All, a great meeting tonight. It lasted nearly 3 hours! We had representation from VATUSA, VATCAN and VATCAR, as well as VATNA Director Nic Felini in attendance for tonight's town hall session with VATSIM President Kyle Ramsey. Very impressive how open and transparent Kyle was. Some great discussion about Kyle's view on life in VATSIM, his hopes and dreams for the network, and some great questions and feedback provided from the folks in attendance. The following topics were covered:
- Kyle briefed some about his VATSIM and professional background
- Interested in pursuing ability to engage with college and high school aviation programs
- Concept of a Regional GRP
- Pilot Training
- Possibility of an entrance exam to weed out people that "were never our customers anyway"
- Ideas to improve VATSIM signup process, including a way to weed out the boneheads
- Desire to have a comprehensive VATSIM AI library
- Ideas about improving network infrastructure, including codecs, model matching, etc.
- Possibility of the next VATSIM global conference being in the UK in 2017
- Working with Sky Blue Radio on an event in the Denver area.
- VATNA Region ATO coming - development in process
And there were several questions from the audience, including questions about many of the above, plus:
- Making it easier to become a VATSIM-approved VA
- Supervisor availability, especially in the middle of the night
- Supervisor eligibility
- "LiveATC (TM)" for VATSIM
We concluded by thanking Kyle for his willingness to spend this time with us and his openness and transparency. Thanks to all who were able to attend!
