Thanks, to all that attended our first meeting Wednesday, March 26.

Remember, when The Flying Gamecocks start receiving University funding, those that attend the meetings will be the only ones receiving the money to help pay for their skydives!!!

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• www.CollegeSkydiving.com and www.dropzone.com are great resources for finding out anything you want to know about skydiving as well as University Sponsored Skydive groups.

Here is a list of things we talked about in our first meeting:

1. The history of the Flying Gamecocks
2. The Gear and commonly asked questions
3. College Weekend-$150 tandems on April 5th & 6th, 
4. There will be an AFF class on Sunday the 6th! Let us know if you want to participate!
5. SkyFEST (9 days of skydiving and fun in the sun in June)
6. We also took names for people who want to make tandem skydives during college weekend, as well as people interested in getting certified on Sunday.

On our current agenda:

1. Make a carpool list for College Weekend April 4-6.
2. Petition to be run through the Strom Thurmond Fitness Center Sports Club instead of a Russell House Student Organization...We'll tell you more about the petition soon.

College Weekend Reminders:

College weekend is next weekend, April 4-6. The dropzone is Skydive Carolina located at 1903 King Air Drive, Chester, South Carolina 29706. For more information about the Skydive Carolina dropzone you can visit their webpage at http://www.skydivecarolina.com/.

Here is a google map with driving directions from the Russell House:

Google Map

There are groups leaving Friday and Saturday to go to the dropzone. If you are interested in following or carpooling, please Contact Us and let us know if you would like to leave Friday or Saturday so we can work something out.

Remember, to bring a camera and take lots of pictures for the group's publicity!!!