Meeting Minutes

September 8, 2009

Sept 8 Meeting

Attendance: 161

GAMB 152 at 7:00

If you wish to do a tandem jump or start AFF on our first weekend of September 25-27 you must pay your $20 dues and your $50 (tandem) or $100 (AFF) deposit no later than our meeting on Tuesday September 15!

Watch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHITny37Rm8

Club Dues

} $20 Fall Semester (Returning Members as well b/c we get a new T-Shirt!)

} Dues buy you:

} Club t-shirt

} Discounts at our Drop Zone: Skydive Carolina

} Food on our club weekends

Tandem

} Want to skydive once or see if you would like skydiving?

} Do a Tandem Jump!

} Watch 20 min video

} Club Price: $169

} $209 to the public

} Exit 14,000 ft

} 60 Seconds of Free Fall

} Land with an experienced instructor

} $50 Deposit Due Sept. 15 for Sept. 25-27 Weekend (with club dues)

Accelerated Free Fall AFF

} Want to get your skydiving license?

} Do AFF!

} No tandems or experience required

} Ground training prior to jumping

} Jump with 2 instructors holding on to you

} Seven 60 second free fall jumps with your own parachute

} $100 Deposit Due Sept. 15 for Sept. 25-27 Weekend (with club dues)

Check out club info for more information on tandems and AFF

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22 April 2009

Last Meeting of the semester

Meeting: GAMB 250 7:00

We had a great turnout for our USC weekend with the president. We had an all Gamecock load with President Pastides and Dr. Hickey our adviser. We also made front page of The Daily Gamecock on the following Monday.

On April 25-26 (Sat-Sun) there will be a 4-way competition and $20 lift tickets. It's a great opportunity to make self-supervised jumps towards an A license.

May 29-31 (Fri-Sun) we have our Gamecock Invitational which is our first time hosting a collegiate sponsored skydiving competition. We will have events such as: Accuracy 2-way 4-way(?) It will take place at Skydive Carolina. We are working on getting discounted lift tickets and a sponsor for our event. Registration will get you access to the Carolina Fest Boogie the following weekend as well (a $50 value).

June 2-7 (Tue-Sun) is the Carolina Fest Boogie at Skydive Carolina. Registering for the Gamecock Invitational gets you free access to this boogie. There will be hundreds of jumpers and many additional aircraft such as a king air, casa, helicopter and balloon. There will be discounted lift tickets and skill classes as well.

Be thinking about t-shirt/sweatshirt designs for next year so we can get them made at the beginning of the fall semester. Be sure to come out to the events this summer.

15 April 2009

Meeting Local: Gambrell Hall room 250 at 7:00pm

Attendance:

Elections Winners

The officers for the year 2009-2010 will be as follows:

President: Doug Pavlowsky

Vice President: Becka Smith

Secretary: Ethan Simpson

Treasurer: Helen Barker

Marketing Supervisor: Bryn Bethel

Web Manager: Brian German

Last Big Skydive Weekend will be with the University President!

The last big skydive weekend will be held THIS WEEKEND: April 17-19. President of the University, Dr. Harris Pastides will be making a tandem jump on Saturday morning. He is arriving at 8:00am and will be on the first load possible. We are planning to make an all USC load, so it will happen as soon as we have enough people signed up to make a load. If you want to be on the ALL USC LOAD, we are asking you to be up and ready by 8:00am! If you've yet to schedule your jump, call Skydive Carolina at 803-581-5867. See you there!

Next Year

We had an officer's meeting on Tuesday, and have some great ideas lined up for next year that we want to share with you.

We will be forming some new committees as soom as we get back from summer break, including a Sports Club committee (dedicated to helping us become a sports club) and a Gamecock Invitational committee (dedicated to planning and making our 2010 invitational a success!)

Bryn, our new Marketing Supervisor has some great fundraising ideas lined up, such as % night at a local restaurant. If you're interested in helping out with fundraising next year, please contact her!

We will be making new t-shirts for next year, so start thinking of designs over the summer. We will like to have a number of designs to vote on, and will like to order the shirts at the begining of the semester, so start designing! :)

We will be changing how our meetings are structured next semester and will be filling them more with classes that will help you become a better skydiver. We will bring packing classes, skill classes, tips, and videos into our meetings, as well as great speakers. Get excited for a more handson semester! If you have any ideas for a great meeting topic, please let us know.

We will have handouts for new members, that have all the prices and info about our club, so the returning members don't have to listen the same information being told over again at the first month's worth of meetings.

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We had a great founding year as the Flying Gamecocks, and hope to see all of you come out again in the fall! Have a wonderful summer and good luck on finals!

8 April 2009

Meeting Local: Gambrell Hall room 250 @ 7:00pm

Attendance:

Wind Tunnel

The Virginia Tech Skydive Club booked time in 15 minute increments for Saturday April 11. The times are 11:30a, 3:00p, 5:00p, 8:30p. If you still want to join them, you can book your time up close to theirs and you may still be able to split time with them. The number for Paraclete Wind Tunnel in Raeford, NC is 1-888-4SKYFUN or 910-848-2600. Their website is www.paracletexp.com.

Skydive with the President

President Harris Pastides will be joining us for our last big skydive event the weekend of April 17-19. He will be jumping on Saturday morning. If you want to be part of the fist ALL USC LOAD, be there!

Anonymous Red Bull Sponsor

We want to say thanks to our mysterious Red Bull Sponsor who has, for the 2nd time, left Red Bull in our meeting place with our name on it. It's much appreciated! We loved it! Thanks from the Flying Gamecocks!

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