On April 6, 2013 the IAC Board of Directors gave preliminary approval to revisions resulting in P&P 504, 15 June 2013, Revision 27, for the 2013 Contest Season. A two month member comment period is required prior to final acceptance by the Board, hence the proposed revision date. Comments may be made below (login required), or they may be made to your regional IAC Director.

A PDF file showing the marked-up changes is attached (login required.) A summary of revisions follows:

1. Provisions added for selection of U.S Advanced Glider Team. Tracks the procedures for Unlimited…

The IAC Collegiate Program is a finalist for a Lightspeed Aviation Foundation grant that would send five Collegiate competitors to H-R Aviation in LaPorte, Texas, to train five hours with Debby Rihn-Harvey.

The IAC Board of Directors met in San Carlos, CA on April 6 and 7, 2013.  While complete meeting minutes will be published at a later date, here's a summary of actions taken at that meeting.  Most actions described are covered in the agenda packet, which is available on the IAC website.

Pictured are: Front Row L to R: Jim Ward, Secretary/Doug Sowder, President/ Vicky Benzing, SW Region Dir/ Debby Rihn-Harvey, Int'l Dir/ Tom Adams, SE Region Dir/ Trish Deimer-Steineke, Manager 
Back Row L to R: Lionel Figueroa, Visitor/ Jonathan Gaffney,…

At the Spring Board Meeting on April 6/7, 2013, the IAC Board of Directors determined that Form A as produced by the current version of  OpenAero software is NOT ACCEPTABLE for Free Program submittal at U.S. Regional Contests. This is basically a CIVA form and does not meet the requirements of IAC Official Contest Rules Sect. 6.12, regardless of the logo that may be shown.  OpenAero-produced Forms B and C ARE acceptable provided that they are certified and dated by a current judge per Rules Sect. 6.14, along the right-hand margin on the long side of the form (in the usual place). Sample…

The 2013 Spring Board of Directors Packet is available to members at the top of the BOD meeting agenda and minutes page.