April
28, 2002
Attending
Tom
Schroeder
North America RD and Chairman
Kyprianos
Biris
Europe RD
Terry
Scanlan
Oceania RD
Rob
Grant
Africa/Middle East RD
Topics
1.
Introductions
2.
Global Rating Restrictions
3.
Two-Tiered Supervisor Proposal
4.
Old Business
5.
New Business
6.
Votes Taken Outside of Meeting
Meeting
called to order at 0630 Z
INTRODUCTIONS
Members of the EC started out with introductions of themselves.
Mr.
Schroeder was an early member of the previous Organization (SATCO), and worked
his way up through the ranks from Chief to USA Western Region Director to Deputy
Director. Went to VATSIM as a
Founder and is now the North America Regional Director and Chairman of the
VATSIM Executive Committee.
Mr.
Biris first joined the previous Organization in 1998. He became the Hellenic Training Director and helped set up
the SATEUR test database. Came over
to VATSIM as the Europe Regional Director.
Mr.
Scanlan was a founding member of SATPAC and was an early member of SATCO.
He works annually with the Royal Flying Doctor Service on their online
World Flight raising money for this great cause.
He came over to VATSIM as the Oceania Regional Director.
Mr.
Grant came to us with VATSIM and works as an ATC. He was named the Africa/Middle East Regional Director.
GLOBAL
RATING RESTRICTIONS
The proposal has been made by the EC that there should be a baseline
Global Rating Restriction. The restriction will read as follows:
No
ATC rated as Student (VATSIM level 2) may work a Center (CTR) or Flight Service
Center (FSS) position within the VATSIM network. Any ATC rated above Student (i.e. Sr. Student (level 4) and
above) may work these positions, and all ATC are subject to any additional
Regional, Divisional, and Facility (i.e. vACC/FIR/ARTCC) Rating Restrictions
imposed locally.
Discussion
centered around leaving the proposal as is, in a baseline format.
It would be up to individual Regions to impose further restrictions if
they so wish, but this restriction would be imposed globally.
Vote
taken via e-mail later. See VOTES
TAKEN OUTSIDE OF MEETING for results.
TWO-TIERED
SUPERVISOR RATINGS
The proposal was made to approach the VATSIM Board of Governors with the
following proposal:
Should
this proposal pass, Tom Schroeder will approach the Board of Governors (BoG) as
the representative of the Executive Committee (EC) with the following proposed
change to the Code of Regulations:
There
shall be two (2) levels of Supervisors: Supervisor
(SUP) and Senior Supervisor (SR_SUP). Both
positions shall have the VAATSIM rating 11, however the SUP position shall
*only* have access to the "KILL" button within VATSIM, with *NO*
database access. SR_SUP positions shall have both the "KILL" button
as well as database access allowing for temporary Suspensions.
SUP positions may be named by the EC, subject to the VP of Supervisors
approval, while SR_SUP nominations must be voted upon and passed by the BoG.
All such SR_SUP nominations must be recommended by the Regional Director
where the nominee is registered (i.e. where they live or the Region where they
are working). The reason for this
proposal is to allow for key personnel who may not otherwise fit the set SUP
criteria set forth by the VP of Supervisors, to be eligible to be named as a
Supervisor, while still denying these individuals access to the database.
Discussion
about this proposal centered around creating a rating for those who are Senior
Division or Regional staff who may not otherwise fill the role of a true
Supervisor. It would create a
Supervisor as Title rating (SUP) to go along with the Supervisor as job (SR_SUP)
rating.
Vote
taken via e-mail later. See VOTES
TAKEN OUTSIDE OF MEETING for results.
OLD
BUSINESS
There were discussions about each Region as we went around the room.
A lot of the discussion centered around status updates, but of no
consequence to report here.
NEW
BUSINESS
There was a discussion of AUTOATIS and the ability to modify or add new
facilities to this utility. It was proposed that David Kings be approached about
providing access to this utility.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 0841 Z
VOTES
TAKEN OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING
EC
Chairman Vote
A vote was taken to elect a Chairman of the VATSIM Executive Committee.
Tom Schroeder was the only nominated person for this position.
The votes were sent to Roland Collins, the VP of Regions on the BoG, and
Mr. Schroeder was elected by acclamation (7-0).
Global
Rating Restrictions
An e-mail vote was taken as to whether or not to implement the Global
Rating Restrictions. A Yes (Y) vote meant that the restriction would be
implemented globally:
Mr.
Schroeder Y
Mr.
Biris
Y
Mr.
Scanlan Y
Mr.
Grant
Y
There
were 3 non-votes for this measure, and the measure carried on May 26, 2002 with
a 4-0 vote with 3 abstentions.
Two-Tiered
Supervisor Proposal
An e-mail vote and an in-person vote combination was taken for this
proposal. The e-mail vote concluded
on July 7, 2002, and the live vote was taken at the VATSIM 2002 Convention.
A Yes (Y) vote meant that the proposal would be made to the BoG.
Mr.
Schroeder Y
Mr.
Biris
Y
Mr.
Scanlan Y
Mr.
Grant
Y
Mr.
Reynolds Y
Mr.
Ungar
Y