering as our membership gradually declines. It would be nice to find a way to arrest that and spend our time doing useful constructive stuff. Not trivial, obviously.
Shout if you want to discuss any of this.
-Martin
From: Robbie Gibbs IAC Chapter 69 Arizona
I have many issues I would like to be discussed.
First the board should not change the rules or the scoring program for Nationals without notifying the membership!
Nationals for team selection should always operate strictly on the same rules and scoring as the worlds. Anything else handicaps the US team.
Active membership is down across the board. We have allowed Advanced to become Unlimited light by allowing and not restricting the HP requirements.... What does the Board think will happen to future membership if it continues not to support the base membership. Europe will follow our lead if we lead from the front. Anything else is a failure to IAC members if it’s too expensive to compete in primary, sportsman, intermediate, and advanced.
Leave the Unlimited AC and maneuvers in the Unlimited category.
There are many people in AZ and CA. Who are fed up with IAC, I hear it everywhere I go. And I know you do to. If we get serious about supporting our sport we can continue to have an active membership and enjoy our sport and competition. If we continue on our present heading there will be no one to compete.
I would like to see our rep keep it's members informed. FAA reg. changes, proposed rule changes to contests and Nationals updates. What is going on in the sport? All of these things will help membership.
I have been the President of the AZ chapter for many years. We have combined both chapters to keep aerobatic competition alive here. If IAC does not make any changes and continues to head in the same direction I will walk away...and the chapters in AZ will be dissolved.
Sincerely,
Robbie Gibbs Ch 69 president
Flight Syllabus for membership drives (only as it pertains to the flight demonstrations)
Purpose and concept of this Syllabus:
The purpose of this syllabus is to show the EAA insurance underwriters the membership of the IAC can develop a plan to safely give aerobatic rides as a membership drive tool. There appears to be a concern all aerobatic maneuvers are dangerous and therefore not insurable, so the burden of proof is upon the IAC membership to prove otherwise.
The concept: This syllabus is a tool for each IAC club’s use in membership drives. By following this syllabus, each separate IAC club will systematically over a 3 year period work into aerobatic rides for prospective members. The loop, spin and a roll are the backbone and building blocks of all aerobatic maneuvers used in every competitive category. By introducing non-aerobatic pilots properly to the sport, and encouraging them to be taught instead of experimenting, our efforts will result in safer pilots.
Basic Criteria: All flights are demonstration only. No instruction is given or implied. All passengers must be licensed pilots with a current medical certificate. The medical certificate cannot have any limitations that could impair the pilot if a higher “G” load is put on the airplane. Student pilots will be allowed if their medical is current (and without any limitations as mentioned above.
Cost: Cost will be shared for fuel and other expenses as per the FAR’s.
Weight and Balance: The pilot shall have a weight and balance prepared with maximum allowable passenger weight already prepared.
Pilot Qualifications: After reviewing the Young Eagles pilot requirements, which are minimal at best, I feel a much higher level of safety is required for an introduction to aerobatics.
The pilots who qualify to demonstrate aerobatic rides will fit into one or more of the following categories:
Pilots who have competed in the Intermediate, Advanced or Unlimited category and possess a “Smooth Achievement Patch” or a “Patch with Stars” will be eligible. The pilots who have earned this achievement award have clearly demonstrated their ability to safely fly aerobatics in front of a jury of IAC Judges. Current USA Advanced or Unlimited Team members will be approved pilots even if they do not possess an Achievement Patch. o This includes any pilot who has been a member of one of these “teams” within the last 3 years. A pilot who holds a CFI-A (Certified Flight Instructor -- Aerobatics)
NOTE: Quite a few pilots have met the requirements for the Patch with Stars through prior contest results, but have never applied for the award. Lorrie Penner, the Chairperson of the Achievement Awards can help document this, but it will be the sole responsibility of the pilot to submit the application.
Maneuver briefing: The Purpose of this briefing is to: Emphasize how precise aerobatic flying makes you a much safer pilot. Emphasize the importance of proper aerobatic instruction. Emphasize how basic rudder / aileron coordination control is the key to all maneuvers – but more importantly, this same coordination is the key to better aircraft control for all pilots. All maneuvers will begin at a minimum of 3000 feet AGL Clearing Turns will be done prior to the start of any maneuver.
The following are basic coordination maneuvers many aerobatic pilots use the first couple of flights in the Spring to fine tune their aerobatic skills, and is what we will demonstrate today.
Dutch Rolls.
The Purpose of this maneuver: The purpose of Dutch rolls is to counteract adverse yaw as you roll your wings from side to side.
How the pilot will do the Dutch Roll:
Pick a point on the horizon. In the Pitts or Eagle, the pilot will find a point on the horizon and place it between the upper wing and the cowling. This point will also be located between the struts that hold the upper wing in place. Long time aerobatic instructor, Bill Thomas, called this area the “Cabane Triangle”. In a Decathlon or any other non bi-plane, the spot on the horizon will line it up with either a screw on the engine cowl or a section of the glare shield.
Using aileron, rudder and elevator in perfect coordination, the pilot will roll the wings to 45 degree banks in both directions while maintaining altitude. When the airplane gets to the 45 degree bank position, the pilot will immediately roll back the other direction. When starting the roll, rudder will be required to keep the point in the same place. As the roll progresses, it will take less rudder to keep the plane going straight until the 45 degree bank where little rudder is used. When the roll is reversed, rudder will be required again, and decreasing until approaching the opposite 45 degree bank.
Common Errors: If the point moves to the left, you need left rudder. If the point moves to the right, you need right rudder. Aileron input is basically constant, but rudder input is constantly changing.
Aerobatic pilots practice this for:
This is an excellent coordination maneuver many aerobatic pilots use in the first Spring practice of the year to “wake their feet up again”. All pilots can practice this precision maneuver in whatever airplane they fly to learn a higher level of control of all three axis working at the same time. During rolling maneuvers aerobatic pilots do not want the nose of the airplane wandering from side to side because it will be downgraded by the judges.
At this point in time, the passenger will have the opportunity to be demonstrated a slow roll (360 degree roll).
45 Degree Up and Down lines: (30 degree for non-aerobatic)
NOTE: The description of P-Factor and Gyroscopic effect were written for airplanes whose propeller spins clockwise from viewed inside the cockpit. (such as a Cessna 172). If the airplane being used for this demonstration ride uses a motor that turns the propeller counter-clock wise, the instructor will describe the rudder inputs needed. Regardless of which way the propeller turns: o If the point on the horizon moves to the left – push the left rudder. o If the point on the horizon moves to the right – push the right rudder.
The Purpose of this maneuver: The purpose of this exercise is to help understand the affects of “P” factor as well as the gyroscopic effect of the propeller.
What is the difference between “P” Factor and the gyroscopic effect? “P” Factor is when the down-swinging propeller blade produces more thrust than the up-swinging blade. This thrust increases as the angle of attack of the airplane is increased and drives the nose more to the left. o P-Factor is why your CFI kept saying you needed right rudder to keep the nose going straight when the nose is brought up.
Gyroscopic Effect is caused by the spinning propeller regardless of the angle of attack. A spinning propeller does not want to change the direction it is going. o Any change in the attitude of the spinning propeller results in a force 90 degrees to the direction of the change.
How the pilot will do the 45 up and down lines:
Pick a point on the horizon, just like in the Dutch Roll. Also, lining up with a section line will help see the direction of the aircraft on the down line.
While pulling the nose of the airplane up, the pilot will first keep the nose straight by using the point on the horizon. While pulling the nose up to the 45 degree angle, some right rudder will be needed. o As the airplane slows, more right rudder will be needed. At the 45 degree angle, the pilot may use a “sighting device” to keep the angle constant.
o Most pilots will also look both left and right to make sure the wings are level. At 90-100 mph, the pilot will gently push the nose over to the 45 degree down line. o Right rudder will be needed because of the gyroscopic effect. o The section line you lined up on will help the pilot keep the airplane straight.
Common errors: Not keeping the 45 degree angle constant either going up or down. Not keeping the wings level. Not correcting enough for “P” factor or gyroscopic effect. Trying to correct for direction with the ailerons instead of the rudder.
Aerobatic pilots practice this for: If the airplane is not coordinated, maneuvers are not flown the same every time. By watching the nose and the horizon, the pilot will know if he is coordinated.
Power Off Stalls
The purpose of this maneuver: The purpose of this stall program is to demonstrate how to control the airplane during the stall, how to keep the wings level during the stall, and just how much forward stick is needed to get the airplane flying again.
How will the pilot demonstrate this aircraft control during the stall? Bring the power to idle. Slowly bring the nose up 30 degrees above the horizon. As the airplane begins to stall, pull the stick full aft. o The goal in this maneuver is to keep the wings level during the stall. o Do not use the ailerons to keep the wings level. . The ailerons may work for a short time, but eventually will not keep the wings level. Only rudder input will keep the wings level during the stall. o Because you are accelerating a wing by pushing on a rudder, you will quickly need to respond by pushing on the other rudder to keep the wings level.
After the nose has dropped below the horizon, slowly add just enough forward stick to get the airplane flying again.
Common Errors: The use of the rudder to keep the wings level is sometimes too little and/or too late. If you get behind on the rudder control, the nose will oscillate back and forth until you lose control and enter a spin.
Aerobatic pilots practice this for: If the airplane starts to stall during an aerobatic maneuver when it’s not suppose to, the pilot will know that by just releasing a little back pressure on the stick will stop the stall. Use of the ailerons during stalling maneuvers is not how to control the airplane. Many of the aerobatic maneuvers involve stalls, but as the pilot recovers from the stall, he wants to be aimed in the exact direction in relationship to the next maneuver.
Uncoordinated Stalls
The purpose of the maneuver: The purpose of this maneuver is to demonstrate what happens to the stall when the airplane is not coordinated in the yaw axis.
How the pilot will demonstrate this Uncoordinated Stall:
The pilot will do a basic “approach to landing stall” while turning left, simulating a left hand traffic pattern. As the airplane is slowing down, the pilot will add top rudder, or in this case where the turn is to the left, the pilot will add right rudder. o Enough right rudder needs to be used so when the stall occurs, the airplane will roll to the right. As the airplane stalls, the airplane will stop turning left and almost snap to the right. o The pilot will stop the stall at the wings level position. No aileron should be used to stop the right turning stall, but just enough left rudder should be used to stop the roll, and just enough forward elevator should be used to decrease the angle of attack so the airplane starts to fly again.
Common Errors:
When either slipping or skidding in a turn, the wing you are trying to move with the rudder will stall first. Excessive Right rudder will cause the right wing to stall first, and conversely, excessive left rudder will cause the left wing to stall first. The use of ailerons for recovery may aggravate the stall. o Ailerons change the “cord” of the wing to create lift. If the aileron is already stalled, this change in cord could result in the opposite affect wanted. The Rudder is not stalled, so it will be the control surface to give you directional control. The elevators reduce the angle of attack to give you complete control of the airplane again. Stop the stall first with coordinated control inputs, so you do not enter a spin. If the airplane starts to spin, adding power will aggravate the recovery.
The Classic Stall / Spin entry on Landings: (discussion only)
By adding Bottom rudder to compensate for overshooting final is how the classic stall / spin is entered. o Normal approaches are made at 30% above a stall. If the airplane stalls at 60 IAS, approach speeds are normally around 80 IAS. o Excessive bank angles trying to compensate for overshooting the final approach increases the stall speeds. o Pulling hard to get back on final approach faster also increases the stall speed. o Adding bottom rudder to speed the turn up is the final ingredient needed for the airplane to stall and begin the spin.
Preflight briefing:
1. The pilot will verify the passenger has emptied his/her pockets of everything that is loose. 2. The pilot will help the passenger put the parachute on to verify it is properly done. 3. The pilot will show the passenger where the “rip cord” is and how to pull it. 4. The pilot will show the passenger how to get into the airplane. a. Where to put his/her feet. b. What to hold on to. 5. After the passenger is in, the pilot will help the passenger buckle the seat belt, as well as the second security belt if one is installed. 6. The pilot will show the passenger where to put his/her feet and hands during the flight. 7. The pilot will show where the canopy (or door) latch is and how it works. a. The passenger should not be allowed to open the canopy (or door) unless the pilot requests it. 8. The pilot will show how the intercom works. 9. Emphasize how holding on to something is not what to do. a. Sit comfortable. b. Let the seatbelts do their job. 10. Go over the procedures if you must leave the airplane, both on the ground and in the air. 11. During all the maneuvers, the pilot will describe what he/she is doing and what to look for. 12. The pilot will encourage the passenger to ask questions.
At the end of the flight, the passenger will be given a 6 month subscription to Sport Aerobatics, and encouraged to join the local IAC Chapter.
The passenger will also be asked to fill out a critique sheet after the flight. One of the questions will be to ask if they considered themselves to be in any danger (correctly worded of course). These critique sheets will then be forwarded to the IAC safety committee chairman for review and a summarization to the insurance underwriter.
Safety Progression:
The goal in this safety progression is to prove the IAC implements safety into its entire introduction to aerobatic flying. We are not giving instruction, but demonstrations, and doing basic aerobatic by an experienced pilot does not imply by any means it is dangerous. Since the insurance industry has more stringent rules than the FAA does, it must be our jobs as IAC members to prove to these folks we do have the ability and professionalism to be safe in our membership drive.
Year 1: In this first year, the passenger will be given the opportunity to do a slow roll after the demonstration of the Dutch Roll.
The 30 or 45 degree up and down lines will stay the same, as well as the stall demonstration.
Year 2: In year 2, the slow roll will be included after the Dutch roll.
The 45 degree up and down line will be followed by the demonstration of either a half Cuban or a loop.
The stall demonstration will stay the same.
Year 3: The slow roll will be added after the Dutch Roll The loop or half Cuban will be demonstrated after the 45 up and down lines.
The “Classic Stall / Spin Entry on Landings” as described above will be demonstrated and allowed to deteriorate into a 1 turn spin.
Thereafter: The Loop, Spin and Roll are the approved demonstration maneuvers for membership drive “IAC Club Fun Days”. o Intermediate pilots who join in after full approval is given to the IAC club to do loops, spins and rolls must fly at least the first years maneuvers. After this first year and presenting proof of the Smooth Patch, he or she is allowed to do loops, spins and rolls in the second year
The goal of this progression is to not only prove to the insurance underwriters and EAA management our membership drives can be safe, but to show certified pilots the advantages of precision flying. This precision flying combined with the introduction to local aerobatic clubs will hopefully increase our IAC membership and contest participation.
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2012 United States National Aerobatic Championships Preliminary Budget Income Count Value Full Registration 80.00 250.00 20,000.00 Student Registration 15.00 100.00 1,500.00 Team Fees 15.00 200.00 3,000.00 Four Minute Free 10.00 100.00 1,000.00 Sponsorships 30,000.00 Banquet Tickets 95.00 65.00 6,175.00 IAC Merchandise 2,500.00 2012 Nationals Shirt Sales 1,000.00 Tow Plane Fees 2,500.00 Total Income 67,175.00
Expense Est. Expense Shipping $300.00 Hotel not comp'd $5,000.00** Tables and Chairs $1,000.00 Portalet $750.00 Golf Carts $900.00 Banners $300.00 Storage Unit $1,200.00 PayPal Fees $650.00 Office Supplies $200.00 Ice $500.00 Water & Snacks $700.00 Lunches (Chiefs/Jury) $500.00 Trophies and Medals $12,000.00 Kathy Jaffe Award $60.00 National Award Plaques $1,500.00 Decals $200.00 MT Propeller Award $500.00 Smoke Oil $600.00 Team Video Service $3,500.00 Polo Shirts $3,800.00 T-Shirts $1,000.00 Banquet Tickets $7,500.00 Sponsored Tues BBQ $2,500.00 Program $950.00 Generator $350.00 Tow Plane $2,500.00 Total Expense $48,960.00
Estimated Net Profit $18,215.00
**Should be less, given negotiations with the hotels
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2012 United States National Aerobatic Championships Preliminary Budget Income Count Value Full Registration 80.00 300.00 24,000.00 Student Registration 15.00 150.00 2,250.00 Team Fees 15.00 200.00 3,000.00 Four Minute Free 10.00 100.00 1,000.00 Sponsorships 30,000.00 Banquet Tickets 95.00 65.00 6,175.00 IAC Merchandise 2,500.00 2012 Nationals Shirt Sales 1,000.00 Tow Plane Fees 2,500.00 Total Income 71,925.00
Expense Est. Expense Shipping $300.00 Hotel not comp'd $5,000.00** Tables and Chairs $1,000.00 Portalet $750.00 Golf Carts $900.00 Banners $300.00 Storage Unit $1,200.00 PayPal Fees $650.00 Office Supplies $200.00 Ice $500.00 Water & Snacks $700.00 Lunches (Chiefs/Jury) $500.00 Trophies and Medals $12,000.00 Kathy Jaffe Award $60.00 National Award Plaques $1,500.00 Decals $200.00 MT Propeller Award $500.00 Smoke Oil $600.00 Team Video Service $3,500.00 Polo Shirts $3,800.00 T-Shirts $1,000.00 Banquet Tickets $7,500.00 Sponsored Tues BBQ $2,500.00 Program $950.00 Generator $350.00 Tow Plane $2,500.00 Total Expense $48,960.00
Estimated Net Profit $22,965.00
**Should be less, given negotiations with the hotels
Page 1 IAC Safety Committee Report for the IAC Fall Board Meeting Steve Johnson, Safety Committee Chair March 2012
As the safety committee chair, I would like to provide the IAC board with the current status of projects from the IAC Safety Committee.
1. The IAC Incident Response Plan, originally developed by D J Molny, was introduced at contests through the 2011 season. Most comments have continued to be very positive, and I have not received any negative feedback at all. Most contests did prepare the IRP as required, but of course, some were better than others. The contests that did have IRPs developed from last season will have an easy time preparing the new IRP for the 2012 season. As I personal anecdote, I completed the IRP for the Armed Forces Memorial Aerobatic Contest, AFMAC, last year, and again this year, and the changes were just in the Contest Director and other officials. The rest of the IRP stays the same from year to year, unless the airport or local EMS systems change.
2. The IAC TechWatch web based forum is up and running. Access to the site is measureable and is steadily increasing each month. As of 07 March 12, there are 170 separate posts in 58 topics so far, with 229 registered members. I do see a number of non-registered guests, but these are not accountable or trackable to maintain the anonymous availability of the site. Hubie Tolsen had set up a secondary url for the site that is easier to remember; www.allairplanesbreak.com. This url is active and is the preferred address for most members. The TechWatch link is available through the current IAC website, and will be available on the new IAC website as well.
3. There was significant interest in electronic versions of the original Tech Tips Manuals, and the manuals were scanned and formatted electronically, through the great help & assistance of IAC member Eric Minnis. Trish Deimer-Steineke was able to get storage of the electronic files on the EAA website as an archived file. The Tech Tips Manuals, all 4 volumes, can now be accessed from the IAC web site, and will be available through the new IAC web site as well.
I would like to propose a formal “thank you” to Eric Minnis. He went to significant effort and personal expense to get the electronic files of the Tech Tips Manuals. A nice letter from the IAC board would be a nice gesture for Eric.
4. This next item is still open from last year, as I haven’t found a good way to get the volunteers. I would like to continue to work on this going forward. During the 2012 year, I would like to identify and appoint regional safety officers who will be tasked with assisting the contest & practice day officials with development of the IRP, and incident investigations, should they occur. I would like to put this request to the IAC membership for volunteers, one in each geographic region, to serve as volunteer safety officers. These regional safety officers will help to provide information back to the Safety Committee on incidents or hazards at local contests and practice days, and to assist with promulgation of information that may be helpful on the TechWatch system. For example, small maintenance issues that were caught early in the failure mode, or near misses that might otherwise not be identified.
Thanks,
Steve Johnson Safety Committee Chair IAC 20081 Report to the Board of the Online Judge Education Committee
March 9, 2012, Jim Ward
Overview The Online Judge Education project is still well in its infancy due to my conflicting time commitment to the WEB Task Force. This conflict will diminish in the coming two months we wrap up the initial release of the new IAC website. After that, I'll be able to focus some IAC volunteer time toward online judge education.
Nonetheless, I've done some preliminary thinking about the project, along with some early exploratory work. I'll summarize that here.
Goal and Definitions The ultimate, ideal goal of online judge education is to offer an alternative to today's "Introduction to Aerobatic Judging" and "Advanced Aerobatic Judging" traditional classroom courses using online courseware. To succeed, this courseware must provide the same or a greater level of knowledge transfer when compared to today's classes.
"Online courseware" refers to multiple elements of software technology and content that cooperate to transfer knowledge to a course-taker. Typically delivered via a Web browser, it requires no real-time instructor involvement and is always available on the course-taker's schedule. Our courseware will likely contain a rich mix of slide presentations, animated and recorded video, audio, exercises, quizzes and exams. Moreover, it will track course-taker participation and exam performance as part of assessing each attendee's qualification to become or remain a judge.
(At one point before my involvement, online judge education was envisaged to mean delivery of traditional classroom courses via Web-based seminars, or "webinars". Such are live lectures and related slide presentations provided at a fixed time to multiple attendees via the Internet. We are no longer on that path.) Report to the Board of the Online Judge Education Committee Page 2 March 9, 2012
Benefits IAC and its community of judges and judge-candidates benefit by this online training option in several ways, among them:
• It eliminates travel and associated costs • It enables course attendees to take the course in their free time, rather than giving up a whole weekend – or more, if travel is required • It eliminates the anguish that some people feel when confined for hours to a classroom • Once developed and deployed, it costs the club nothing to deliver • By breaking down barriers to become a judge, we stand to increase the club's judge population without yielding on the quality of their work
Building an online judge education system that meets the stated ideal is not trivial. Convincing naysayers who believe that the classroom is the only place to educate a judge may be equally non-trivial. Still, both remain worthwhile pursuits.
First Steps Here are the first steps the Online Judge Education Committee will pursue once I'm able to dedicate time to the project:
• Recruit up to four interested IACers – each who would bring needed talent to bear – to join the committee • Investigate alternatives for content authoring and delivery • Further explore the opportunity to partner with other clubs, such as IMAC, which has developed its own online judging course1 • Identify the major components of the project (authoring, content creation, delivery standards, attendee tracking, maintenance and updates, etc.) • Define the standard "look and feel" of a course and the techniques we'll use to interact with the course-taker • Identify a staged set of deliverables so that incremental, usable subsets of the overall system will be made available when ready
1 I've reviewed the online judge training system created by IMAC, which you'll find at training.mini-iac.com. This home-brew effort shows a lot of creativity and time invested by its volunteer developers. Elements of this training system are directly usable by IAC with little or no change. Doug Bartlett and I have been in touch with Wayne Matthews, IMAC president. Wayne has offered to share IMAC's authoring tools and course materials with IAC. He has also expressed a positive disposition toward broader strategic cooperation between the two clubs. I'll pursue this as it relates to online judge education; the Board may want to pursue a "bigger picture" strategy. There's meat on this bone. Report to the Board of the Online Judge Education Committee Page 3 March 9, 2012
• Coordinate with the Judge Certification Program and Web Committee chairs, along with other IAC entities so that OJEC's effort is well- integrated throughout the club • When possible, size each component of the work and project initial milestones and delivery dates
I'd be pleased to discuss the project further and answer your questions; you’re invited to write or call.2
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Ward, Chair Online Judge Education Committee
[email protected] (603) 860-4456 (cell)
2 I'll be at the Keystone Heights, FL contest during the spring Board meeting and will not be available to talk with the group while you meet. 2012 Rules Changes
Executive summary: Rules changes were made in 2012 by the Rules Committee chair that were neither vetted by the membership nor approved by the Board. At issue before the Board is to decide what, if any, corrective action to take.
Description: Two substantive rules changes were made in 2012 that affect competitors and judges.
Most significant is the language pertaining to figures that start and end on the Y-axis and have an interior X-axis component. (See 7.3.1(d).) In previous years, the rulebook language was vague as to whether the X-axis component had to be flown in the direction depicted by the flimsy. The 2012 rules require that it is flown as depicted.
Had the competition community agreed about the interpretation of the 2011 and earlier language, this change would be non-controversial — really, just an editorial clarification. Yet, there has been broad dissent about this, notably among longstanding veterans of the sport.
This issue came to the fore at the 2011 U.S. Nationals because an Unknown program contained such a figure. The jury analyzed the rules carefully, determined that the language was ambiguous, and decided that the rules were silent on any directionality requirement. (Of course, the applicability of that decision was limited, but of note here is that a cadré of experienced, sage IACers could find no directionality requirement.)
A more subtle change was made in new language to Family 2 turn downgrades. (See downgrade 5 on page 8-11.) A judge is now charged with assessing downgrades for certain observed behavior during the completion of a turn. This downgrade did not exist in prior years. (It's interesting to note that the ambiguity of this new language make it not consistently enforceable. The reason: the language directs the judge to downgrade 1 point for each 5 degrees of roll/turn integration. It does not specify whether the "5 degrees" refers to roll, turn or both.)
Action: Each of these rules was changed by the Rules Committee chair outside of the approved rules change process. It stands to follow that the Board might discuss and determine what action, if any, corrective action to take. Glider report
This year marks (to my mind) the completion of the rule book changes needed to bring gliders into parity with power competitors. Now, gliders can compete in five categories (counting glider/power primary), can earn an all-10 patch, can compete head to head with power if no other glider competitors are available, can conveniently use a motor glider, and can use the motor glider in power categories (under power rules) if they wish, etc. Figure grading has been simplified making it easier for judges to figure what's going on. There are three problems that remain: getting more glider competitors interested, getting more gliders in the country that are capable of Advanced and Unlimited competition, and making gliders welcome at more contests. IAC Annual Awards – Report to the Spring Board of Directors meeting 2012 Lorrie Penner, IAC Awards Chair (effective Oct. 17, 2011)
2012 Timeline for Annual Awards:
Contact information on IAC Award Nomination Petition updated. November, 2011. http://www.iac.org/forms/IAC%20Non%20Flying%20Award%20Nomination%20Form.html
Submit request for Nominees to Reggie to put a link to the Form page into "In the Loop". Ongoing – has appeared in the January 2012 issue. * Note – we have received two petitions so far.
Recommendation: add an online option to submit applications rather than just the nomination form to be downloaded, printed and mailed.
Example I have created on Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3QHKW9H I don't think it is necessary to have a hard copy of these forms with a handwritten signature. Plenty of other identification is given on the form to determine the validity of the person submitting the petition.
Requesting permission to use this link or work with Doug Lovell to create a fill in webpage for us.
Further solicitation for Nominees on OshKosh 365, Chapter leaders and acroexploder to send out: April 11, May 21, June 1, and final June 21.
Collect all nominees submitted and format to send to Board: By June 30.
Send Nominees to Board to vote on: By July 6
Collect Votes from the Board and forward to Trish: By July 16
AirVenture Annual IAC meeting: July 23-29, 2012 - winners announced
Nationals: September 23 – 29, 2012
Specific responsibilities of the Awards Administration Committee are as follows:
A. Maintains the Awards Administration Handbook which contains the following information on all permanent trophies: 1. Criteria for their presentation 2. Procedures for their presentation 3. Origin 4. Status 5. List of winners 6. Current photographs
B. Four copies of the Awards Administration Handbook are maintained. Copies are given to the following: • Awards Administration Chairman • IAC Headquarters • IAC Historian • Trophy suppliers Information from this Handbook is available at a member’s request from the Awards Administration Committee Chairman, IAC Headquarters, or on the IAC website.
C. Recommends additions to the Awards Program. All award policies must be approved by the IAC Board of Directors.
D. Provides a list of all awards to be presented at IAC Championship events to the Contest Director, IAC Headquarters and the trophy company.
E. Solicits nominations from the general membership for recipients of non-flying awards. Prepares and submits a ballot of eligible nominees to the IAC Board for vote.
F. Compile pilot statistics for previous competition year for determination of the L. Paul Soucy Award.
G. Complete these compilations in a fashion such that the awards can be awarded at the US National Aerobatic Championships. ACHIEVEMENT AWARD COMMITTEE REPORT
March 12, 2012 Submitted by Lorrie Penner, IAC Achievement Award Chair
The Achievement Award Chair continues to report the awards presented on a quarterly basis to the Presidents of each local chapter of the IAC and to the editor of Sports Aerobatics magazine for publishing in the magazine. Occasional articles regarding award recipients are also submitted for publishing. The award information is also transmitted to the IAC Manager to post the recipients to the IAC website on the Achievement Award web pages at: http://www.iac.org/programs/achievement.html
Observations The participation in the Achievement Awards program continues to remain somewhat stable since 2007. A typical year will see anywhere from 50-70 awards presented with Smooth and Stars awards being awarded about equally. Final count for 2011 of 57 awards remains consistent with previous year's numbers.
By the end of 2011, the CFI option of earning Smooth awards has been utilized by 5 Master CFI-A’s producing 12 achievement awards earned by this method.
There were no GLIDER award applications received this year.
Total 2011 Awards
Power Award recipients 1 st quarter 2011 : Mark Adams Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria Mark Rogge Sportsman Stars Dan Radke Primary and Sportsman Smooth John D'Alessandris Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria Elizabeth Maynard Primary and Sportsman Smooth Chris Olmstead Primary and Sportsman Smooth
Power Award recipients 2nd quarter 2011 :
#112 Bob Freeman Unlimited Stars #1152/679 Tim Just Primary Stars/Smooth #873/1153Andrej Ostojic Primary/Sportsman Smooth #1154 Edward Hund Primary Smooth $484/874/1155 AJ Hefel Primary/Sportsman/Intermediate Smooth #712 Kathleen Howell Intermediate Stars #1471 James Briggs Intermediate Smooth
Spring 2012 IAC Achievement Award – Committee Report 1-3 #485 Brian Roodvoets Sportsman Stars #680 Reynaldo Beyer Primary Stars #875 Toshiro Tamikawa Sportsman Smooth #1156 Susan McWilliams Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #486/273 Pedja Bogdanovich Intermediate/Advanced Smooth #681 Chris Keegan Primary Stars #326/713 Howard Kirker Intermediate/Advanced Stars #113 Malcolm Pond Unlimited Stars #1157 Michelle Kole Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #1472 Istvan Bolgar Sportsman Stars #1158 Charlie Riesselmann Primary Smooth
Power Award recipients 3rd quarter 2011 :
#1160 Iria Grunwald Primary Smooth #1159 Essie Numminen Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #1161 John R Jones Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #682 Pete Tallarita Intermediate Stars, Primary Stars #683 Michelle Kole Primary Stars #274 Piotr Sieradzan Advanced Smooth #976 Michelle Kole Sportsman Smooth #1420/715 AJ Hefel Sportsman/Intermediate Stars #1162 H Thomas Sharp Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #1163 Guy Comer Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #1473 Takaki Hamasaki Sportsman Stars #1474/716 Michael Lents Sportsman/Intermediate Stars
Power Award Recipients 4 th quarter 2011:
#327 Chris Keegan Advanced Stars #877 Gail Schipper Sportsman Smooth #878 Doedo Schipper Sportsman Smooth #1164 Tim Haley Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #879 Tim Haley Sportsman Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #684 Adam Cope Primary Stars #1165 James Meister Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #1166 Scott Kressmann Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria #1475 Michael Mohn Sportsman Stars
Power Award Recipients - 1 st Quarter 2012 (to date)
1167 Jeff Boerboon Primary Smooth 1168 Chris Ricci Primary Smooth *with CFI under new criteria 1169 Cody Hale Primary Smooth 1170 Dave Hults Primary Smooth
Spring 2012 IAC Achievement Award – Committee Report 2-3 685 Jeff Boerboon Primary Stars 686 Matthew Dunfee Primary Stars 687 Patricia Volker Primary Stars 688 Cody Hale Primary Stars 689 Daniel Kohler Primary Stars 880 Jeff Boerboon Sportsman Smooth 881 Scott Kressman Sportsman Smooth 882 Vic Birtalan Sportsman Smooth 883 Cody Hale Sportsman Smooth 1476 Jeff Boerboon Sportsman Stars 487/717 Jeff Boerboon Intermediate Smooth/Stars 275/328 Jeff Boerboon Advanced Smooth/Stars 190/114 Jeff Boerboon Unlimited Smooth/Stars 163/37 Jeff Boerboon ALL FIVE/ALL TEN
Special congratulations to Jeff Boerboon for earning all of the achievement awards at one contest – Borrego Springs.
Patch Alert As you know, a few years ago, the IAC board determined that the patches would be slowly phased out of the Achievement Award program and replaced by pins and decals. On May 28, 2011, I issued the last Primary Smooth patch. A notice was sent to all of the chapter presidents, posted on Oshkosh 365 and posted on the IAC Facebook page. We continued to receive applications for the Primary Smooth patch however, so the application form was changed and the option to order the Primary smooth patch has been removed form the application. As recently as Feb. 2012 I have received another application requesting the Primary Smooth patch – the information is not getting to the people who need it. Please reinforce this information to the chapters in your regions.
All other category smooth and stars patches still exist and are available to order. The next patch to phase out is the Sportsman smooth patch, of which only 20 remain.
New credit card payment option After working with EAA for payment processing options, we are able to offer IAC Achievement Awards applicants the option of paying for their patches, pins and decals with a credit card. All of the applications have been updated with the new option and an email was sent out to the chapter presidents to advise of this new option. http://iac.org/programs/awards/applications.html . I am beginning to see more awards paid for with the credit card option through the end of 2011 going into 2012. This payment method has been used approximately 20% of the time since it's introduction.
Spring 2012 IAC Achievement Award – Committee Report 3-3
Nominations Report: Election 2012
This year the positions open for election and re-election are; President, Secretary and 4 Director positions. The deadline for election information to be delivered to me is on or before the 16th of March.
There are currently twelve candidates considering running and as of the 12th of March only six have confirmed. We have one candidate for IAC President, one candidate for IAC Secretary and a possible ten running for IAC Director positions. Three possibly four running for re-election and the remaining six are new candidates for Director.
I was able to contact some BOD members and some chapter Presidents in regard to possible suggestions they might have for good candidates. That helped me find candidates. I then chose to call and encourage them. It might be an idea, after Nationals each year, to have Chapter President's discuss with their chapter members the possibility of running for a Director or officer position. I think this would get potential candidates thinking about it earlier in the year. Also BOD members could contact the chapter presidents from their assigned region for suggestions for good candidates.
The newly elected officers will be announced at the Annual Meeting in Oshkosh. I will not be present and ask the BOD to permit the IAC president Doug Bartlett to announce the winners on my behalf.
I request that the Board make a motion that the Nominations/Elections Committee consist of Tom Adams, Klein Gilhousen, Doug Lovell, Bob Hart, Louis Andrew, Norm Dewitt, Darren Pleasance and Jonathan Gaffney.
I request that the Board make a decision as to where the Ballots are counted. Either at the IAC Headquarters or I will count them at my home with the assistance of my husband Jeff Stoltenberg.
I will send an addendum on the 17th of March with the final number of qualified candidates.
Sincerely, Lynne Stoltenberg IAC Nominations Chairperson
Here is the Addendum to be added to the 2012 Nominations Report:
This is the list of official Candidates that have submitted all of the required paperwork by the deadline date.
1. President Doug Sowder
2. Secretary Jim Ward
3. Director Debby Rihn-Harvey
Lynn Bowes
Bruce Ballew
Vicky Benzing
Casey Erickson
Gray Brandt
I submit this list of candidates to be approved by the Nominations Committee 2012.
Lynne Stoltenberg IAC Nominations Chairperson
Web Team Report
IAC Board of Directors Meeting, Spring, 2012
Leadership
The BOD formed the Web team at the Fall, 2011 meeting. Wayne Roberts leads the Web team with Doug Lovell as an assistant. DJ Molny is the webmaster in charge of setting-up and administering the site. Lorrie Penner is editor-in-chief for the site. Jim Ward leads a look and feel design team.
Contributors
The editorial team currently consists of Lorrie Penner, Trisha Roberts, Lynn Bowes, and Patrisha Deimer-Steineke. The look and feel design team currently consists of Jim Ward, Laurie Zaleski, and Rafael Soldan. Reggie Paulk is monitoring site traffic data for effect of changes. Brian Howard will update our introduction to aerobatic figures and competition. Greg Koontz will write an introduction to the joy of flying aerobatics. Mike Heuer will update his how to begin in aerobatics article. Darren Pleasance provided a web site evaluation rubric from McKinsey.
Accomplishments
The team has a tracking account to list and prioritize functional additions. It has invitation only access at https://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/415667 We arranged a free account that has a limit on the number of participants. Contact Wayne if you would like access. The initial use of the tracker was to brainstorm content and initial function. Find a five page reproduction of the tracker story names and descriptions attached to this report. Members who have contributed to the tracker content are DJ Molny, Doug Lovell, Jim Ward, Lorrie Penner, Lynn Bowes, and Wayne Roberts. DJ has set up our web hosting, configured a server, and migrated existing content to it. The site address for preview is http://new.iac.org/ . Note that site navigation is not yet present. The current state is very preliminary. Much of the content currently requires login. If a BOD member would like an account to view the site, contact DJ. Lynn Bowes, Trish D., Trisha Roberts, Doug L, Jim Ward, Lorrie and Gordon Penner currently have accounts. The accounts are primarily for editorial and administrative access, to update the content and organize the site. DJ organized and deployed hosting all of the current iac.org domain content on IAC servers, no longer on EAA servers. Trish is able to update that as before, until rollover to the new site. Find DJ's February status update reproduced at the top of the next page. A lot of work got done in January and February, mostly positioning the team to reorganize our existing content and publish it using our new technology platform in an initial "parity" release. Some highlights: • Obtained control of the iac.org domain name and extended the registration through June 2015 • Configured the new cloud server, including web services, email, and FTP • Migrated the existing site content to the cloud server; it now handles all of our web traffic • Trish Deimer-Steineke set up web tools so that she can update the legacy site as needed (e.g. publishing the 2012 rule book) • Installed and configured the Drupal Content Management System, which will power the new site, on the cloud server • Wayne Roberts produced detailed maps of the existing www.iac.org, members.iac.org, and iacusn.org sites • Doug Lovell arranged for us to receive a nightly update of member status (new, renewed, and expiring), which is critical to managing user accounts on the web site • Copied all legacy content to the new (Drupal-powered) site • Lorrie Penner accepted the position of Editor-in-Chief; she and her team have started work on the new site by updating and tidying up the existing content. • Jim Ward and the "look-and-feel" team have produced working drafts of the Style Guide and the site's visual layout • Configured Google Analytics to produce site metrics and reports for both the legacy and new sites Many thanks are owed to the many people who have already pitched in.
Next Steps • Establish a full project plan and schedule for the parity release • Define the content hierarchy of the new site • Publish version 1.0 of the Style Guide • Ensure that the bulk of our content conforms to the Style Guide • Create an IAC-controlled member database and develop an automated process to update it nightly based on the member status report
Doug L. and DJ have arranged member list access with EAA. DJ will configure that access to keep current member access to member portions of the site, send welcomes, and send reminders regarding membership. Lorrie and the editorial team consisting of [NAMES] are about 1/3 through editing one hundred fifty pages of content from the current site. Reggie Paulk prepared a report of measurements from the current site. There are two pages most people land on, direct from search engines, along with the home page. Those are the getting started in aerobatics page by Mike Heuer at http://www.iac.org/begin/started.html and the Aerobatic Figures page by Guenther Eichorn at http://www.iac.org/begin/figures.html . The getting started page tops the search query for “getting started aerobatics” just ahead of a similar page from Chapter 52. The aerobatic figures page tops the search query for “beginning aerobatic figures” just ahead of an introduction to aerobatics page on Doug Lovell's personal web site. Our iac.org site had about one hundred thousand visits from about sixty thousand different addresses in the first three quarters of 2011. The single most popular page is the Aerobatic Figures page. Unfortunately, after getting there, 88% of viewers leave the site. They aren't captured into further browsing iac.org. The team believes this is a navigation problem. The navigation items in the banner and the content don't capture attention or curiosity. The content itself is very good. As mentioned earlier, it will get an update from Brian Howard. Reggie will monitor the landing pages, and the percentage of people who navigate to further pages after landing to ensure that IAC builds web presence in the field of aerobatics and captures interest when a person finds us with their browser. Jim Ward and the design Look and Feel team produced two design mockups for the site and received comment from Doug L., Lynn, Trish D., Wayne, DJ, Reggie, Lorrie, and others. Lorrie Penner has summarized the feedback for the Look and Feel team. The mockups are not reproduced in this report because they are preliminary. Both look great. Very professional. First class. The pages have an attractive banner area and menu that includes, on every page, links to join and renew membership. The footers of the pages contain promotions from sponsors and advertisers as well as contact information for IAC. The Look and Feel team has produced a style guide that will ensure a consistent, professional look, and professional writing style for the content of the web site. The style guide provides comprehensive standards for the site, including the layout of the pages, size of the pages and page elements, fonts used, navigation system description, rendering style for links, tone of the copy, English usage, capitalization, hyphenation and abbreviations for standard aerobatic terms (such as “down-line”), use of bullet lists, and use of pdf documents.
Financial • Web hosting: $12.35/month currently. That will increase when we succeed in attracting more users (members and non-members) to the site, and when we implement large-scale photo and video galleries. If we were to increase our web traffic ten-fold and store 100GB of photos and videos (which is a pretty fair amount), our monthly run rate would be approximately $60. • Domain name transfer + private registration: $41.55, good though 6/22/2015 (approx. $14/year) • Secure site certificate (not yet purchased): $70 per year In summary, total hosting and fixed costs are currently $220 per year and could climb to $800 per year depending disk space usage and bandwidth usage. The value of the volunteer work to date is easily thirty to forty thousand dollars. Designing, implementing, and deploying a site of this size, if we paid for it, would cost upward of one hundred thousand dollars. We are very fortunate to have able volunteers in IAC willing to contribute to this effort.
Wayne would like the site to be self funding with advertising and sponsorship. With so much volunteer work and relatively low fixed costs, the site could be an income source. More importantly, together with the magazine, the site is the media hub and focus of member activity and member value. If done well, and we're confident it is being done well, the site will be a key driver for growth of IAC membership, member value, and member retention. Summary
• A world class, functional team is in place with excellent leadership. • All of the technology is now in place. • We are hosting our own iac.org. • Editorial and design teams are working. Expect to see a mockup of the site design very soon. • Next step is a fully functional parity release at new.iac.org. Sheet2
Story Description Pre-Release ("Proof of Concept") First pre-production release, shown to select individuals for purposes of gathering feedback. Glossary Page A place where we can define common aerobatic (and a limited selection of general aviation) terms, e.g. "humpty-bump", "pumped-up", "presentation", "barreled", "pinched", etc. Migrate Interim Updates While the new site is under construction, IAC still needs to keep the legacy site up-to-date. Prior to go-live for the new site, these updates must be migrated to the new site. Can use site with IE, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari Test the site against the most browsers our visitors most common use. I can download current known sequences I can see who IAC is and what they do I can contact IAC Rework the "How to Begin / Who We Are" page Needs a better "hook" to grab the reader's interest. Some of the content is out-of-date. Historical info may belong elsewhere, or on its own page. I can view current news items I can add news items I can get the current judge list to verify judges for my contest Expand list of aerobatic schools to include other Could include coaches, ferry pilots, aircraft maintenance & service providers repair, etc. Need to decide if we'll list these for free, or tie them into the Classified ads. Tie member profiles to contest results, photo Once we have an internal database of members, we should link albums, newsletter articles, etc. every mention of a member to the member's profile. This permits (and encourages) members to get to know one another, as well as allowing for searches by member. Implement email services Need POP3, web mail, IMAP, and SMTP. Consider outsourcing to a provider such as GoDaddy. Need a member management policy Need to decide how and when we will get information on new members ("come check out our web site, your acct is waiting for you), renewing members, and expired memberships ("sorry, you need to renew your EAA/IAC account.") Reconcile organic IAC chapter sites with EAA- Currently some chapters manage their own web sites. The EAA hosted site stubs Chapter Locator points users to the EAA-hosted sites. (Verify this.) Unless the chapter webmaster has explicitly linked the two in some fashion, acro-seekers may end up looking at a nearly- blank site when there's a more full-featured site available.
Create automated conversion process for news There are 175 "contestresults" pages and 125 news items on & contestresults pgs the old site. Rather than copy/paste them all by hand, let's write a script (or scripts) that extracts the meat of each page and stuffs it into a Drupal node. Create a "site ops" section Document the site's inner workings on the site itself. This section may include 'howto' articles, code snippets, etc. It should not include anything that could compromise site security (e.g. passwords.) Organize content by constituency? a)General public b)Pilots interested in aerobatics (non-members) c) Members: Competing & non-competing d) International competition: U.S. Teams (Unl & Adv), 2013 WAC? Replace 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, and On the old site, the 2006 Knowns hyperlink pointed to: 2000 Knowns http://members.iac.org/Downloads/knowns/known_program_link .html, which is a non-existent page. The pages for the other years are missing as well, e.g.: http://members.iac.org/Downloads/knowns/2000_knowns.html
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Purchase & implement an SSL certificate Obtain an official SSL certificate, for use in secure logins Produce and Distribute "In the Loop" Allow the editor to create, format, and distribute the newsletter entirely via the iac.org web site. locate chapter by geography eaa has a chapter locater that integrates over google maps. it links to eaa internal chapter web pages. hate to duplicate this, but many iac chapters have their own web sites. Create a section about recruitment strategies A series of short "how-to" articles, open to member comments and suggestions. Initial owner: Lynn Bowes List of aerobatic aircraft A list of known aerobatic GA airplanes with basic information like # seats, +/- g loading, tri/tail gear, etc would be very helpful, especially for people new but interested in getting started.
Move iacusn.org content to iac.org Move static content (i.e. *not* ACRS & similar) from iacusn.org to the new Drupal site Move JaSPer home pages to the new IAC Scoring Directors should download JaSPer, get support, etc. via server the iac.org page. To moderate, or not to moderate? Assuming we allow user-supplied content (forum posts, personal profiles, etc.), we need to decide how we want to deal with inappropriate content (spam, profanity, abusive remarks, etc.) Support mobile devices: smart phones and Given the increasing prevalence of smartphones, our site tablets should render all content in a format suitable for users of those devices. Enhance Privacy Policy Current privacy policy (http://members.iac.org/disclaimer.html) is quite brief, and does not adequately cover some topics such as use of gathered information. Twitter feed Add a Twitter feed -- post a tweet whenever there's new content on the website. L. Paul Soucy Pages The criteria can be inferred by reading one of the results pages, but a paragraph or two about this program (history, purpose, etc.) would be nice. And the current navigation is clunky. Related Links Links to relevant non-IAC sites. Divide into groups, e.g. non-US acro entities like CIVA, commercial, government, safety, etc.
Index of sponsors & advertisers Provide a list of all current advertisers and sponsors, both in SA and on the website Integrate with Google+? Scope & benefits TBD. Rework the "Calendar / Regional Series" page First off, this bears no relation to the calendar, it's really a Program so it belongs on a different menu. The map of regions should appear on the same page as the general info. Enhance Calendar Include all dates: contests, deadlines (rules, voting), judges schools, etc. Make contests searchable by date, region, chapter, state, airport, etc. Provide an ICS feed to let users automagically update their computer & smartphone calendars. Provide conventional calendar (month-by-month view). Provide geographic (map) view, with pins for events. Rework the "Programs / Safety" page Current focus is instruction. Link to the new safety site. Add content on topics such as physiology, airshows vs. competition, etc. Enhance the "Programs / Hall of Fame" page Add photos, bios. Rework the "Programs / Master Trophies & Combine sub-pages? Archive the IAC Championships section. Awards" page Use better (larger) photos of the various trophies. List past winners. Define Site Map Define the overall site organization. Top-level menus, sub- menus, etc. Update the "Programs / Collegiate Program" Current content is minimal. List of participating schools may page need updating.
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Rework the "How to Begin / Aerobatic Figures" Needs better formatting: web style vs. magazine style. Perhaps page less emphasis on scoring criteria. Amend the "How to Begin / Aerobatic Box" Altitudes have changed page per 2012 rules Delete the "How to Begin" base page Current page is very sparse ("Is it dangerous?" and "Will I get sick?"). Cover this topic under the "Getting Started" page instead. Update the IAC logo? Since we're overhauling the web site, do we want to overhaul the club logo at the same time? The current logo is simple and reasonably attractive, but looks somewhat dated. Define new look & feel Colors, layouts, graphics, etc. May want somewhat different looks for the front page vs. interior pages, or even different classes of interior pages. Web-based scoring system Eliminates need to set up JaSPer & transmit scores at the completion of each event. Optional: apps for entering scores & comments using IOS (iPhone / iPad) and Android devices. Requires Internet connection at the contest site. Contest Clipboard Builder Spit out sheets in the proper order for Chief Judge, scoring judges, starter, corners Archive of box waiver applications Help people applying for a waiver see what has worked elsewhere. Archive of Unknown sequences For practice purposes, and to help new designers of Unknowns see what's been done before. Webify the Contest Directors' packet Move from the many multi-page docs we have now to true web content: pages, hyperlinks, diagrams, etc. Index of Sport Aerobatics Articles Allow the user to browse an article index. Should allow user- specified time ranges (e.g. latest issue, this year, past X years, or all) Propagate content to Facebook automatically System should automatically push designated types of content to the IAC Facebook page. RSS feed for general news, contests, safety alerts, etc. Online nominations and elections for officers & directors Publish Achievement Award Winners Display a list of the most recent awardees as headlines/news. Continue to maintain an historical list of awardees. Apply for Achievement Awards Online Allow users to apply for Smooth & Stars patches via the web. Perhaps by filling out a form with confirmation from the appropriate Judge or CD. Implement spam-resistant contact methods Favor contact forms + CAPTCHA where feasible, JS-encoded email addresses elsewhere Automated site monitoring Notify admins if the site goes down Implement site metrics Measure and characterize site traffic. Switch to common URLs Move all other URLs (iacusn.org, usnationalaerobatics.org, etc.) to something.iac.org Notify chapters of changes in member status Possible uses: invite new IAC members to join their local chapter, call members whose term is about to expire, etc. Web-based 'Contact Us' form (National) The contact form should allow the user to send a message to IAC right from their web browser, without having to fire up their email program Web-based contact form for chapters Allow users to contact a chapter directly Make all content on the site searchable. Allow members to pay chapter dues Allow members to pay their local chapter dues when joining or renewing their EAA & (national) IAC memberships. Member Database Integration There are multiple membership databases floating around: EAA (the master copy), ACRS, JaSPer, contest results, and more. EAA sends a bi-weekly spreadsheet listing all changes; Randy currently applies those changes manually.
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Integrate with the EAA Calendar If IAC chapters used the EAA driven calendar then our events will not only show up on our sites, but can easily be searched by interested parties at eaa.org. [John Smutny] In the Loop Integrate content from IAC's "In the Loop" newsletter with the web site. Could be as simple as links, or repost ITL stores to the web site, or...? Nationals Create a section for Nationals: past/present/future, logistics, schedules, standings, final results, etc., etc. Allocate Content & Features to Public vs. For each feature or type of content, decide whether it belongs in Members the general public area or the members-only area. Improved ad placement A few entities are current advertised in small boxes on the iac.org front page. Improve ad placement and layout to be more eye-catching (without being obnoxious.) Consider presenting ads on additional pages. Allow SA advertisers to place their ads on the web page for an additional fee. [DJM] Issues of Sport Aerobatics Place issues of SA on line. Members should get immediate access each month. Non-members should get access to earlier copies (one month old? six months old? TBD.) Classified Ads Allow members to place and search classified ads [Byron Covey] Archive of Free Programs [Byron Covey] Links to manufacturers & suppliers Links to manufactureres, suppliers, other relevant sites [Byron Covey] Aircraft Manuals Make aircraft manuals available online [Byron Covey] Accident Investigation Reports Make Accident Investigation Reports available online [Byron Covey] Contest "How To" Section From Ron Chadwick: Some sort of "clearing house" of ideas on how to run a contest. Like how do you make a boundary sighting device or what have you tried that was successful in gaining new membership. Plaques and trophies for the obvious events but some "more thoughtful" awards also. Film or slide shows on the weekend activities was also a big hit. We made it a tradition to meet every pilot as they landed with a bottle of water and a hand shake -- even a little "red carpet" we placed down as they got out of the airplane. One of the things we tried to do at the banquet is feature a speaker, preferably someone related to aerobatics such as an airshow performer. IAC Championships Why do we keep this if it is discontinued? Is it valuable as an archive sort of thing? [LP] Speedy Posting of Meeting Minutes In the past the minutes have a way of showing up maybe 4- 6mos down the road. Once the meeting minutes are approved, I'd like to see them available as immediate as possible - also connected to an alert to send out a message that this is updated? [LP] Direct Upload to Chapter Resources Is there a possibility of a chapter uploading information directly? Or would that be too risky? If the member section becomes password protected I can't see that it would be that big of a problem, but we could have a volunteer check occasionally for troll postings if we think that is necessary. [LP]
Chapter Resources Feed Develop a "feed" to alert chapter leaders whenever something has been added to the Chapter Resources page. [LP] Direct Links to Chapter Web Sites Although there is an EAA locator to other chapters websites, I'd like to see the IAC website have direct links to each chapter - there aren't that many IAC chapters and I don't think it would be too cumbersom even if we expanded. [LP] Links to Chapter Newsletters Currently on the Chapter Resources page there are examples of newsletters. I'd like to see a link to the newsletter page itself for each chapter. [LP]
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Chapter Leaders Forum Could we incorporate a link of some sort to a private message board that chapter leaders can use to 'talk' to each other. Could be used to share best practices, etc. [LP] Forums I think the Oshkosh365: Unusual attitudes could be the answer, but we need to promote it and right now I don't feel like that is being done as effectively as it could be. Could we have a spot on the IAC website that not only provides the link to the forum, but also posts 'feeds' to the site with some current 'live' content or even titles of current conversations. That might pull some people into the conversation that would not normally know about the forum. The Oshkosh365 forum participants seem to be a different group than what we see on the acroexploder. why is that? what is the disconnect? [LP] Video Archive If we are unable to store video on the IAC website at least develop a nice portal for members to access aerobatic video links. I'd like to see each category flown for the current year's sequences posted annually. and a collection of individual figures. Then space for members to post links to their "home" videos - could be at contests or other flying events. There has been a lot of video popping up on the exploder and if members knew they could send it somewhere for posting we could really benefit from that. [LP] Photo Archive More Photos - perhaps availability for chapter reps to upload directly to the IAC website. Allow a space for "Chapters" and "Events". [LP] Invite new (or unaffiliated) IAC members to join Match the new member￢ﾀﾙs location (zip code) to the their local chapter chapter(s) serving their area Member Profiles Facilitate member edited, Member Profiles to include non-flying skills and interests pursuant to staffing committees and working groups. Contest Sanctioning and Scheduling Facilitate contest sanctioning requests, dissemination to and review and approval of requests by Sanctioning Committee, interface with and update IAC Calendar, interface with Government Relations guidance and tools re: waivers Download blank A, B, and C forms Allow members to directly contact one another Provide a means for members to exchanges messages (email or similar) via the IAC web site, without revealing personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers. See who's in my chapter Meaning we track membership in a way that's visible to members. Maybe even help chapters do the same. 1st Release ("Parity") First production release. Must at least meet the functionality of the existing site. View chapter events calendar Learn about competition aerobatics See the latest club news Get hooked up with an IAC chapter Find an aerobatic school Find information about aerobatic maneuvers Find out how to learn basic aerobatics View contest calendar
Page 5 Michael R. Heuer USA Delegate to CIVA Chairman, IAC CIVA Relations Committee 4547 W. Woodlawn Circle Collierville, TN 38017 Home: (901) 850-1301 Mobile: (901) 230-9006 Fax: (440) 220-9006 Skype: civapresident Primary e-mail: [email protected] Alternate e-mail: [email protected]
7 March 2012
TO : IAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SUBJ : CIVA REPORT
Dear Directors:
I will keep this report brief and concentrate on issues of immediate interest at the March 2012 Board meeting in Florida.
Aresti Aerobatic Catalogue
As announced on the CIVA website and on the Acro exploder, the 2012 versions of the Aresti Aerobatic Catalogue are now available for order from Spain.
There was a brief dispute between CIVA and Aresti System SL regarding the method of publication we used for the “updates” this year and a meeting of the FAI/Aresti Committee was held in Madrid on 31 January. Those issues were resolved. The Aresti website is now up to date and orders can be placed here: http://arestisystem.com
Catalogues are available for both Power and Glider aerobatics. Price and shipping costs are very reasonable.
A few days ago, I conducted an informal survey, asking those who had placed orders for the Catalogue as to the date the order was sent and the date the Catalogue was received. As it turns out, there is no particular pattern to deliveries. Some received their Catalogues in less than a week. Others have waited for a month without a delivery. It can be concluded that Aresti System SL is doing a good job of shipping the Catalogues but the postal services are not as reliable.
My recommendation is that IAC order these Catalogues in quantity and mark them up with a small profit. Jose L. Aresti (the son) has stated that he will offer quantity discounts to aero clubs. I believe most IAC members based in the USA would prefer to order their Catalogues from
CIVA Report to the IAC Board of Directors – March 2012 1 Oshkosh for speed of delivery and reliability.
From 1988 to 2005, IAC did stock the FAI Aerobatic Catalogue. I was responsible for placing the orders at the time. As I recall, we bought and sold about 3,000 Catalogues over that 17 year period.
The important thing is not just the profit – but making IAC a “one-stop shopping” place for many of the things that aerobatic enthusiasts need. It would get more Catalogues in the hands of more people than the present arrangement, in my view. Publications like rulebooks and Catalogues are really something IAC itself should have available.
I highly recommend IAC take this step. If you need any assistance, let me know.
WAC 2013
I understand that Michael Steveson will be attending the meeting and he will update you on plans for WAC 2013.
American Judges at FAI Aerobatic Championships
Before and after the CIVA meeting in Krakow, Poland in November, I was “on the hunt” for additional Americans to be placed on the FAI Judges List for Aerobatics. We did nominate new people this year and I am very pleased that the following Americans will be present at the 2012 FAI Aerobatic Championships below:
World Advanced Aerobatic Championships (Hungary) – Mike Gallaway European Aerobatic Championships (Slovakia) – Mike Forney World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championships (Russia) – Chris Rudd
We do not have any Americans attending the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Slovakia.
My thanks to these gentlemen and their assistants for agreeing to serve. I will continue to recruit new Judges for the FAI List and for the individual Championships.
Incidentally, we did use the RI information from the US Nationals this year as a part of the applications to the CIVA Judging Sub-Committee. Mr. Gallaway already had RI data on file with CIVA since he judged at WAC in Italy in 2011.
Judges who would like to judge at future FAI Championships must keep in mind they must meet CIVA “currency” requirements. This means that you must judge the appropriate category at the US Nationals the year before to qualify.
Please direct any questions to me and I am anxious to hear from anyone who would like to judge in 2013.
CIVA Report to the IAC Board of Directors – March 2012 2 Meeting in Oshkosh
Late in February, I attended a series of meetings in Oshkosh with a colleague, Mr. Peter Newport of New Zealand. Mr. Newport traveled to the USA for the sole purpose of meeting with EAA staff to begin a working relationship between FAI and EAA. He has developed a new technology for events he calls the SkyChallenge. It combines computer, tracking, and onboard technology to create an aerobatic air race that can be seen by both spectators and people on line. He had received the support of the FAI Executive Board for his initiatives.
We met with several people including EAA President Rod Hightower. Mr. Newport came armed with letters of introduction from the FAI Secretary General. NAA President Jonathan Gaffney was also advised of these meetings.
To begin the process, FAI will propose the creation of a working group composed of EAA and FAI officials and the NAA President. Since NAA has responsibility for all air sports events held in the USA, I think it is important they be involved. IAC has aerobatic responsibilities as well under the NAA/IAC Letter of Agreement but may decide not to take a role in the SkyChallenge events if other projects preclude it. It is all very preliminary at this time, thus the need for a working group.
FAI would be represented by FAI Executive Board member Bob Henderson of New Zealand and myself. Bob is also President of the FAI’s Gliding Commission (IGC) and experienced with these new technologies. He is also in charge of a new project to create a commercial arm of FAI to develop air sports.
I will keep you fully informed.
Best wishes for a successful meeting,
CIVA Report to the IAC Board of Directors – March 2012 3 Proposed Modifications to the IAC Selection Process for USA Aerobatic Teams
Goal The goal of the selection of the USA Aerobatic Teams is to field the most competitive teams to compete and win FAI World Championships. The current process of selecting team members based on their order of finish from the most recent US Nationals may not provide the US with the most competitive team based solely on this criteria.
The goal of this specific proposal is to modify the team selection process so that we have the most competitive and prepared aerobatic team representing the USA at world competitions.
Selection of Premier Team Members The team selection process would be broken down into two parts. These two parts would be the Premier Team and the Development Team. The IAC would select the following number of members to the Premier Team based on their order of finish at the US National Aerobatic Championships.
Unlimited Team Members
First (4) placing male pilots at the US National Aerobatic Championships selected in accordance with the current method including consideration for flying in the European Aerobatic Championships
First (4) placing female pilots at the US National Aerobatic Championships selected in accordance with the current method including consideration for flying in the European Aerobatic Championships
Pilots of either gender scoring below the required 70% at the US Nationals will not be considered for the Premier Team, but will be eligible for placement on the Development Team
Advanced Team Members
First (5) placing pilots at the US National Aerobatic Championships
Development Team An additional (6) men and up to (6) women on the Unlimited Team and an additional (6) pilots regardless of gender on the Advanced Team would be selected by the IAC to the Development Team based on recommendations by the Team Management Organizations. The Team Management Proposed modifications to the IAC Selection Process for USA Aerobatic Teams Page 2
Organizations would make this recommendation based on very specific published criteria which will include a point system. The point system will include points for the following list of items.
1. Order of finish at the last two US National Aerobatic Championships 2. Participation and finish order at previous FAI contests 3. Participation and finish in regional contests 4. Participation and finish in special regional contests set-up to facilitate team participation 5. Participation and performance at training camps
The point system is being developed and would need to be instituted by the individual Team Management Organizations. The need for this system to be transparent and published well in advance to the IAC membership is paramount as to avoid the appearance of favoritism or cronyism.
This change is necessary to insure that the alternates that are selected to the team are the best pilots that will be able to compete at the World Championships. Currently the procedure is to ask the next alternate by order of finish if a team member is unable or unwilling to compete. This method will not insure that we have the next best pilot that is willing to go. This has been the issue with all of the past several years of teams. We typically have one or two team members that cannot attend for whatever reason after making the team. The IAC is then bound by the P&P’s to go through the list in order of finish at the last US National Aerobatic Championships to determine who is eligible. Due to the fact that the pilot has not trained or had any indication that he may be called upon to participate, they are typically not in a position to attend or compete.
USA World Competition Team The USA World Competition Team would then be formed by using the Premier Team members and promoting the Development Team members to the extent there are team positions available. This would be done no later than (3) three months prior to the World Championships. The Team Management Organizations would make a recommendation to the IAC (based on the point system) as to which Development Team members to promote to the USA World Competition Team. The IAC would make the final selection. The rest of the Development Team Members not selected to the USA World Competition Team would remain on the Development Team to be available if needed until the next team selection process is started.
Conduct, Participation, and Training All Premier Team and Development Team Members will be required to adhere to the Team Management Organizations Code of Conduct. Any disputes that arise from this conduct will be resolved according to the dispute resolution procedures of each Team Management Organization. Proposed modifications to the IAC Selection Process for USA Aerobatic Teams Page 3
Training camps will be scheduled and the associated cost will be paid by the Team Members. At least (3) of the scheduled training camps must be attended by the Premiere Team members.
US Nationals Contest Procedures Providing a contest environment that mimics an FAI format contest is one key to determining the pilots on the Premier Team. A procedure needs to be put into place to review and make changes to the contest format for team selection in an expeditious manner. The current process takes too long to modify and is not properly applied at the contest. Further these rules need to be disseminated to the pilots that will be competing similar to the Bulletin system used at FAI contests.
The biggest difference at this stage is the use of the Free Unknowns. The preparation for the submission of the Free Unknown is a skill that the US Team members need to acquire as it is equally as important as the method of preparation for the Free Unknown flight.
The Free Unknown concept for all unknown flights at the Advanced and Unlimited categories during the US National Aerobatic Championships should be used. By using this method the IAC will also solve the problem of selecting a sequence that is acceptable to the pilots. The current procedure of unknown sequence selection slows down the contest and in many cases the best sequence is not selected.
Modification of the Selection Year The next step would be to field the team based on the results from the contest two years prior to the FAI World Contests. This would mean that the initial team selection for the 2014 FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Contest would take place at the 2012 US National Aerobatic Championships.
The current practice of selecting the team the year prior does not give enough time for commitment and training of Team Members. It currently only gives approximately 4-5 months of time to prepare. The commitment fees are typically due towards the end of January and aircraft must be shipped approximately two months prior to the contest. If you factor in weather on the east coast, very little time remains.
If selection occurred two years prior then it would give approximately a year and a half to build the most cohesive and competitive team.
One challenge to this arrangement is that the team selection for the next World Competition would be held just after that years World Championship. This is a logistical problem in getting aircraft back from an overseas world competition, but could be handled if this process was in place and all team aspirants were aware of this requirement well in advance.
The other challenge would be that the IAC would need to select two teams in one year to make the transition. Proposed modifications to the IAC Selection Process for USA Aerobatic Teams Page 4
Summary This proposal of selecting a Premier Team and a Development Team preserves the IAC’s responsibility to select the US Team Members for participation in International competition and gives the Team Management Organizations some flexibility to have a positive impact on the most competitive make-up of the overall team.
This proposal also provides a way for team aspirants that may have failed to achieve a 70% score another avenue to be selected to the Competition Team. It will also allow those who may have been unable to compete at or made some minor error during the US National Aerobatic Championships a second opportunity to have a positive contribution to the team.
I believe this proposal is more inclusive and will spur healthy competition among the team aspirants as well as providing an opportunity for mentoring of less experienced team members.
Action Items and Schedule Submit this proposal to the IAC Board of Directors for review and approval to move forward with P&P proposed rewrite at the 2012 Spring BOD meeting Have proposed rewrite available for mandatory member comment period available by end of April, 2012 Have IAC BOD review member comment and take final vote on passage of P&P Section 505 Rewrite at the Oshkosh BOD meeting August 1, 2012 announce final procedures to US Team aspirants that will be competing at the US Nationals International Aerobatic Club, Inc. Extended Budget
FY21013 Budget
Dues and Subscriptions: 4251-1-30-00-0000-53 Memberships/Reg 168,000
5311-1-30-00-0000-53 Dues NAA (6,900)
Total Dues and Subscriptions 161,100
Admissions/Registrations
Other Registrations: 4302-1-10-00-0211-53 Registration Other 21,000 4302-1-10-00-0064-53 Registration Other 0
Total Other Registrations 21,000
Total Admissions/Registrations 21,000
Merchandise Sales: 4010-1-60-60-0000-53 Sales/Back Issues 0 4020-1-60-60-0192-53 Sales-Publications 3,000 4020-1-60-60-0000-53 Sales-Publications 4,200 4020-1-60-60-0300-53 Sales-Publications 0 4030-1-60-60-0192-53 Sales-Clothing 13,500 4030-1-60-60-0211-53 Sales-Clothing 3,000 4030-1-60-60-0000-53 Sales-Clothing 7,500 4030-1-60-60-0300-53 Sales-Clothing 0 4051-1-60-60-0192-53 Sales-Video 1,000 4051-1-60-60-0000-53 Sales-Video 1,500 4051-1-60-60-0300-53 Sales-Video 0 4090-1-60-60-0192-53 Sales-Other Merchandise 3,000 4090-1-60-60-0211-53 Sales-Other Merchandise 250 4090-1-60-60-0000-53 Sales-Other Merchandise 2,000 4090-1-60-60-0300-53 Sales-Other Merchandise 0 4092-1-60-60-0211-53 Sales-Nationals Merchandise 1,000 Total Merchandise Sales 39,950
Rental Income
Equipment:
4833-1-10-00-0211-53 Rent-Equipment 4,500
Total Equipment 4,500
Total Rental Income 4,500
Commissions/Royalties
Commissions: 4308-1-30-00-0369-53 NW Insurance Group Royalties 10,000
Total Commissions 10,000
Total Commissions/Royalties 10,000
Donations
Individual Donations:
4410-1-10-00-0192-53 Donations from Individuals 2,100
4410-1-30-00-0000-53 Donations from Individuals 500 4410-1-10-00-0211-53 Donations from Individuals 4,000 4410-1-30-00-5000-53 0 4410-1-30-00-7001-53 0
Total Individual Donations 6,600
Events:
4950-1-10-00-0211-53 Raffle Ticket Sales 0 Total Events 0
Total Donations 6,600
Promotions
Advertising
Aerobatics: 4210-1-30-00-0041-53 Advertising Income 55,000 4218-1-30-00-0041-53 Advertising Discounts (16,500)
Total Aerobatics 38,500
Total Advertising 38,500
Sponsorships: 4933-1-10-00-0192-53 Sponsorship Income 1,500 4933-1-10-00-0300-53 Sponsorship Income 0
4933-1-10-00-0390-53 Sponsorship Income 6,500 4933-1-10-00-0211-53 Sponsorship Income 28,000
Total Sponsorships 36,000
Total Promotions 74,500
Other Income
Contest Sanction Fees: 4929-1-10-00-0211-53 Contest Sanction Fees Income 6,000
4929-1-10-00-0390-53 Contest Sanction Fees Income 36,880
Total Contest Sanction Fees 42,880
Protest Fees: 4975-1-10-00-0211-53 Protest Fees Income 0
Total Protest Fees 0
Miscellaneous: 4920-1-10-00-0211-53 Banquet Income 7,800 4998-1-30-00-0000-53 Miscellaneous Income 4998-1-10-00-0211-53
Total Miscellaneous 7,800
Total Other Income 50,680
Total Income 368,330
Personnel Wages:
5111-1-30-00-0000-53 Wages 55,000 5131-1-30-00-0000-53 Vacation Pay 5132-1-30-00-0000-53 Holiday Pay 5133-1-30-00-0000-53 Sick Pay
Total Wages 55,000
Payroll Taxes: 5134-1-30-00-0000-53 Payroll Taxes 3,900
Total Payroll Taxes 3,900
Group Insurance: 5135-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Group Admin Fees 7,200
Total Group Insurance 7,200
Worker's Compensation: 5136-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Workers Comp 2,383
Total Worker's Compensation 2,383
Pension Expense:
5137-1-30-00-0000-53 Pension Expense 4,000
Total Pension Expense 4,000 Employee Development: 5140-1-30-00-0000-53 Employee Training 2,000
Total Employee Development 2,000
Recruiting:
5143-1-30-00-0000-53 Recruiting/Hiring 0
Total Recruiting 0
Temporary Staffing 5144-1-30-00-0000-53 Temp Staffing 0
Total Personnel 74,483
Cost of Merchandise Sales: 5010-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Back Issues 5020-1-60-60-0192-53 COS-Publications 1,400 5020-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Publications 1,700 5020-1-60-60-0300-53 COS-Publications 0 5030-1-60-60-0192-53 COS-Clothing 6,500 5030-1-60-60-0211-53 COS-Clothing 1,300 5030-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Clothing 4,500 5030-1-60-60-0300-53 COS-Clothing 0 5035-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Freight & Cash Discounts 600 5037-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Purchase Price Variance 400 5038-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Purchase Price Variance Supply Chain 0 5051-1-60-60-0192-53 COS-Videos 500 5051-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Videos 650 5051-1-60-60-0300-53 COS-Videos 0 5090-1-60-60-0192-53 COS-Other Merchandise 1,000 5090-1-60-60-0211-53 COS-Other Merchandise 100 5090-1-60-60-0000-53 COS-Other Merchandise 600 5090-1-60-60-0300-53 COS-Other Merchandise 0 5092-1-60-60-0211-53 COS-Nationals Merchandise 1,000 5401-1-30-00-0000-53 Damaged & Obsolete Merchandise 0 5401-1-60-60-0000-53 Damaged & Obsolete Merchandise 0
Total Cost of Merchandise Sales 20,250 Postage: 4990-1-30-00-0031-53 Postage & Handling Income (4,600) 5161-1-10-00-0211-53 Postage Expense 0 5161-1-10-00-0300-53 Postage Expense 0 5161-1-30-00-0000-53 Postage Expense 2,800 5161-1-30-00-0025-53 Postage Expense 0 5161-1-30-00-0031-53 Postage Expense 1,500 5161-1-30-00-0041-53 Postage Expense 15,400 5161-1-30-00-0391-53 Postage Expense 0 5161-1-10-00-0210-53
Total Postage 15,100
Printing:
4991-1-30-00-0041-53 Purchase Discounts Taken (900) 6141-1-30-00-0031-53 Printing-Magazine & Newslettrs 400 6141-1-30-00-0041-53 Printing-Magazine & Newslettrs 56,400 6142-1-30-00-0041-53 Magazine Production Costs 10,500
Total Printing 66,400
Professional Services
Outside Services: 5370-1-10-00-0211-53 Outside Services 0
5370-1-30-00-0024-53 Outside Services 6,000
5370-1-30-00-0041-53 Outside Services 2,600 5370-1-30-00-0216-53 Outside Services 30,000
Total Outside Services 38,600
Audit & Accounting: 5251-1-30-00-0000-53 Audit & Accounting 1,750
Total Audit & Accounting 1,750
Legal - Corporate: 5255-1-30-00-0000-53 Legal 500
Total Legal - Corporate 500
Total Professional Services 40,850
Advertising: 5258-1-30-00-0000-53 Back Issues Given Away 5258-1-70-00-0000-53 Back Issues Given Away 5260-1-30-00-0000-53 Advertising 500 5260-1-30-00-0022-53 Advertising 2,000 5260-1-10-00-0300-53 Advertising 0
Total Advertising 2,500
Meetings & Travel
Travel - Non-Employee:
5280-1-10-00-0064-53 Travel-Non-Employees 0
5280-1-30-00-0041-53 Travel-Non-Employees 4,000 5280-1-30-00-0065-53 Travel-Non-Employees 2,000
5280-1-30-00-0214-53 Travel-Non-Employees 3,000 5280-1-10-00-0211-53 Travel-Non-Employees 4,000 5280-1-30-00-7350-53 Travel-Non-Employees 200 5280-1-30-00-0022-53 Travel-Non-Employees 0
Total Travel - Non-Employee 13,200
Travel - Employee: 5282-1-30-00-0022-53 Travel-Employees 850 5282-1-10-00-0211-53 Travel-Employees 1,200 5282-1-30-00-0300-53 Travel-Employees 0
Total Travel - Employee 2,050
Meetings & Conferences:
5290-1-30-00-0215-53 Meetings & Conferences 1,000 5290-1-30-00-0211-53 Meetings & Conferences Total Meetings & Conferences 1,000
Banquet Expense: 5300-1-10-00-0192-53 Banquet Expense 1,300 5300-1-10-00-0300-53 Banquet Expense 0 5300-1-10-00-0211-53 Banquet Expense 6,000
Total Banquet Expense 7,300
Total Meetings & Travel 23,550
Office and Administrative
Office Supplies: 5190-1-10-00-0192-53 Office Supplies & Expense 800 5190-1-10-00-0064-53 Office Supplies & Expense 0 5190-1-10-00-0300-53 Office Supplies & Expense 0 5190-1-30-00-0000-53 Office Supplies & Expense 3,500 5190-1-30-00-0022-53 Office Supplies & Expense 5190-1-30-00-0031-53 Office Supplies & Expense 800 5190-1-10-00-0211-53 Office Supplies & Expense 1,000 5190-1-60-60-0192-53 Office Supplies & Expense 600
Total Office Supplies 6,700
Bank Service Charges: 5191-1-10-00-0211-53 Bank Service Charge 650 5191-1-30-00-0000-53 Bank Service Charge 100
Total Bank Service Charges 750
Equipment Rent:
5193-1-10-00-0192-53 Rent-Equipment 2,000
5193-1-10-00-0300-53 Rent-Equipment 0 5193-1-10-00-0211-53 Rent-Equipment 9,000
Total Equipment Rent 11,000
Credit Card Discounts: 5194-1-30-00-0000-53 Credit Card Discounts 4,500
Total Credit Card Discounts 4,500
Election Expense: 5197-1-30-00-0025-53 Election Expense 2,600
Total Election Expense 2,600
IT Maintenance, Repair & Prog: 5201-1-30-00-0000-53 IT-Installation & Programming 50 5201-1-30-00-0022-53 IT-Installation & Programming
Total IT Maintenance, Repair & Prog 50
Telephone: 5211-1-30-00-0000-53 Long Distance Telephone Chrg 50 5211-1-30-00-0022-53 Long Distance Telephone Chrg 850
Total Telephone 900
Commissions: 5261-1-30-00-0041-53 Commissions Expense 0
Total Commissions 0
Public Relations:
5266-1-10-00-0192-53 Public Relations 1,500 5266-1-10-00-0300-53 Public Relations 0
5266-1-30-00-0000-53 Public Relations 8,500 5266-1-70-00-0000-53 Public Relations
5266-1-10-00-0211-53 Public Relations 6,000
Total Public Relations 16,000
Awards:
5268-1-30-00-0000-53 Awards Expense 1,000 5268-1-10-00-0211-53 Awards Expense 13,000 5268-1-30-00-7350-53 Awards Expense 450 5268-1-70-00-0000-53 Awards Expense 500 5268-1-10-00-0390-53 Awards Expense 5,000
Total Awards 19,950
Bad Debts: 5321-1-60-60-0030-53 Bad Debts 110 5323-1-30-00-0000-53 Cash (Over) Short 5328-1-30-00-0000-53 Finance Charges 5328-1-30-00-0022-53 Finance Charges 5323-1-10-00-0211-53 Cash (Over) Short
Total Bad Debts 110
Photographic Expense:
5350-1-30-00-0041-53 Photographic Expense 1,500 5350-1-90-00-0000-53 Photographic Expense
Total Photographic Expense 1,500
Food Expenses: 5279-1-10-00-0192-53 Food Expenses 0
Total Food Expenses 0
Administrative Fees: 5360-1-30-00-0000-53 Administrative Fee 2,825 5360-1-30-00-0023-53 Administrative Fee 1,770 5360-1-30-00-0031-53 Administrative Fee 8,170 5360-1-30-00-0041-53 Administrative Fee 6,900 5360-1-30-00-0020-53 Administrative Fee 11,510
Total Administrative Fees 31,175
Production - Videos:
5803-1-10-00-0211-53 Production-Videos 3,500
Total Production - Videos 3,500 Total Office and Administrative 98,735
Insurance
Property & Liability: 7154-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-General Liability 11,375 7157-1-30-00-0026-53 Insurance-Property 1,088 7158-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Directors & Officers 1,423 7160-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Fiduciary 33 7161-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Media Perils 1,827 7162-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Kidnap Ransom 41 7168-1-30-00-0000-53 Insurance-Crime 125
Total Property & Liability 15,912
Total Insurance 15,912
Depreciation
Furniture, Fixtures & Office Equipment: 5183-1-90-00-0000-53 Depreciation-Furn, Fix & Off 1,745
Total Furniture, Fixtures & Office Equipment 1,745
Computer Hardware: 5184-1-90-00-0000-53 Deprec-Data Processing Equip 0
Total Computer Hardware 0
Building/Land Improvements: 7185-1-10-00-0192-53 Deprec-Buildins & Land Improve 1,814
Total Building/Land Improvements 1,814
Leasehold Improvements: 7188-1-10-00-0192-53 Deprec-Leasehold Improvements 352
Total Leasehold Improvements 352
Other: 7181-1-90-00-0000-53 Amortization/Trademark 0 Total Other 0
Total Depreciation 3,911
Transferred to Unrestricted 5516-1-30-00-7001-53 - Transfer from Foundation 0
Total Transferred from Foundation 0
Other Miscellaneous: 5390-1-30-00-0041-53 Miscellaneous Expense 0 5390-1-60-60-0000-53 Miscellaneous Expense
Total Miscellaneous 0
Total Other 0
Total Operating Expenses 361,691
Net Operating Income (Loss) 6,639
Non - Operating Income Interest & Dividends: 4854-1-30-00-0000-53 Interest & Dividend Income 1,500
Total Interest & Dividends 1,500
Total Non-Operating Income 1,500
Non - Operating Expenses
Income Tax:
5340-1-90-00-0000-53 Income Tax 0
Total Income Tax 0
Total Non-Operating Expenses 0 Total Non Op Income & Exp 1,500 Net Income (Loss) 8,139 Comments
status quo Same rate as FY2008. $1725 per quarter. FY2009 Actual contained the 4th quarter payment from the previous year.
US Nationals Registrations no longer collecting $ from chapters for this
Back issue sales - combined with 4020 in FY12 AirVenture Mail order plus 4010 Sun 'n Fun AirVenture IAC merchandise sold at Nationals Mail Order Sun 'n Fun AirVenture Mail Order Sun 'n Fun AirVenture Nationals Achievment Award sales as well as IAC trinkets Sun 'n Fun Nationals logo'd Ts and polo shirts US Nationals Hangar Fees and Tow Plane Fees. FY2009 did not include USAFA tow plane fees because USAFA brought their own tow plane pilot. Civilian pilots paid their tow plane pilot's lodging $340. Hangar fees $3740. tow pilot hotel room $624.89. glider tows $1200.00
Falcon Ins % - budget 800 per month starting APR
This is our AV09 concession $$ - was cold AV09- less water sold was for private donations collected for Kathy Jaffe award winner travel expenses - Non restricted general donations currently Nationals individual donations and banner auction Tech Watch Vicki Cruse Memorial Donations - do not budget
FY2010 will include Mircro Pecorari raffle and raffle items at Nationals - should we bother doing this again? Banner Auction goes here too added 5K as EAA will be helping us this year what advertisers get for bundling
Northwest Insurance - AirVenture Northwest Insurance - Sun n Fun Collegiate and Regional Series Trophies - No sponsors found - Need Help here! Nationals. 3k Falcon
Nationals Team Fees fee will go up $5 to $10 per person - (922 competitors x $40) up price to $65/ticket? Back down ticket price - no free vols? General Misc Income for Nationals - Do not budget
Trish and Theresa's salary (8 hrs wk - July) for IAC. Include AV bonus - $5500 for Theresa FY11 - $1000 AV
7.25% of wages
9.5% of wages
from Karen K
salary x percentage from TIAA-CREF letter 6% - had an accrual from FY10. FY12 will be in the middle unless we need editor for eNewsletter other than Reggie
none planned
Budget close to actuals.
AirVenture Mail Order Sun 'n Fun AirVenture Nationals Mail Order Sun 'n Fun freight charges from sales on merch
Cost of Supplies AirVenture Mail Order Sun 'n Fun AirVenture Nationals Mail Order Sun 'n Fun Nationals Use only this string for damages Changes in inventory reserve and direct write off Budget close to actuals. Int'l membership mailing fees - changed string 12/10 Nationals Sun n Fun General Office - Election Mailing. Monthly mailing of member cards. new printer fees down 3600 Direct mail postage IAC Championships
Budget close to actuals.
Donnelly Discounts, goes against printing, do not budget cost of mag resends due to damage or loss in mail 3600 in saving from new printer logistics expnse - comailing fees
Pierre Logo redesign
Zcode Innovations (Randy Owens) database work (none) Monthly hosting at $75/month = $900. 5K for Web work 6 paid Sport Aero articles at $500 each FY10 (only wrote 5). - added $$ from 5360 for proofreaders etc. $7500 Pierre ads ($325) $50 extra/mo for enewsletter proofing - $20/mo magnet mail Editor $1500/issue + $1000 for e-newsletter
filing requirments take more time - tax prep fees Should not have Aresti or NW Insurance issues. Possibly Rich Stowell letter of agreement review.
do not use - inventoried collateral brochures etc do not use AV Program/General None planned. SnF Advertising none planned
Judges Schools instructors FY2009 actuals budget down for new style school Editor to AirVenture and Nationals and Sun 'n Fun. Graphic Designer to new printer for color checks? CIVA - Debby Rihn-Harvey's travel expenses
President's travel expenses - should be 5K for most Prez Nationals. Contest Staff hotel rooms. Hall of Fame Hotel Room Board Meeting Hotel Extra Days
Spring Board meeting Nationals SnF
board meeting expenses. All we pay for is the meeting rooms. Board members pay their own way. Nationals Budget actuals.
AirVenture Sun n Fun - budget zero until we have a sponsor Nationals
Budget actuals.
AirVenture Judges Schools Sun n Fun General Office don't use Membership Cards Nationals water for AV - misc cleaners/store supplies
Nationals Paypal Fees
Budget actuals except for AirVenture. AirVenture. Include cost of building fixes - paint, weather stripping, etc. projector rental $1500 Sun 'n Fun (commercial exhibit space, tent and equipment rental) Nationals Budget actuals. - merchant fees
finace re-evaluated this amount
Budget actuals. must do cheaper
$100/year for domain name renewals. do not use
cell phone
Advertising Commissions DO NOT USE
AirVenture giveaways (merchandise, passes, food/lunches) Sun 'n Fun giveaways (merchandise, passes) (Marketing Projects. Bound Volume Giveaway to Board/Committee Chairmen $2500. put all in March. 5K to Doug McC. do not use Nationals vol tshirts, gifts, water, ice, dinners, giveaways - need both tshirts and polos this year.
Physical Inventory of medallions/awards adjustment of items kept offsite - budget for 2012 $1000? Nationals - $620 for Kathy Jaffe blanks FY12 Hall of Fame (one inductee this year FY2008 there were two) President's Awards/ Outgoing Board gifts Regional Series. Collegiate Program awards.
Budget actuals.
only budget this line add all together do not budget don't budget
Minimal shoots at Sun n Fun plus AirVenture coverage - no shoots at SnF FY12 do not budget
AirVenture volunteer food expenses (in PR acct)
actuals plus 3% increase for all Admin fees General Marketing and Communications Membership Publishing fees Finance
We expect these to go up.
Nationals videographer/music for 4 min free- have sound box now from Karen K.
IAC's share of the property insurance
Depreciation comes from Beth Hildebrand. vicky cruse donations moved do nut budget
do not budget - prior fiscal Sport Aerobatics related expenses do not budget - prior fiscal merchandise related expenses
only budget here for 0000 and 0020
Guesstimate from treasurer.
Barb Hall can help with this - unrelated business tax income