Folks, my thanks to everyone who could make it and who participated. What a great forum. I really appreciated the chance to interact, the ideas that I got, and the passion that was in the room tonight. Thank you for your dedication to making this hobby better, every day! We will certainly do more of these.
Topics discussed included:
- Major accomplishments in 2015
- Current VATUSA projects, including Academy and New Website (Academy discussion centered on reinvigorating the idea "one last time" and if we can't gain traction, stepping down the vision to something less grand)
- Focus on Training and Events for Growth and Retention
- Metrics
- Forum Presence
- Open forum, which included many, many topics, including:
- Pre Departure Clearances (PDCs) (Tom Seeley opened a forum thread to continue the discussion)
- Mandatory Pilot Training and/or Testing - would also help with controller retention
- Institutionalizing TMU as a VATSIM function
- Need to ensure S1s and S2s are better trained in proper VFR procedures and IFR in uncontrolled airspace procedures
- Event staffing for adjacent facilities to one hosting an event
- Need for improved pilot quality
and many others.
Teamspeak recording can be found at:
www.vatusa.net/files/vatusa_town_hall_20160114.mp3WARNING: It's a 154MB file (which is a heck of a lot better than the 1.9GB I started with!)
I'd like to give a shout out to the VAT-TS team, who hosted our Town Hall forum and host the VATUSA TS. Not only did they bump up our slots and bandwidth for the event, there were several members on hand to help in case we had any issues.
Again, thanks for the participation, great to speak to so many folks, and look forward to doing it again!
